I've heard the Urutau can have out of battery detonations, and that its a known issue. What causes these, and how does one prevent them?

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I've had two OOBDs early on in the build process. Both blew the Urutau in half, with the force going down and left.

The problem is in the original bolt face itself. It can rotate after the first few shots, and will trap the firing pin forward, so that the next round picked up from the magazine is struck by that extended firing pin before it can be pushed into the breech.

My fix was to purchase the metal bolt carrier group from Urutauparts.com, and it does work well.

I have an all-new issue: runaways. There's a problem, possibly with head spacing, and I can't figure out what to change in order to stop the Urutau from firing an entire magazine after the first trigger pull. It will continue to fire without the trigger, with the hammer not moving at all. The lightweight firing pin keeps slamming forward on its own, firing the next round and cycling the action over and over.

I have increased the strength of the firing pin spring, but that didn't help. I can obtain lighter springs for the two guide rods, and reduce the forward force that way. But after that, if the Urutau keeps mag-dumping, I'm going to abandon the whole thing.

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