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You're not still a newbie are ya?

That Barret is amazing stuff on copper fouling but so/so on carbon. Ooops was this another WHAT-TO-DO-ABOUT-CORROSIVE-AMMO thread? Sorry off topic.

UPDATE Well, it's a TA11E. The seller was a small gun shop that took this in on trade from a vet. It does look like it's seen "action". Maybe it had but, much to my relief, not via government contract. I think the assumption was it was “mil-surp” or as some infer “mil-HOT”. I was ignorant. That’s why I post these things. To get educated. Thank you very much. Seller was willing to give me the serial number and I called Trijicon. Very nice gal in service told me that when they receive items in for service they check the serial numbers. If it was sold on a federal, state, local or other government agency recorded contract they are obliged to tell that agency. It will be up to that agency whether they choose to investigate it or not. They would in fact service the unit and return it to me either way. I nervously gave her the serial number but she assured me she would have to have possession of it before they notified any agencies. Came back clean. Whew. So I picked it up for $330. Hundred bucks each for them to swap the front and rear glass and I’ll be into if for about $550 when it’s all said and done. Not bad. Not bad. Might plant it on the Argy FAL I’m building. Or may try it on my M1a. Would probably be happiest on an AR10.

I gotta drive to Chattanooga so I'm gonna visit Dan tomorrow at VoW and see if he wants to take on what I want to do. We'll see.

I have a chance to buy this ACOG (3.5x35 wi .308 Reticle) at a ridiculously low price but it’s Mil-Surp and the front and rear glass have mild scratches all over making it pretty hazy. I’m not sure it can be a fruitful purchase. Because it’s mil-surp I’m told that if I send it to Trijicon they will confiscate it. Is this true? I don’t know what they would charge to service this but is it even serviceable by anyone other than Trijicon? I was told that some kind of glass polishing business might be able to buff it out. Would Trijicon sell the glass? Thoughts? Ideas?

Judge for yourself.

Thanks but definitely NOT him !!!

Greetings, Just purchased an Argentine FAL kit. Will probably go with an Imbel or (Argy specific) Coonan receiver. Looking for a "real" gunsmith/builder that will put this together with a guarantee on his work. Anybody got any solid referrals?

Greetings, Just purchased an Argentine FAL kit. Will probably go with an Imbel or (Argy specific) Coonan receiver. Looking for a "real" gunsmith/builder that will put this together with a guarantee on his work. Anybody got any solid referrals?

Sorry coldblackwind. I never made it out there today. There is another fella says he wants it and I'm now holding it till we can connect in a week. If it doesn't work out with him I'll update the post in a week or so.

No can do today. Prepping for a business trip.

Seriously, Anyone local wanna come get this thing? I need the room in my safe.

Ugh - I shoulda posted this sooner. I literally just came through Knoxville on my way back from Gatlinburg. Sorry Supafly. Yea, it looks like it could use a new crown at the muzzle but mainly I think it's just a spent stock. The bolt and action look great. Your right. The sights are lame for distance as are all of those old Mausers but they are soooo capable of Tulahoma level shooting if you wanna jack em up with optics. I have an incredible specimen in a 1909 Argentine I picked up at a pawn shop nearby. The "hold" is tricky to find but once you settle in you can smack distant plates round after round. I'm mainly a plinker.

K-Kale from 1942 I bought this cosmoline soaked antique Jihad War Stick for a hundred bucks from a gunsmith. Took it home, scrubbed the stock for about a half hour in hot water with a little Dawn and a plastic bristle brush. Dried it out and applied a little custom BLO blend. It seemed to clean up acceptably but I discovered a minor crack on the upper hand guard and behind the receiver. I degreased all parts including a bolt disassembly. Brought it all back to the gunsmith to reassemble proper and tight, headspace check, fix cracks and test fire for another $46 bucks. Range report: I ran three bandos of 1940's Turkish ammo though it. It shot 3-4ft groups at 300yds and 1-2ft groups at 100. When it got hot it became very difficult to extract (normal). The front band retainer has warped itself out of the hand-guard and wont stay put so now the front band now slides off freely. I'm sure the stock is (no pun intended) "shot". When I finally put it down for the last time I picked up my Garand and slapped 300yd steel plates shot after shot. http://i628.photobucket.com/albums/u...2/DSCN0168.jpg This is probably the most miserable rifle I've ever fired. The bore is shiny and the action is nice. Bolt is great inside and out. It probably has a second life worth re-evaluating in fresh wood as a sporter but I'm not gonna put any more time and money into it. I'm probably gonna ditch it.

