I got 3 brand new bolt assemblies with 1 that would work in a 2015 rifle but not a 2014 rifle without having horrible hang-ups during cycling. The bolts for either rifle would interchange with each other including bolt bodies, firing pin assemblies, or complete bolt assemblies. I'm sure it was a tolerance stacking issue so I asked AINA to simply swap out the bolt assembly that was having issues. They wanted me to ship the 2014 rifle with bolt bolts to them and wouldn't do anything beyond that.
Happily I bought the bolt assemblies from Euro Optic who were more than willing to just swap out the bolt assembly that was having issues with another one which worked perfectly. There was no reason that I should have to send a rifle that works perfectly fine back to AINA when it was an obvious issue with the spare bolt assembly. They could have just swapped it out but nope...not happening.
They also told me that they wouldn't sell lock rings as they're a "service item only" so I had to buy them from Sporting Services UK instead...again for no reason as AINA could have sold them to me but they didn't want to so instead I had to spend more time and many extra dollars to source them from the UK instead. A member on here said I'd never get the lock rings, however, I did despite having no help from AINA.
It is what it is. I'll continue to shoot my existing rifles and after my triggers get here I'm done buying spare parts, however, I won't be buying more of their products in the future. They've jumped their prices way too high in the last few years for me to be able to justify anyway given the shooting that I do nor do I care for their latest rifle designs in general.
Again, I like my rifles but I don't like the company (at least AINA) or their policies.
Happily I bought the bolt assemblies from Euro Optic who were more than willing to just swap out the bolt assembly that was having issues with another one which worked perfectly. There was no reason that I should have to send a rifle that works perfectly fine back to AINA when it was an obvious issue with the spare bolt assembly. They could have just swapped it out but nope...not happening.
They also told me that they wouldn't sell lock rings as they're a "service item only" so I had to buy them from Sporting Services UK instead...again for no reason as AINA could have sold them to me but they didn't want to so instead I had to spend more time and many extra dollars to source them from the UK instead. A member on here said I'd never get the lock rings, however, I did despite having no help from AINA.
It is what it is. I'll continue to shoot my existing rifles and after my triggers get here I'm done buying spare parts, however, I won't be buying more of their products in the future. They've jumped their prices way too high in the last few years for me to be able to justify anyway given the shooting that I do nor do I care for their latest rifle designs in general.
Again, I like my rifles but I don't like the company (at least AINA) or their policies.
