r/canadaguns • u/CAFLoreMemes • 5d ago

Gun and gear reviews NR Makasi Updated - loads of initial issues

Hey All,

As promised, I am here to report back after I took the NR Makasi to the range.

I took out 500 rounds to the range and only managed to get through 80. Here is what happened:

  • Constant failures to feed. I used the supplied 5 Rd PMag, 10 Rd DuraMags and Crossmags. The issue seems to be the magwell and/or the bolt. This did not totally surprise me as I had issues feeding snap caps when I was dry firing at home.

  • The charging handle often gets stuck and it is difficult to charge the rifle with the bolt forward and a magazine inserted. It loosened up throughout the day but you gotta put a lot of strength into it.

  • I checked and was on the unsuppressed gas setting. I still ended up taking the hand guard off and switch to the suppressed setting. Of course that did nothing but I wanted to try everything.

  • I was able to occasionally chamber the next round by manually charging the rifle BUT that only worked about half the time with the bolt not picking up the subsequent round.

  • As we all know, the dust cover opens up for some reason. This leads to it not opening fully when an optic is above it. I removed my optics and still had the same issues.

  • Weird enough I did manage to get through ONE 10 Rd DuraMag. That happened towards the end of the range session and surprised me. But it didn't last and the same issues persisted.

  • The folding stock is difficult to fold. You can get it with enough strength but you will feel like you are breaking the rifle.

  • A guy on the gunnutz forum just posted his experience and it mirrors mine. So it unfortunately seems like these are persistent issues.

Overall I am pretty disappointed. My WK 181 was more reliable out of the box. I am going back to the range tomorrow and will attempt to get through to 500 rounds to see if anything changes.

Pray for my arm strength cause I'm gonna be rocking that charging handle all day.

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u/shapoopshoot 5d ago

yeah that's troubling. I posted on CGN - I wonder if polishing the bolt might help?

I've got the FDE on order, and I'm glad you guys that have yours now can give us some honest to goodness reporting back and see if some slight tuning/polishing/etc might be needed.

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u/CAFLoreMemes 5d ago

How would you recommend polishing the bolt? I can give that a shot if going through the rest of my rounds doesn't work.

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u/shapoopshoot 5d ago

I've only polished the BCG from the alcor, so i'm not sure if it'll work...but Sma the Average on CGN posted a pic of the BCG from the Makasi (pic below) - Sma mentioned that it looks like the BCG doesnt come tested/pre fired from the factory, so maybe a good cleaning/etc is in order?

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u/CAFLoreMemes 5d ago

I actually spent last night cleaning the rifle and disassembling the bolt. Fingers crossed that it ends up working tomorrow.