"On April 13, 2009 the ten millionth Model 870 was produced, and the 870 holds the record for best-selling shotgun in the history of the world." $200-300, used in a number of pawn shops. I got mine with long and short barrels.

Do you have to clean the gas system and bolt as well?

So the answer I received on other forums is corrosive primers are far more reliable after long term or adverse storage. Better to send one down a rusty barrel than not to send one at all.

Greetings, Just took delivery of a custom assembled 8mm Serbian M76 DMR. I asked the builder to put in a Red Star Arms (RSA) adjustable 2-stage trigger group. But when I got the rifle back I noticed it had a very crusty feeling Tapco G2. He would probably change it out for me but I don’t want to deal with time and shipping. Plus the RSA is boo koo adjustable and if I wanna tweak I’d rather be near someone local to run it to or show me how to do it. http://www.redstararms.com/uploads/RSA_trigger.pdf I might try it all myself but I have bad thumbs and the instructions look a little gnarly.

Just wondering why corrosive primers are/were still being used by the 90’s. I always thought corrosive primers were an “old†technology thing that ComBloc countries and others continued b/c it was cheaper or too expensive to make the conversion. Bigger question: What is the history of corrosive vs. non corrosive primers up to today? Who still uses and why?

Check out the comments and pictures here : M76 Brand New and Cleaned - NOW WHAT? - AR15.COM A guy named Liquidmetal has put up some pics on a post of mine over there. I think this is exactly what you are looking for. This is the stud adapter he recommends : Harris #2R Bipod Adapter

Actually I do have a lot of reloading gear accumulated and buddies to guide me. I just haven't found the time to set it all up on a bench and get going. I just wanna get a hundered or so rounds of "modern" M75 to test this rifle now. I emailed PRVI and their US Distributor to see if they have anything M75-ish ammo at retail.

So the last time I looked at this (last year) I thought the DUI thing was 5 years and the Rehab limit was 8 years. I completely disagree with the logic of this!!! So leme get this straight. I can be convicted of a single DUI which, duh, is a very stupid thing to do and get a conceal carry permit yet if I think I am having problems in life and responsibly seek help by checking myself CONFIDENTIALLY into a rehab, I am zapped? I didn’t break a law, just trying to better myself and will, as a result, have unknowingly incriminated myself in this way? I dunno, I think the right attorney with some gumption might have fun with that one. Also, as stated above, medical records are sealed tight since the HIPPA laws took effect. I would think the TBI/FBI would have to produce a warrant intentionally looking for an individual’s records at a specific facility before the voluntary patient at a hospital could be discovered. Now if someone gets court ordered or if it’s a State or Fed employee and they get sent to Rehab then, yea, I can see (no I can’t) restricting their RIGHT to keep and bear arms. This is all nonsense and all the States are dancing with Constitutional corruption anyway. The only way you can be deprived of your constitutional rights is to be convicted of a felony or to voluntarily surrender them.

Hello folks. New to this forum. Thought I'd try and seek out a little local advice. I had problems with a 1st M76 Yugo and sent it back. I received the replacement and stuffed 5 mags with 1980s Romy and had only one FTE out of all 50 rds. Filled em all up again and had all varieties of FTF and one FTE that was so bad it ended the day. I had to buy a steel rod to tap the spent casing from the chamber. Gas setting was on #3 The BHO did not work with a couple of the mags so I am hoping I am not still dealing with mag-well / receiver-tolerance issues. Mags can be pushed up farther than the receiver will hold em. I found about a hundred rounds of M75 but I want to save that for now. I have heaps of 1950s Yugo and 1980s Romy. I even have a batch of Turkish 8mm. None of these are great ammo (by the book). Age, charge quality, power, bullet weight and casings vary between them and I need to establish a base line before I decide if and what kind of problems this second rifle really has. I would like a best recommendation for off the shelf factory ammo for conclusively testing the rifle as it was designed to fire. In other words what off-the-shelf ammo is most like the Yugo M75 sniper ammo? I believe that ammo with this rifle were specifically to be paired together in application – no?