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Use code: USA15 (15% off sitewide) Free shipping on all orders! - Also available in Flat Dark Earth: https://sunnystateoutdoors.com/sharps-xpb-bolt-carrier-group-5-56-fde/... *Check out our other Featured Deals! - https://sunnystateoutdoors.com... - The Sharps XPB (Xtreme Performance) Bolt Carrier Group Complete is precisely machined from S7 tool steel. The XPB undergoes a 24-hour thermal cycle proprietary heat treatment and is finished with DLC (Diamond Like Carbon) Coating. The XPB Bolt Carrier Group displays the SRC logo machine cut and visible when the ejection port door is open. The XPB fits standard AR-15/M16/M4 rifles chambered in .223/5.56mm, 25-45 Sharps and 300 Blackout calibers.

Technical Data
Bolt: S7 Tool steel, shot peened and DLC coated
Bolt Carrier: S7 Tool steel, shot peened and DLC coated
Gas Key: 4130 Steel, attached with Grade 8 hardware, properly staked and DLC Coated
Cam Pin: 4340 Steel, Manganese Phosphate coated
Firing Pin: Mil Spec firing pin made of 8740 steel, center‐less ground and Hard Chrome coated
Extractor: 4340 Steel, Manganese Phosphate coated
Ejector: S7, shot peened and Manganese Phosphate coated
Extractor Pin: S7, shot peened and Manganese Phosphate coated
Mil-Spec Extractor and Ejector Springs, Firing Pin Retaining Pin, Gas Rings
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Batch MPI and HPT tested
Tensile strengths of 1550-1600 mpa, or 220,000-235,000 psi.
Toughness of over 200 ft./lb. Charpy C-Notch
HRC of 46 yields a 15% increase in hardness at the same toughness comparing to Carpenter 158 & 9310
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Technical Data on DLC Coating
Coating thickness: 2 - 4 μm (Micro Meter) or 2-4 μ (Microns)
Hardness HV 0.05: 2000 – 2800 or 80+ HRC
Deposition method: PVD UBM/PACVD
Friction vs. steel, dry: 0.1
Color: Carbon Black

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Great bcg own many. But sunny state sucks . Spend your money somewhere else

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Hi Drofenahs, Happy to make it up to you if we messed up or gave poor service on a past order of yours. Email us at: [email protected] with your name and we'll check out your order and make it right. Thanks.

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Buying it from Sunny you will save on shipping, if you buy if directly from Sharps you will have to pay for shipping and they are about the same price in both websites.

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These are back in stock and ready to ship!

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No longer offer lifetime warranty on bcgs or bolts. Two of my three ordered appear to have machining issues

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Yeah, I'll never buy a bcg with a 90 day warranty. Wow, that's like ebay Chinese junk kinda bad.

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Did you guys get the DLC bolts back in stock? I would like to get my order (#18568) from 1/24 fulfilled.

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Hi Daisho, Yes we got those in as well. We sent you an email with tracking. Thanks again for the order.

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Good luck, I’ve tried contacting them multiple times. They even responded here with an email to contact them and they still won’t answer through the provided email.

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I've tried as well, two brand new never fired BCG have machining issues

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Hi Entes007, I apologize I thought your comment below was regarding the product on this page the XPB BCG, which I why I responded with "these are in and shipping" I just sent you an email with an update on the BCGs you ordered and also something to make it up to you for the delay and misunderstanding. Thanks again for the order, we appreciate it.

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The order I placed with them hasn’t shipped out and I placed it on 3/10/19. I’ve contacted them multiple times and no one reply.

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Hi Entes007, The backorder on these is in and orders have been shipped, if you still haven't gotten this just drop us an email with your name at: [email protected] and I'll get it taken care of. Thanks for the order!

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Price is high considering you can get NiB and TiN BCGs for under $100 and you are unlikely to need to replace those anytime soon. Might as well throw in the old parkerized BCG that comes with ARs. Nothing really wrong with those either. I can see paying under $100 for an easier to clean BCG, but once you get past $100 it just seems ridiculous, even if money is no object.

