Originally posted by Safety Guy
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Bear Creek Arsenal Complete Uppers
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Knowing everthing isnt as important as knowing where to find it.
Mark Twain
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Originally posted by rabiddawg View PostBased on what I read on this forum, I'm starting to think this problem is industry wide.
Anyway I got my BCA upper in about 12-13 days from ordering it. Didn't ship for over a week, no reply to "what's the deal?"
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There are many responsive retailers that actually respond but it's like a shotgun pattern for certain, but those who do are generally praised by the masses. Those who are slow or many times don't even give you the time day will eventually die a slow death unless their product is just something over the top.
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I got a BCA upper about a month ago...16" contour barrel. Took 6 days from order to my door, but I live fairly close to their location.(I ordered straight from BCA) I've only shot it twice. Once to sight it at around 60yrds and messed around one day at 180yrd target. I only had a backpack as a rest but it appears to be accurate. I really need to build a proper shooting bench at my house for sighting it and testing. I mainly shoot from my deer stands as practice once they are sighted in.
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I have an 18" BCA upper with a lightweight Keymod handguard. I have only put about 30 rounds of Federal American Eagle 90gr TNT Hollowpoint ammo. First trip to the range last weekend I got it on target with 3 rounds at 50 yards, then went out to 100 yards. First shot was a dead center bullseye. It shot under MOA the whole session. Most new rifles take a few rounds for break in. Not this one.
It is spot on right out of the box! I also bought a 16" 300 Blackout upper from them that is equally impressive.
Robert
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Originally posted by Safety Guy View PostI beginning to wonder if I want to do business with Bear Creek. I have been reading a lot of reviews that would lead me to believe they produce a good product, however; not to sure about their customer service. Their website states they offer a military discount and to email their customer service for details. I did that 2 days ago with no reply. Am I being unreasonable thinking I should have gotten some kind of reply by now? What if I ordered and received one of their products and had a customer service question?
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I just received my complete grendel upper from BCA a couple weeks ago. It's the 18" straight fluted nitride barrel with mlok handguard and nitrided bcg. All told, It was only around $340 shipped. On inspection, it looks to be very well machined and assembled. I can only find two criticisms, both minor and already remedied: The a2 flashhider was only hand tight, and the gas key could have been staked a little better.
Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to shoot this thing yet, but with that important caveat, it's looking like a great deal. As for customer service, I emailed BCA with questinos about the chamber and bolt specs but didn't receive a response. However, a week or so later I received a call from a BCA sales person who apoligized for the delayed response and said the tech person who would normally answer was out for health reasons. He also seemed genuinely interested in the product because he asked me to report back on how the barrel shoots. From where I stand it looks like this company is well on its way to getting its act together to offer good quality parts for an exceptional value.
Now to just get out and shoot the thing!
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Originally posted by Safety Guy View PostI beginning to wonder if I want to do business with Bear Creek. I have been reading a lot of reviews that would lead me to believe they produce a good product, however; not to sure about their customer service. Their website states they offer a military discount and to email their customer service for details. I did that 2 days ago with no reply. Am I being unreasonable thinking I should have gotten some kind of reply by now? What if I ordered and received one of their products and had a customer service question?Last edited by Sputnik; 08-22-2017, 08:31 PM.
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I got a BCA 223 Wylde 18" SS HB fluted upper for 279, before I knew about their discount. Their 24" 6.5 Grendel HB fluted was NIS for 361.00. Fortunately, Primary Arms had that same upper in stock and for 12 dollars less. I believe it was about 324.00 ish to my door; so I went with Primary Arms. No complains on the workmanship at all on both uppers! BTW, the three casings sent with my Grendel upper were steel. The "BCA does not recommend steel casings" disclaimer must by a CYA thing; a fallout thing from the melting lacquer days.
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Here are some pics of the BCA upper I described above:
With handguard removed you can see some nice millwork on the barrel, at least if the picture was better you could
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Here is the upper assembled with the lower I will primarily use for it as I began to tape it off for paint
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Here's a comparison of the staking on my BCGs, from top to bottom, WMD Nibx; S&W m&p 15 phosphate; BCA nitride with grendel bolt
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And finally my diy multicam paint job, which unfortunately wasn't one of my best because I didn't degrease the weapon sufficiently first
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I'm in the same boat (waiting for a customer service response)- I've been reading up on Bear Creek and am thinking about jumping in with an upper. I've sent two emails for their military discount information (DD-214 is just waiting to go), but no response so far. Once I get the military information sorted out, I've got a lower waiting for that upper (or someone else's, if I don't hear from BCA). All in all, I think it would fit my needs perfectly - I want a minute-of-coyote rifle so that both my son and I can carry AR's on a coyote hunt.
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