Another quick tip on the light strikes!!!!! After a little closer inspection, it seemed the firing pin wasn't coming out very far. I believe there was some machining debris or a burr on the inside of the firing pin channel. Remove the firing pin and run a 5/32 drill bit down in and just turn it by hand a few times. ( not in a drill! ) After testing on a couple fired cases, it's defiantly putting a larger dent on the rim.

Mine was working great out of the box... zero problems and great accuracy with aguila and auto-match. Out of the first 300 rounds I had 2 duds that jammed while chambering which is kind of what you get with bulk ammo. Not one single light strike, no problems to eject or anything like this at all.

I just built a PSA Lower and BCA 300-Blackout here. I am currently getting it setup for hunting the way I like it. your channel as several others points out the value for the investment in these great firearms thank you for the content you make. I have put together many PSA built lower receivers with BCA uppers, and they have been awesome! BCA is making great stuff and rifles that people are looking for in so many calibers, like he said the items are a great price! And they have great customer service they get it fixed and back in a week or less! I have people refer to Anderson AR-15s as "Poverty Ponys" and turn their noses up at PSA or Bear Creek so they can brag about what expensive things they have. Then later they can't outshoot the competition shooters at the range that are using standard ammo and standard firearms who are just having fun and socializing with other shooters I really enjoy seeing the Barney Fifes who have all the high-speed holster and gear and a stack of gun publications who talk a big game but when the old pros leave them in the dust! Milspec is, more than most people will ever need most people can't outperform their firearm.

So glad your channel came up on my feed. I have had EXACTLY the same problems (with the same upper). Except when I had a round fire when not completely in the chamber, some of the case came out the bottom and the bullet went only four inches into the barrel. Fortunately, I decided to push a cleaning rod down the barrel and pushed the bullet out. So far, after a warranty return (8 rounds) and a second range trip (10 rounds) and it locked open again, I found the ejector to be the cause for the bolt not closing. BCA is very willing to take it back again for warranty service, but since I have read the email they sent you, not sure that is the best solution. BTW, the next magazine is loaded with Stingers.

Thanks, great video. I'm having all of the same problems you're having with regards FTF, FTE and DOOB. Like you said, don't think the problems will ever be totally resolved and primarily the root cause is really bad bolt/ receiver design. All you have to do is take a look at the design of the CMMG bcg( which is very very reliable) and you'll see the difference immediately. It's a real shame because the BCA barrel is very accurate. I guess at this price point that's the best BCA can do.

I think you're right about the trigger hammer weight and blow back cycling problem. Polish job.. sounds good. I've done alot of research on changing my AR-15 into the .22 and there are alot of problems ,. I chose to just buy a hole new rifle by Tippmann Arms 16" elite , it's a REAL(exact) AR -22lr w/16;1 barrel , light hammer weight trigger, BCG, the hole thing is engineered to work right , and I didn't want to f up my 5.56 , I'm sure you'll get this thing working right , there's also a company called REDI MAG that makes an adapter for S&W mags (easier to load) and it's supposed to have a bolt hold open design with a better seal so less blow back debris gets into the bolt slide bore area and trigger mechanism.

Enjoy your Channel I am a Bear Creek Arsenal upper fan pretty solid for the price one thing though I learned that you got to go in before you shoot your gun for the first time and polish the ramp and polish the slide areas and a light oil the tend to come fairly dry which can lead to fire an issues I noticed after I did that I had no problems whatsoever and cci anmo works great with this 22 Upper

I have a cmmg adaptor, and it works flawlessly. I cleaned it thoroughly before I used it, and I run it wet. I'm gonna order up a BCA .22 LR upper next week. I have 2 BCA uppers already, and although they overcharged me for them, they have worked fine. I cleaned them thoroughly before I used them, and I run them wet.

Your video and follow up video. Have been helpful. I am on the 3rd 22LR upper from them. The first had exterior damage that was stovepiping every third shot after my friend that I had a round go off that was not in the chamber it went right back to them the second one extractor would not work at all you drop the bolt and pull it back and around would still be sitting in the chamber the only thing that would kick it out it's just from the force of the round going off . Polishing the feed ramp I could see it was cracked halfway through. There wasn't anything I can do with that. So back it went. On all the uppers I have been attaching them to it Bear Creek Arsenal lower I've noticed that all the uppers have a lot of shake between the upper and lower I had to put a accuwedge in the back side and an o-ring on the front to help tighten it up you can still feel a little wobble I was a machinist and I like everything precision. The third one seems like the ejector system is working! It was kicking snap caps out without a problem. I cycled the upper 500 times by hand without much oil just to see if there were any spots that was hitting or scratching on. I cleaned those spots up with some Emery cloth to smooth them out. Then I put flitz polish on it everything on the bolt system and inside upper. Then run it another five hundred times to smooth everything out. I use a.diamond file to round off any of the edges. On the feed ramp. I polished the feed ramp with flitz to a nice mirror finish. Then use a bead hone on the chamber. I use Lucas Gun oil on all the bolt parts reattached my scope and accessories. Ready for the range. I sure hope this time it works.

