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Post by Horsie on Jan 27, 2019 3:21:13 GMT
Yeah, this is a pretty good idea, I imagine .50AE brass is a lot cheaper and easier to source than .50AE bullets, and you've got far more options for .429" bullets too.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 4, 2019 0:12:29 GMT
Got my M1A in, I stripped it down to check it out and grease it, all the wear is consistent with a rifle that's only had a few boxes of ammo through it, there's a few minor dents on the wood (probably got bumped in the safe), but you have to look for them.
The gas cylinder was shimmed, it's got a National Match front sight, the stock flash hider was replaced with a USGI one with a bayonet lug, and the op rod spring guide was replaced with a Sadlak NM one (it's round, rather than flat, to fill the inside of the spring), which all told would come to just shy of $300. I've ordered an adjustable gas plug to dial the gas system back a bit, and a walnut handguard to replace the plastic one.
Might see if I can get a National Match aperture too, I don't need the whole rear sight assembly, I can use the NM aperture in a standard base, and I could do with the finer aperture.
I'll have to post some photos this weekend coming, I'm expecting some parts to come in for my AR15 target upper, I've had that shelved since the Autumn when I pulled the railed handguard off it to use on the carbine upper, so I'm looking forward to having that out again. I've got a free float tube coming in for it, without a rail, since I've got a railed gas block that I'm going to clamp on at the muzzle, with a fixed front sight mounted on it to give myself about another 12" of sight radius.
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Post by Canuovea on Feb 4, 2019 0:42:20 GMT
Glad that was such a steal.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 4, 2019 1:08:48 GMT
Yeah, I always wanted one of these, but I couldn't justify spending $2600 or more on a brand new rifle.
Now that I think about it, I don't think I've seen another Springfield at the range, everyone else uses Norincos. They're not bad rifles, provided nothing goes wrong on them and the barrel is timed correctly, but it's interesting to compare the fit and finish side-by-side. The action on the Springfield cycles a lot smoother, the parts fit together tighter, and unlike the Chinese rifles there aren't machining marks all over it.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Feb 5, 2019 1:14:07 GMT
Springfield fit and finish isn't usually pristine, but compared to Norinco they're immaculate.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 5, 2019 7:15:35 GMT
You'd have to work at making something that looks rougher than most Norincos, I think the cleanest looking Norinco guns I've seen are their Type-81 rifles, the bluing is usually pretty dark and consistent and the machining looks alright.
One of the worst ones I've seen is the NP-18, their clone of the Hungarian FEG (a double action Hi-Power);
The one I handled was sharp, everywhere there was a corner it was a sharp corner, the edges of the trigger felt like they'd bite into your fingers after a bit of shooting, the DA trigger pull was as heavy as a Webley's, the single action trigger pull had way too much creep, everything felt gritty and loose.
That weird circle on the slide is the back side of a Beretta 92-style safety.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Feb 12, 2019 0:14:43 GMT
I took out my Mossberg 352 out to shoot this weekend and when I went to load the magazine I found that the adjustable feed ramp on it was gone.
Just, not there.
Looked around and couldn't find it.
Now it doesn't feed worth a damn and the part that held the feed ramp in place now prevents me from putting more than 2 rounds into the mag.
That's about the worst thing that could happen to that gun since they don't make that mag anymore and buying one from e-bay is 100 bucks. I paid 100 bucks for the fucking rifle!
I can get a 150/250/350 mag for it instead and those are about 35 bucks, but they're LR only. The big appeal to the rifle for me was that it could shoot shorts as well as LR.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 12, 2019 0:20:58 GMT
Do you think you could cobble something together to act as a feed ramp? I suppose that'd be difficult to do, even if you still had the feed ramp to use as a guide.
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Post by wordweaver3 on Feb 12, 2019 3:41:27 GMT
I could try beating a piece of sheet metal into a new ramp, but I doubt I could make it adjustable anymore. The mag is pressed together so pulling it apart isn't an easy thing to do without breaking it. I don't think they were designed with longevity in mind, so even if I sprung for an adjustable mag on e-bay there's the possibility that it wouldn't last long either since it'll be just as old.
Probably my best bet would be to build the new ramp so it functions with shorts and buy a brand new LR mag for longs.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 12, 2019 4:40:00 GMT
My friend's old man ended up doing something like that with a bolt-action rifle he owns, it was supposed to use a mag with an adjustable feed ramp for different cartridge lengths but he'd lost it years ago, he ended up buying a .22LR mag that fit the rifle and modifying a .22 Short mag for something to make it fit.
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Post by Harkovast on Feb 18, 2019 19:07:38 GMT
In defence of boob plate....BOOB PLATE!
BOOOOOOOOOBS!!!!
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Post by Canuovea on Feb 18, 2019 20:03:06 GMT
It's the equivalent of the codpiece armours. I mean, if you're willing to sacrifice substance for style you might be fine.
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Post by Horsie on Feb 18, 2019 20:05:33 GMT
That's what's missing from modern bodyarmour; huge, exaggerated Kevlar crotch bulges.
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Post by Canuovea on Feb 18, 2019 20:10:35 GMT
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Post by Horsie on Feb 18, 2019 20:19:05 GMT
Yes, just like that, but made from Kevlar, maybe with pouches for little trauma plates.
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