Bought a PSL, from a local gun shop. In their light, it looked good, felt good, and of course, looked clean.
Got it home and started to do the overhaul and cleaning on it, when I found that the piston, and the gas tube were pretty cruddy. Ran the brush through it a few times to find out that there was surface rust on the inside of the gas tube. There's also some pitting on the piston. Cleaned both up and then found that when the piston went into the channel, and into the gas tube, that piston looks like it's riding the wall of the tube, and the port on the lower receiver.
I'm a bit annoyed, because I haven't even taken it out to the range yet. I'm going to be putting a few rounds through it this weekend, and am wondering if I should be concerned? I suppose the worst thing is that I'll have a little rub on the piston, but if it keeps going like it looks like it is, I could have bigger problems down the road.
Got it home and started to do the overhaul and cleaning on it, when I found that the piston, and the gas tube were pretty cruddy. Ran the brush through it a few times to find out that there was surface rust on the inside of the gas tube. There's also some pitting on the piston. Cleaned both up and then found that when the piston went into the channel, and into the gas tube, that piston looks like it's riding the wall of the tube, and the port on the lower receiver.
I'm a bit annoyed, because I haven't even taken it out to the range yet. I'm going to be putting a few rounds through it this weekend, and am wondering if I should be concerned? I suppose the worst thing is that I'll have a little rub on the piston, but if it keeps going like it looks like it is, I could have bigger problems down the road.