I had an issue with the CMMG 22 kit. It took about 50 to 75 round to break it in. Wasn't happy in the beginning with all the jams. But now it's working great and couldn't be happier.

I just got the cmmg but went ahead and made it a dedicated 22lr with their 22lr collar and barrel. Have to say very well worth it!! Just got a big raccoon with it that was attacking my barn cats over their food. Very accurate and reliable!! Definitely could overlap impacts with a proper magnified scope and bench rest!!!

Your mileage may vary. My experience shows that BCA has some work to do on this product. I sent mine back for the reasons listed below, but because I missed their 30 day window, they would only issue store credit, no refund. And because of these issues, I will not accept a replacement. 1) Approx 40% failure to fire using Remington Thunderbolt ammo. After FTF in BCA upper, all rounds fired successfully in a Ruger 10/22. 2) Approx 5% of ammo fired out of battery using Aguila Interceptor ammo, resulting in the shooter getting a face full of hot gas. This was slow fire from a bench rest during sight-in. No such issues firing the same ammo in a Ruger 10/22.

Have the same problem with my 7" 22lr receiver from BCA. Just got this a couple of days ago. I'm a left hand shooter and experienced the ignition of a round by an second round just like you did. Unfortunately I got a face full of dust and some pitting on my face (thank God I had safety glasses on). First range session was ugly. Second was better with CCI Mini-Mag ammo. I think it could be the magazines causing the fed problems thus causing the ejection problems. Saw a youtube video of some guy that pushed forward on bottom of mag to get no issues. Anyhow, thanks for the review and good luck.

Great info and through breakdown of the Bear Creek 22LR, I plan on purchasing one and will follow your plan ( lighter Trigger Spring, polish ramp, rod and extractor). But great break down.

Great video! I hope you keep making videos and grow your channel.

The bolt face on mine was not milled properly. The area milled out for the case head had about a 1/64 to 1/32" 'lip' on the face where the mill bit hadn't gone all the way to the top and sides of the indent for the case head. This resulted in rounds not being seated properly in the bolt and not extracting because the extractor couldn't snap over the case rim. When I manually cycled the action,, about 70% of the rounds would not extract. The ones that did extract barely made it out of the receiver. On the range, I also had about 25% light strikes, but I had put in a weaker hammer spring. I've switched that out. I took a chance and with a diamond coated fine point Dremel bit I carefully ground away the lip. Then I cold blued the steel tominimize corrosion. Now rounds come flying out like they are supposed to. I still need to test my mods to the bolt face and hammer spring on the range, but I have high hopes this fixed the extraction issue.

Great informational video, cmmg alternative, Use gun grease on that bolt rod, don’t run it dry. Thank you.

I just ordered that upper and a few magazines for it. I've already thought about putting an Allen wrench in the pistol grip storage hogue grip

I have one of these and my biggest issue is a failure to reset the hammer. 1200+ fps ammo seems to fix that, but standard velocity is a no-go. My primer strike marks seem very light. I have never had a failure to fire caused by the light strikes. I will check the firing pin and see if it is poking out like it should. I'm surprised BCA does not publish their break in procedure for these and include a copy in the box. It was news to me. Great vid, thanks for posting it.

love the BCA 22lr side charge uppers. own a few. For the money they can not be beat. i have ran close to 300 rounds with not many issues. great video to see. sorry to see your not having the best luck with 1. try a different upgraded firing pin.

Looking forward to your follow up on the BCA 22LR upper. I ordered one a few days ago and it is on the FEDEX truck of delivery on Monday.

i just ordered one of these so glad i saw this review i would ask you if you tried different types of ammo obviously with 22 ammo some run good and some not but i will try the bca break in process. i also just bough the 22 mag upper and a 350 legend upper the 22mag ran perfect but the 350 had some feed issues but i think i found the problem it had some burrs on top of the feed ramps that the bolt was hanging up on as well as the ammo so i cleaned that up and will try it again asap i will say that with all you hear about the bca upper issues you would think they would just have taken five minutes to clean up those burrs not to mention the cost of shipping back and forth to repair if i wasn't able to do it myself. thanks for the review !!

BCA isn't reassuring my faith purchasing would be a good idea

That CMMG mag isn't the best piece of equipment either (for a dedicated 22lr upper). On mine, the follower started getting stuck 3rd time at the range after loading 12 rounds. I bought the s&w mp 15-22 25-round mags with arcatch22 stick on shims, and it made a ton of difference on how the BCA upper cycled and fed rounds. They seem to be better quality magazines. Thanks for the video, too! Stay safe.