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My guess is you don't own one of these. From a pure numbers stand point, you may be right. But there may be a reason you can buy BCA barrels at $30 and Faxon at $100+. I own this bcg...and I own 4 NiB (2 from Hardened, 1 PSA (which is Toolcraft), and 1 FailZero). This is a much better bcg. S7 steel is superior to Carpenter and the DLC makes it much better than NiB. The design also prevents fewer jams. I have this in 10.5" suppressed 300BO, which btw used to have an NiB bcg. The performance is far better and more reliable. Depends on what your wants and needs are. For me, I wanted something I can be 100% confident would never fail me for any reason. And this bcg does that. Still love my NiB, but for this one application, this bcg was the only one to have.

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I don't own one. I own 2ea NiB and 1ea "matte chrome." The OEMs are standard factory phosphate. How does it perform better? I could see additional benefit if it were a low mass BCG, but it is just a regular mass BCG. How is "S7" steel superior to Carpenter 158? A quick search just describes properties but no links talk about why it would be better to use. I am familiar with knife steels.

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139.97 deal is over?

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I have had one of these for about a year. It works well and i use it in suppressed 300 BLK. I honestly like this finish and bcg better than all the others I have. WMD NiB, nitrate, etc.

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Gungrass-

While I didn’t explicitly state that I have had a stuck case, I alluded to it in my first paragraph.

I agree that steel case does pose potential problems for long term defensive roles, as the issue is that it does not expand as well as brass, and thus when firing does not fully seal off the chamber, causing carbon to slowly build up in the shoulder area. Over time, if not cleaned, (typically after 1000-2000 rounds) it will build up enough to practically “shrink” your headspace to cause a stuck case when your bolt slams it into the smaller chamber.

I wasn’t recommending it for self defense use, although it would work fine, so long as you keep your chamber clean.

Brass IS better, but it’s also much more expensive, ($80-$100 per 1000) and for training, being able to train 40-50% more is worth the slight downsides.

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Arrived promptly BNIB, well it was in new packaging, from Sunny State.

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just received and plastic vac-seal was opened and the head bolt was able to fall through the hole. bolt when hand cycled in/out of the carrier bears a “zip” sound (much like a mass production economcy bolt action rifle, ala Ruger America).

There are also dicoloration and finish issues inside the carrier resembling “over-spray” of flat black paint (yes, I’m aware it’s not paint). Cam pin had multiple scratches through the finish to the bare metal.

From the packing it appears removal of entire bcg would have been impossible, but this some how seems to have seen use prior to being sealed. Lastly, tried with three CHs in 2 separate rifles and one other bcg (faxon ltwt). The Sharps would not return to battery without assistance (even though the angled lugs are supposed to improved this). Faxon was impossible to keep from going in to battery and wwe even tested it with a brand new bcm 3x3 CH. Neither rifle has siginificant carbon build up and were cleaned recently.

Willing to give Sharp’s another try—-maybe. But shit, for (at most $50) more the faxon shaves 3oz and we’ve ran 2 of them now with over 4k each (BCM14.5 /POF 16”) with no hiccups—as in none. Even Suppressed in the 14.5 w/standard buffer.

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Hi Ty1998, please email us at: [email protected] if you haven't already and we'll get you either a replacement or refund. These aren't problems we've seen before on these so I want to make sure we can get this one back to Sharps for inspection to see what the problem is. Thanks for the order, we appreciate your business.

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Actually you have just educated me. I like the challenge of tuning a gun to fire lower quality ammo. I like the thought of more training and practice. Guess my high horse isn't very sturdy : ) This doesn't mean ill be buying lower quality meats for my bbq cooks.

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Hi WolfHunter, we can be reached through email at [email protected] or on our Facebook page, we try to be quick with responses on both. I’m sorry if that didn’t happen in your case, feel free to drop us an email and we’ll see what we can do to make it up to you. Thanks for the order.

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Not a bad price on this BCG but if you any problems with your order good luck getting and response from this company No phone number to call and I don't think there email works either! Don't buy from them find it at a different site.

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Dealer responded via Facebook within minutes at 2am, 3am their time! Almost ordered from Sharps direct as someone else mentioned they were the same price but Sharps has the blems at $139.99. Dealer stated they are in stock, ready to ship and non-blem. In for one!

