Bear Creek Arsenal CHF 5.56 Upper | 1000 Rounds

[@Jeff-xn1ew]

Always down with the underdog budget builds.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thanks man! Thanks for watching!

[@jamesstephenson2346]

I've had terrible luck with bca. BUT (And this is important) i trusy this review and understand i have bad luck. Either way, enjoyed the vid and will continue to subscribe/watch!

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@jamesstephenson2346 Thank you. I appreciate it. Like I said in the video. I know BCA has had some issues. Sucks that you're one of the people that have.

[@propdoctor21564]

Interesting video full of good information. I have had a Bear Creek 16" carbine for about 5 years which has functioned perfectly so far, and several months ago bought a 7.5" Bear Creek pistol which has functioned perfectly so far.

[@mydude_az]

My buddy has a BCA side charger that runs pretty good so far, I was honestly thinking about picking one up for a starter AR. treat it like a race car, buy it, break it, build it, repeat. Awesome video as always bud!

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thanks bro! Yea, I've always looked at BCA as sort of a "drive it like you stole it," AR.

[@mr.t9396]

Love your video quality these days. You've came a long way dude!

[@RTTGunsGear]

I appreciate it man! Truly! Thank you!

[@waynehajek839]

Great, honest review! Thank you for an interesting and informative video.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thanks for watching!

[@andyrobinson2476]

I have an 18" BCA Bear Claw upper on an Aero lower chambered in .223 Wylde.. Love it !! She is sub MOA. My advice to any new BCA customer is to check all fasteners, get a bore brush, a chamber brush, a drill, some Mother's Aluminum and Mag polish and go to work.. Hit them feed ramps, and chamber thoroughly.. If you do your part, she'll run like Usain Bolt on meth..

[@ChrisFromThe740]

Great follow up review, now time to sit back and enjoy the comment section on this one LoL.

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@ChrisFromThe740 I'm sure it will be interesting!

[@codybill24]

Great video, also pretty sick intro. My only direct experience with BCA was a 7.62x39 upper about 6 years ago, it was absolute crap. Not where things broke, just didn't function more than 2-3 rounds at a time. Very bad machining and tolerances, and ended up replacing a few things to get it working properly. But that was just one, and was a while ago. I'd never have amazing expectations for something so cheap until after I try it out, but this seems pretty good on a very low budget.

[@RTTGunsGear]

I appreciate it Cody! Reno had some issues with his 7.62x39 BCA stuff as well recently. I don't have any experience with that caliber and BCA though. So far so good for me and 5.56 and 9mm stuff though. My carry pistol actually has a stainless BCA barrel in it. Thanks again!

[@RenoMay]

Man I wish I had your experience with BCA lol

[@RenoMay]

I am 100% peanut butter and jealous

[@RTTGunsGear]

​@@RenoMayYea man...It sucks that you've had so many problems.

[@Hammerback0]

@@RTTGunsGearguns and women are similar in a few ways. There are good ones and bad ones, some have small issues that one can tolerate and overlook, some just need to be avoided at all cost, or, will cost you a lot of money and stress. Easy to find either that are fun to play with for a while, but not something youd like to keep around, let alone trust that it will perform when layin on your nightstand or pillow next to you 😂

[@RenoMay]

I wonder if the chunks that fell out was some sort of buildup from the bolt carrier port holes? Idk lol

[@RTTGunsGear]

I couldn't place it. Who knows. It could have been machining crap from the factory.

[@msquared9605]

Why you always creeping on all sorts of BCA videos 😆

[@RTTGunsGear]

@msquared9605 Reno and I are homies man. We've had many discussions about BCA.

[@msquared9605]

@@RTTGunsGear no I understand! I’ve just noticed him on other’s BCA videos after his disastrous experience with them lol

[@nickchristopher7724]

Found the same stuff in my bca bcg around 1000 rounds. Cleaned it every 200 rounds to inspect and that stuff was not there. Then there it was like 30 of them behind the bolt on my last trip. The only thing I could think of was primers. Also firing pin and bolt face were extra dirty when I noticed. Would be very curries what you find in future with this upper. Great video 👍🏻

[@chuyhernandez9901]

Could those “chunks” be popped primers?