They shoot fine when aiming at Bud Light cans.

Like you, I've got (a couple) CMMG conversions and one of these as well. I haven't had the chance to take mine to the range yet but I'll definitely be trying the break-in procedure that you were recommended by BCA. I'll also be mixing up my magazines in case it's a magazine issue.

Having continued FTE and FTF from light primer strikes. Trying to get it resolved, but may be screwed as I no longer have my proof of purchase for warranty! Continuing to try and resolve the issue. We'll see. Accuracy was good when it woks.

I just shot mine for the first time today, had the same problems, i would have a stove pipe and a good round chambered, thinking that the empty shell is staying in and it is pushing the next round in the chamber then turning and jamming. The last mag i ran, i held the mag to the rear and it ran with no problems, next time i get a chance to get to the range i will try pushing the mag in different directions.

1) You said "it really isn't a bad upper". That is being very tolerant. From you and others experienced, it is bad upper. 2) I appreciate your effort to make it work. You could have just sent it back, but this vid was very valuable to us. 3) Those BC break-in suggestions/instructions are BS!!. They essentially want the buyer to wet polish their BCG and upper for them! Even of all that effort actually works, they should be doing the polishing for us.

The troubleshooting logic is great. more...more...

Mine performed very well right up to the point where it fired out of battery and either blew out or blew up the firing pin. Not happy at all.

SW MP22 and, i believe, black dog, magazines have a feature that will iperate the rifles bolt catch, FYI

I have the shorter "bufferless" .22lr upper from BCA. Mine has run like a sewing machine with any kind of ammo I've thrown at it.

Great video, any update on the upper after putting more rounds down range? Did the feed and firing issues get better? I’m looking for an inexpensive 22LR upper and this certainly fits the bill but not if reliability is bad. Thanks!

they fixed the non supported chamber design that caused the case to bulge or rupture(not very safe) I sent my upper back to BCA and got back the new version.

I'm considering their 10.5" 22 upper. Let us know how it runs when you get it back out to the range again.

Have you tried running it with a buffer in the buffer tube? The way its designed looks to me as though the tiny bit of resistance the buffer and spring would apply forward to the bolt would tighten up any shimmering the end othe bolt may be doing during its cycling... if you look at the S&W M&P15-22 their bolt design is similar (minus the charging design) but their lower is all one polymer peice and where the buffer tube would normally be is all one solid piece, But since it has a solid backstop it would stop any possible overtravel.... This is just something I was wondering if maybe it actually does need the buffer in the tube. It's simple, and I would definitely at least try it. Hope this helps. If not, I hope you find the issue.

Good review

Hi there I like the way you think especially about the Brew. Did you ever say at the end 1/2 28?

CCI ammo tends to work best

Is the barrel proprietary , or could it be changed w any other dedicated 22lr barrel? ETA, i see is proprietary af. That barrel profile is absurd, i guess it just cause blanks come think and the are trying to cut down on machine time(costs)

Mine took 200 rounds to break in niw runs fine.

I’m in the same boat so far. I’ve tried a dozen different loads (from CCI, Eley, Fiocchi, Winchester, and Aguila) and all of them have FTF fairly often. On 100% of those FTF, when I open the bolt the extractor also is not engaged. I’ll try all of the suggestions from your video and their break in process and see how that goes. My upper came with no instructions and it would have been nice if BCA had included their break in procedure in the box. Or better yet, why don’t they perform that procedure before they ship it?

I’ll stick with my Tippmanns

Wow, thats gotta be a bummer to get something and it work so poorly out the box. Think I'll give it an el paso...

I fire manly steel 7.62x39 so I have a heavy hammer I'm curious to c if it may put holes in the rim or caus other problems .it would b nice it I did not need to change springs .just uppers .

Thanks for no BS half the other videos are complete simps for the company.

I just got mine back after they put an out of spec bcg in mine

Better off just getting the CMMG conversion kit. That way you can jump back & forth between 22lr & 223/5.56 whenever you want.

What brand magazine did you use?

Rod needs be hex or spiral…

Wish there was an upgrade for the BCG. Current design is total crap

What’s the weight on your 22lr upper

WHAT A gravel road that you can’t plow? In Alaska we have tons of gravel roads that are plowed in the winter. If you don’t want to go out in the cold just say so or come up with a more realistic excuse.

The message I got from this video is that: This product is pure garbage, and that I should save my money. Thank you.

Get gas plug brother too much gas escaping simple fix

Is the Lower by BCA???

buy some better ammo

These guns are good he just got a trash one