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Imyourbbqguy -

I can’t speak for others, but as for why I run cheap ammo through nice builds:

1. It has little to no effect on my training. If anything, it actually helps it. The ever so slightly reduced accuracy might actually press me to be more careful with my shots, and the potential failures (I’ve had less than 1 in 1000 with the cheapest Russian stuff, and they were all due to fouled chambers from 1000+ rounds with no cleaning) just throw a wrench in my training and give me surpise malfunction clearing practice.

2. Cheaper ammo means more practice. I pay 20 cents a round shipped for .223, and the very cheapest “quality” .223 or 5.56 is about 30 cents. This means that I’ll end up with at least 50% more training with the same amount of money. This is a huge one.

3. I want my combat weapons to run on everything, in the harshest conditions, especially the cheapest ammo. As the cheapest ammunitions are generally the most problematic, they are more likely to uncover potential problems or weaknesses of your firearm. If the firearm does not run with the shittiest ammo, it is not an acceptable combat weapon for me.

I am on the other side of the coin, I don’t understand why people pay so much for ammo. Of course, if all you do is go to indoor ranges or bench shoot, or if you are long range Shooting, or potentially if you reload, then sometimes it might make sense to pay more, but if you are training with a pistol and short to medium range rifle, I do not see any advantage to shooting “quality” ammo.

I would sincerely love to be educated by someone who disagrees.

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You have obviously never had a bad steel case jam that puts your gun down. Goodluck with your “combat” rifle when that steel case locks the gun down. There IS a reason military uses brassdown

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DLC is superior to TiN, especially when it is applied over nitrided parts.

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Much appreciated. Now to save up for the low mass Sharps with DLC.

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DLC versus the TiN treatment, what’s going to be the longer lasting? I’ve read both are superior to NiB, so now I’m just trying to find the best of the remaining options.

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Never understood why people test top notch builds or equipment with cheap ammo.

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I bought a DLC bolt carrier group that has been treated with DLC on every part but the firing pin and the firing pin retaining pin. Well that's not including the gas rings of course.
It's very smooth and slick feeling to bare hands. I've dropped it in a rifle, but not yet been able to get out and shoot with it. I'm wondering how it will compare to the parkerized ones, and a nitride version. I don't yet own a nickle boron bolt carrier group, but will soon and hope to learn which one is the best to finish off my remaining rifle builds.

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Took it out, ran approximately 250 rounds through it, running simple and complex drills, perfect function, except for a stuck unfired round after a complex drill on a hot chamber, but that's this shitty Tula, not the bcg.

I don't advise using Tula .223 for defense, but I've never had a stuck case with wolf, although I know it can still happen. The cause is not laquer or polymer, but rather an ever tightening chamber as steel doesn't expand quite as readily as brass, so the gas leaks into the chamber and deposits carbon. I discovered this through much research and my own tests.

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Oh, and, it's fairly sexy. Kind of a charcoal color, like a mix of nitride and nickel teflon (not boron, and teflon is better). No tooling marks, and good angles.

And a lifetime warranty, which is not very common.

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From my research and mediocre understanding of mechanics and metallurgy, this seems to be the very best BCG. The original iteration, the relia-bolt, was $250. This has been improved quite a bit since then, (and heat treat problems solved) and at $145, an insane value. Also, to those who are wondering and don't want to research, DLC is the ultimate coating, the new nitride. It's so hard, it cannot be measured on the Rockwell scale, because it's harder than the toolhead. Nitride is awesome, and practically every gun part should be nitrided (I predicted we would see more and more of it, because it's a low cost treatment that is better than almost any other treatment/coating.

DLC has many similar traits to nitride, but is essentially better in all categories, except for cost, of course.

Anyway, finally a big step in innovation on such an integral part of the lovely ar. Increased strength (S7 tool steel, one of the best possible for this application), reliability (balanced to prevent carrier tilt, improved rails, rear rails, hugely improved lugs), and durability (DLC coating, hard as diamond, and tough).

I bought two, trying not to buy any more.

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Not that great of a price, they're the same price from the manufacturers website.

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Really great price, shipping and service. Showed up in 4 days including the weekend. $159 out the door.
Side note- I had a question about the DLC. I called Sharps and what gracious and professional service. They answered my questions and kept emphasizing that if I was not happy they stand by their product and will do whatever it takes.
I am thoroughly impressed with the Sunny State / Sharps combo of companies. It is a real winner in my book. Happy Fourth of July! I'll be shooting the new BCG on Thursday. Stay FREE America!

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