[@RTTGunsGear]

I doubt it. They were too small. I know the picture wasn't great. But they're about the size of a ball point pen tip. Thanks for watching!

[@kotaboy32]

Great Video Brother

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thank bro! I appreciate it!

[@jeremykissner2281]

Over 3000 rounds, probably 500 suppressed. On a dual charging BCA upper! I've had no issues whatsoever. For the price u can't beat it!❤

[@danielrumble11]

Sweet man thank you for everything you do.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thank you! And I see you everywhere on my different social media man. I appreciate your support!

[@FiveSlow]

im pretty much of the belief their 223/556 stuff is pretty much good to go, aside from QA, its the other stuff like x39, 458 socom etc that i see posts on FB and other places about. i have used 2 of their 300bo uppers, 223 wylde upper, 2 458 socom barrels and BCG's, a x39, and a 450 Bushmaster. Everything ran amazing after using the right spring and buffer combo, and havent had any issues with any of them. That being said, i dissembled and reassembled each one.. because i dont trust their QA. Are they a good value? yes, are they a good range toy and plinker? yes.. Not every AR availabe needs to be a duty grade AR.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Agreed! And more people need to heard that last sentence. Not every AR is or needs to be duty grade. Thanks!

[@msquared9605]

Yeah I’m pretty sure they drill their gas ports to the “let’s make it super combat gassed for the weakest of steel case” specs My 16” mid length 223 wylde will still eject 223 brass to the 2-3 o clock with the geissele super 42 spring and h3 buffer I love it tho, it’s too gassed to ever have any cycling issues

[@Rnemhrd]

I think the firing pin has too much protrusion causing primers to pop where the pin strikes it. You need to check your spent shells. Some of the primers probably have little holes in them. the pin going in too fat will streatch the metal where the prmer strikes and that little piece will blow out. Bet they fit on the tip of the firing pin.

[@chevyrunner8846]

Great video man, iv always appreciated your honesty. Occasionally i jump on the focus trip live stream and see you in the live comments. Any chance you get your hands on one of his uppers and make a video on it? I have his recce pro and so far its been great.

[@RTTGunsGear]

@chevyrunner8846 John is a great dude! I've not used one of his uppers. Maybe I'll look into it though! Thanks man!

[@chevyrunner8846]

@@RTTGunsGear he is. I just sent an upper his way I put together, for him to look over and fix anything I might have overlooked. I'd like to see more people hear about his work. 🍻

[@eltenda]

Excellent review and nice upper !🎉

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thanks bro!

[@adamrodgers2377]

Keyboard Fortune Tellers are about as annoying as Keyboard Commandos 😂 Awesome video, I thank you. 🤘🏻

[@RTTGunsGear]

@adamrodgers2377 Yep...If you ever wanted to hear from someone that is confident that they know EVERYTHING better than you, look no further than a gun video comment section and the commenter with zero videos or profile picture. Lmao! Thanks for watching.

[@adamrodgers2377]

@@RTTGunsGear 💯 truth

[@jonathannewbern5361]

Thank you

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@jonathannewbern5361 Thank you for watching!

[@POSminiracer]

How is the accuracy? Before and after?

[@RTTGunsGear]

I didn't get into accuracy only because it didn't get worse as far as I can tell. I know it would be a bit of a journey. But if you go back to the first shots video and then the Gideon SFP scope video. The groups got tighter, but I also switched to a more stable shooting rest. Being the BOG tripod that it's clamped in, in this video. When I zeroed the scope that's on it in this video, the final group at 50 yards was a little over an inch. So it would be between a 2 - 3 in group at 100.

[@POSminiracer]

@@RTTGunsGear I feel like I've seen those first shots if they're within the last year to year and a half. Not getting worse/consistent works for me. I hear a lot of complaints or more like the same few complaints over and over about BCA but I never hear anyone complain about accuracy. I appreciate your honest expression of what you actually experience in your video's. Nice work. Thanks for the reply.

[@kswade71]

Very nice! Thanks for the video!

[@RTTGunsGear]

Thanks Kyle! I appreciate it bro!

[@Maine307]

dude, awesome vid.. i am a BCA fan.. but lets talk that stock??? u need to do seperate vid on that DD China stock bro!! it rocks! time for you to lets some of your secret shopper locations out the bag!!! lol ! awesome vid! always a fan!

