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10K round Aug update Here is an Imgur link with all photos, since I can’t post all the photos in one Reddit post: https://imgur.com/a/592xRrN Info: Gas block: you start to see some wear and minor erosion inside the gas block. Very minor, as in gas rings still seal up tight and the piston and gas plug take the standard amount of effort to insert. Gas Block alignment/locking lugs for the gas plug are still strong and show no signs of wear or degradation. (I rarely change my gas setting). Gas piston & spring: piston head has some permanent discoloration, and very minor wear. Gas rings are solid and show no signs of weakness or failure. Stem and body are completely fine. The spring is still extremely stiff but is slightly softer than from the factory. Not detrimental to performance in the slightest but I can get ~1.5mm more compression with my fingers than factory spring. Discolored spring. Operation and function are fully maintained and the rifle is reliable. Gas plug: split between a factory gas plug and the Steyr suppressor gas plug, both are functioning exactly like brand new, minus hardened carbon on the system. Barrel: chamber is a little carbon caked, but there’s no signs of excessive erosion or wear, it’s incredibly minor infact. This thing will last AWHILE. The lands and grooves of the rifling look perfect, and the crown is in excellent shape. My Surefire socom suppressor mount did eat concrete tho and is scratched to hell, but it’s completely fine. QD locking lugs are perfect. I rarely use that feature as it is. Bolt carrier body: Starting to see some finish wearing off on all sides. The feed paw showing some good signs of finish wear but metallurgically, it’s completely perfect. Nothing to worry about. The carrier bearing is fully functioning as well. Recoil springs show no signs of wear or weakness. The rear of the carrier is showing signs of wear as well from impacting the buffers on the guide rods. The cam path looks entirely normal, and the front of the carrier is showing signs from impacting the receiver. Completely normal wear. This rifle is holding up incredibly well to 10k rounds. Guide rods: the ends of the guide rods are showing signs of wear from the charging handle and gas system. Besides that, the rods looks incredible. Small signs of wear with some scratching from use but they’re robust. Bolt: we’re starting to see some wear on the bolt face, lugs, and exterior of the body. This seems to be mostly finish, but some of it is material. Notice the damn near perfect wear on the bolt face. @steyrarms_us @steyrarms machining Is on point. The metals are contacting evenly and wearing as such. The extractor and ejector springs are fully functional, albeit slightly worn and that is something that’s noticeable if you’re inspecting them with tools to check tension on their associated spring. The wear on the body is from the claw and inside the carrier. All in all, minimal wear for a weapon system, and perfectly normal for an Aug. Bolt cage: showing some extensive wear. This is the most common failure point in the BCG. This rifle requires this part to function properly so I will be inspecting after every range session and getting ready to replace this soon. (I already have another one.) These parts are typically known for their service life being the shortest component on the rifle, and that’s fine. It’s taken 10K rounds and should take another 2.5-5K before failure. Notice that most of the finish is worn off entirely and there’s a good amount of deformation to the tips of the claws and material of the cage. Firing pin: is exhibiting a good amount of finish wear, but the tip and spring are both fine. The rear of the firing pin is fine, and shows very little wear from the hammer, thanks to the hammer being polymer. I’ll Jew my eye on this as well but it should last at least another 10K. Cocking piece: looks almost brand new. Very little wear. The receiver: the receiver has large amounts of finish worn off. I always planned on spray painting my Aug, all rifles should be camouflaged to a certain extent, but I was trying to wait till it was a fully built rifle. The finish wear had to be covered and is still showing through. Lots of raw aluminum due to impacts to doors, the ground, rocks, trees, being braced against structures, etc. all during training. You can see the rear of the receiver, the chamber and rear trunnion portion is exhibiting some signs of finish wear from the round count. Most of the rest of the wear is purely my handling of the firearm. The receiver is still rock solid and the damage/wear is purely cosmetic. Trigger pack: you can see the sear is starting to show very minor signs of wear, the hammer is starting to get rounded from hitting the firing pin and the carrier traveling rearward. The lower portion of the hammer has very small signs of wear, presumably the carrier as well upon reset. That, or I dropped it. The last round bolt hold open is also showing signs of wear, and the finish is flaking off. Minor wear to the edges of the pack as well as the polymers sharp edges get rounded. All in all, it’s perfectly fine, typical wear. submitted by /u/ARID_DEV

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