u/TheLunat1c

Finally received the Rhodie 6K. 24 hour form4 clearance was a bonus.

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Went to the range with my newly arrived Mat9k with colt lower, objective being to test out various colt mag configuration.

I had installed a 45degree safety, and Larue MBT-2S trigger.

shooting video: https://streamable.com/sa3fkq

Mag setup was as follows

1. Original C-product 32 round magazine
2. C-product magazine with original spring and duramag follower
3. C-product magazine with Taylorfreelance low drag follower+included spring
4. ASC magazine with C-product spring and duramag follower

all the setups appear to function fine, barring for a single light primer strike at one point with the magazine setup 3, but i doubt it was the magazines fault.

when I was talking to David, he did mention that they test primarily with Duramag magazines, and the testing appears to correspond with that. Despite all setups functioning properly, the c-product as it came with it's follower design, was not reliably tripping the LRBHO tab, causing it to not lock back when the magazine is empty.

Summary of magazine testing:

• Original ASC magazine simply suck, as the follower spring is simply far too strong for Mat9's recoil spring to push past, so you won't be able to chamber a round when fully loaded with 32 rounds.
• C-product original magazine seemed fine, but with some use, the LRBHO tab was acting finicky.
• C-product magazine's follower spring combined with duramag followers, functioned flawlessly.
• Taylor Freelance follower+spring, unsure as to whether if it provides any benefits over duramag follower.

As for shooting experience itself, I believe the roller delay works good. It did feel a bit harsh initially, especially with a brace blade, but it gradually started softening up. I do believe it requires a few hundred rounds to break in, as large portion of where the bolt would ride back and fourth on the upper is stripping the anodizing layer (unsure if anodizing is not optimal, or its too thick). The recoil impulse definitely started getting softer after a couple magazine. After about 150~ rounds, I cleaned it thoroughly and re-lubed everything, the bolt cycling became noticeably smoother than before it was fired (I could tell because I've been doing a bit of dry fire drills to get used to the controls before i got to shoot it).

As for the Matador as a company, I think they need to step it up a bit. I definitely feel their pain, they are a very small operation with only a few people working together (Perhaps even just David himself and his brother? I'm not sure, but small nontheless). Communication is important but it's probably impossible when they have no dedicated media/CS person helping the operation. From what i've been told, they are also being screwed here and there by the machine shop that they contract these stuff to as well, so not all of the issues they are having is entirely their fault.

I personally had a defective extractor (due to mis-machined bolt), David gave me a call and we worked it out. I received a replacement bolt within a week.

Now, this doesn't excuse them out of the issues people are having. 1000$ is not a pocket change and people who pay that much should get a fully working firearm with no issues, but I can sympathize with David nonetheless. From what I see on this sub, some people get quick help, and some people seemingly gets ghosted with no response, meanwhile some people get help from David personally quickly.

This may feel preferential treatment, but do understand David is operating with very few helps. You may say he needs to just hire more people, but perhaps he just simply cannot do so due to person reasons, we would never know.

It may be rich coming from a guy who already received the gun, but I would say waiting on it is worth it for me. I had some issues, but it was sorted and now it shoots really lovely.

I do hope everyone on this sub to receive theirs shortly, wish David the best and hope he can smooth out the operation.

Following are the current setup.

• FN15 lower
• Atrius G-lever
• Geissele SSA-E
• Vltor A5 buffer tube
• Tub 308 spring (with 8 coils removed)
• Kynshot 5007 buffer
• KAK DBC BCG
• Deadair Sierra 5
• Riflespeed default plunger with gas settings at 2

I guess it does take lot of money thrown at the wall to achieve lower fire rate that is also reliable. To be fair, it was running fairly reliably around 800 RPM with a regular H3 buffer, but it was tad bit overgassed and oversprung.

At least with the current setup, I was able to achieve 620 RPM. Current issue I'm facing now is that the gas required to overcome the buffer mass and lock back is far too great for my flowthrough can to achieve (I will have to test out the other plunger that came with the gas block, and/or a regular rifle length spring instead of tubb spring)

The Suppressor in question is Deadair Sierra 5 (yeah yeah, i know). This must be just carbon buildup right? I do not see any baffle strikes or damaged baffle.

I use a Plan B mount, I used to have a flash hider on the muzzle, recently switched to comstock mini break, I wonder if the shockwave broke loose the carbon built up behind the Plan B adapter?

Anyways, these are brittle and i can break it with my nails.

Well... it arrived yesterday, and i paired it with an A5 buffer (H2). Went to the range, and spent 300+ rounds trying to trouble shoot as no matter what gas settings i set it to, it will not stop light primer striking.

It did have moments where it worked for a string of 10-20 rounds, and I calculated it to be around 710~720 RPM (10 shots per around .84 seconds), which was a drastic drop from the previous 800~820 RPM I had with H3 buffer (G$ 42 carbine). However, the next magazine I load, it stops working.

I was really disappointed, so i came back home and started cleaning the gun, thinking I'm just going to swap back the carbine buffer, and noticed that the BCG tail relief cut where it would let the buffer retaining pin through, is simply miles off the center line, and you can clearly see the wear marks in the inside channel where its too close to the center, and it tore up the retaining pin I had (Brand new pin for the A5 buffer, plenty of clearance and it mated up with the back of the BCG just fine).

I'm assuming, this additional drag somehow interfered with the way BCG was being pushed forward, and resulted in light primer strike, assuming the DBC BCG works as advertised.

For now, I contacted the support, we will see what they say about this.

Hi all, just wanted to put this out there so anyone who has a Atrius Super Selektor or G-Lever and is having this issue, may identify/fix it.

In short, I do not know if this was a mistake in the packaging, it appears incorrect spring was shipped with my G-Lever. When I installed the G-Lever with my SSA-E, i had to trim the left side of the trigger a bit to make it clear the lever cam surface in semi mode, which is fine. However, I also noticed gritty/extremely tough semi trigger pull, and concluded it was the spring interfering with the trigger itself. Sometimes, when the spring is clocked in a way that doesn't interfere with the trigger, it's great. but sometimes, as I actuate the safety, springs rotate and sits in a way that would block the trigger itself.

According to the customer support, the spring they use is 9657k619. Dimensions suggest that it should have a 0.02" ID, and that should allow it to snugly fit over the safety shaft. However, as you can see in the picture of the G-Lever before use, the spring is considerably larger and even overhangs off the side. Initially, I assumed this is how it was designed and did not give too much thought, other than thinking that I may need to get replacement springs as it should not be like this (I know, contradicting myself).

Anyways, I ordered a spring set from Amazon, and found that 0.016"x0.2" spring fits really snug on the safety shaft, and after snipping off maybe 2 coils, it functioned flawlessly, with no hint of gritty/springy interference on the Semi mode.

This is my first super safety of any kind, and I understand there may be more tolerance stacking factors at play here, but I thought i put this out there so perhaps it would help even a few.

Had a lot of trouble with combination of parts I had on my setup (with Superlative piston kit and SRS captured buffer) on my 10.5.

went to Superlative adjustable gas block, KAK downvent, and Giselle 42 H3 buffer.

it's cycling pretty well now and brass ejection is super uniform around 3:30.

anyone can tell what the RoF would be?