[@RTTGunsGear]

I plan on probably doing a video on a few items all at once that I bought from Wish to try. Some of its not good, some of it's okay stuff for fit and function. But I'm not sure about longevity yet. Thanks!

[@RavenTwoActual]

That stuff that fell out looks like primers. Check the firing pin. It may be protruding too far.

[@TheCamaro5]

Where did you get the stock? I remember seeing some on temu a while back before they got rid of nearly all gun stuff.

[@RTTGunsGear]

@TheCamaro5 Wish. I bought some Wish AR15 accessories a while back with the intention on a "Do Wish accessories hold up" type video.

[@TheCamaro5]

@@RTTGunsGear ahh ok it seems all the knock off stuff is no more on those sites.

[@Dieselelitist]

I like the Chinese knock off DD stock, do you remember where you ordered it from by chance?

[@RTTGunsGear]

@Dieselelitist Wish.. I ordered a few accessory items from there one day with the intention on doing a "Reviewing Wish(dot)Com AR15 Accessories" video.

[@Dieselelitist]

@@RTTGunsGear that’s awesome and I think that would still be a good video to drop. Thanks for the info and keep up the amazing content 👏

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@Dieselelitist Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@samuelhansen516]

Those look to be punched out primers. That can happen from time to time with 5.56 that is higher pressure. the firing pin being too long can also cause this as well.

[@settlesmachiningtools8671]

Where did you get the knock off Daniel Defense butt stock?

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@settlesmachiningtools8671 Wish

[@machendachen]

My 11.5 gen1 with psa lower has been reliable. Just built an 16” chf M4 with a psa lower. Waiting to see how she holds up! 😉

[@tylerlewis4351]

My 10.5 bca upper runs amazing.

[@jpennel25]

Dam i thought I was the only one that liked cheap guns and riddim. Nice intro song

[@loarmistead]

Those chunks look like pieces of primers. Uneven wear on the bolt face and barrel extension in conjunction with the chunks falling out make me think an out of spec bolt/firing pin, or both? Also potentially a poorly bedded barrel and headspace issues? Tough to say from pictures alone but I suspect the first BCG-related failures you'll see will be broken bolt lugs. *For the price* to have that amount of wear at 1000 rounds with ~400 being suppressed isn't horrible I suppose. Most guys who buy budget uppers probably won't put 1,000 rounds on it in their lives.

[@tmarcustv4085]

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[@markzuckerberg3128]

HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING nice about a gun that only cost 3 digits! The Internets Gun community excommunicates you.

[@MrDan1509]

Same was said about the Rock Island 1911's. My 10mm RIA runs like a Swiss Watch.

[@cbguns]

Why don’t you like Daniel Defense ?

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@cbguns The rifles are fairly unremarkable. Especially for the money. Way overpriced for what you get. That, on top of Marty Daniel being an ATF supporter. I just see no reason to ever consider DD when purchasing a rifle

[@cbguns]

@@RTTGunsGear Well I still like there guns. Lol. I have 3.

[@allihatw]

Those uppers are $300 ish now.

[@RTTGunsGear]

@allihatw yep...I just got the email last week that prices were going up. That's unfortunate.

[@tylerlewis4351]

It feels so weird that my lpvo costs twice as much as my complete rifle did.

[@tomrhodes4907]

Mine works but its HEAVY

[@deusvult6632]

I love the cheapness of BCA. It really is rock bottom cheap stuff.

[@RTTGunsGear]

Yea, pretty inexpensive and I've had really good luck with the stiff. Thanks for watching!

[@russhayes4882]

Try to call them sometime will not answer there phone !

[@musek5048]

yeah its starting to become concerning because i've been eyeing one of their uppers but idk if i'd want to be ordering from a non responsive company that has a reputation for bad QC

[@brianschumaker5912]

I just called them on Thursday. Was on hold for about 5 minutes, but they did answer.

[@coltonowens2742]

Not convinced these are anything special. I care far more about the quality of the manufacturing process and finish, than the methods themselves. BCA time and time again has released absolute garbage. I'd be really surprised if these outlasted button rifled nitride barrels from Faxon, Criterion, BA, etc etc.

[@RTTGunsGear]

@@coltonowens2742 Okay... 👍lol