45/70 Henry Lover
Marksman
Kriss Vector Gen II 10mm KABOOM
I purchased a new Kriss Vector Gen II 10mm rifle at the end of November, upon firing my very first full magazine for a basic function check and preliminary sight in, it went KABOOM on the 12th round of my 15 round magazine. When I say KABOOM, I don’t mean that lightly! It blew a big piece of the polymer frame off the right side, blew the mag out, and cracked the frame on the left side, and I had to remove the remaining piece of the cartridge from the chamber, an obvious out of battery firing, to me. Just for clarification, I did not hit the mag release while firing, I bought and installed the extended rail before ever firing it, and I was holding the rail when I was firing it.
I immediately contacted Kriss Vector, they ask a couple questions, and nonchalantly issued a return authorization number and prepaid shipping label for me to send it in for inspection, and repair or replacement. The service rep I spoke to was friendly and courteous and not at all confrontational about my new gun going KABOOM. He ask if I thought I had a squib load, I told him it was not, and I was certain the rifle had fired out of battery, he asked if I had checked the barrel for any obstruction, to which I answered, yes, there was no barrel obstruction. I gave him the brand, type, and lot number of the factory ammunition I was using. I also told him, I thought there was a possibility that the extractor could have come off and caused the out of battery firing. He asked why would I think that, and I told him, because the extractor is missing, gone, nowhere to be found. He merely replied, that their factory gunsmiths would look at it and make an evaluation, and repair or replace my Gen II 10mm Kriss Vector in 6-10 weeks.
I am currently on week 4 of my 6-10 week estimate, I had actually intended to wait until the rifle was returned before posting this, however, I am starting to get a little antsy, so I sent an email to the service tech I had originally spoke to, asking if it would be possible to speak to the gunsmith that was assigned to inspect my rifle and I was told, they don’t allow that, but I would get a written report with my rifle upon it’s return. Can’t honestly say that surprised me, but never the less, I would still really like to hear directly from their gunsmith.
While waiting on the return of my new new rifle, I looked around the Interwebz and it seems mine has not been the only Kriss KaBoom, I can’t honestly say whether or not it’s a big problem inherent with the Kriss, but it does seem as though the 45acp and the 10mm are the ones that have been experiencing this issue. Hopefully, I will get it back soon. In the meantime though, it leaves me wondering if I am going to keep it, and chance having to return it again (as I have read of 2nd time KaBooms in rifles that have been returned once already) and hope that my new new rifle will now be one of the ones I have read about that have fired 10,000 rounds without a single hiccup, or should I sell it or trade it for something I have a wee bit more confidence in?
I will report back again with what their determination was once I get it back.
I purchased a new Kriss Vector Gen II 10mm rifle at the end of November, upon firing my very first full magazine for a basic function check and preliminary sight in, it went KABOOM on the 12th round of my 15 round magazine. When I say KABOOM, I don’t mean that lightly! It blew a big piece of the polymer frame off the right side, blew the mag out, and cracked the frame on the left side, and I had to remove the remaining piece of the cartridge from the chamber, an obvious out of battery firing, to me. Just for clarification, I did not hit the mag release while firing, I bought and installed the extended rail before ever firing it, and I was holding the rail when I was firing it.
I immediately contacted Kriss Vector, they ask a couple questions, and nonchalantly issued a return authorization number and prepaid shipping label for me to send it in for inspection, and repair or replacement. The service rep I spoke to was friendly and courteous and not at all confrontational about my new gun going KABOOM. He ask if I thought I had a squib load, I told him it was not, and I was certain the rifle had fired out of battery, he asked if I had checked the barrel for any obstruction, to which I answered, yes, there was no barrel obstruction. I gave him the brand, type, and lot number of the factory ammunition I was using. I also told him, I thought there was a possibility that the extractor could have come off and caused the out of battery firing. He asked why would I think that, and I told him, because the extractor is missing, gone, nowhere to be found. He merely replied, that their factory gunsmiths would look at it and make an evaluation, and repair or replace my Gen II 10mm Kriss Vector in 6-10 weeks.
I am currently on week 4 of my 6-10 week estimate, I had actually intended to wait until the rifle was returned before posting this, however, I am starting to get a little antsy, so I sent an email to the service tech I had originally spoke to, asking if it would be possible to speak to the gunsmith that was assigned to inspect my rifle and I was told, they don’t allow that, but I would get a written report with my rifle upon it’s return. Can’t honestly say that surprised me, but never the less, I would still really like to hear directly from their gunsmith.
While waiting on the return of my new new rifle, I looked around the Interwebz and it seems mine has not been the only Kriss KaBoom, I can’t honestly say whether or not it’s a big problem inherent with the Kriss, but it does seem as though the 45acp and the 10mm are the ones that have been experiencing this issue. Hopefully, I will get it back soon. In the meantime though, it leaves me wondering if I am going to keep it, and chance having to return it again (as I have read of 2nd time KaBooms in rifles that have been returned once already) and hope that my new new rifle will now be one of the ones I have read about that have fired 10,000 rounds without a single hiccup, or should I sell it or trade it for something I have a wee bit more confidence in?
I will report back again with what their determination was once I get it back.
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