PennsyPlinker
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Yeah, there are two in a row. Yesterday afternoon, I got the thing all put together and it was off to the range with the AR/Ceiner conversion, plus a couple of other guns for Mrs. Plinker and our little Plinkette to shoot. The first attempt was an unmitigated disaster. I could not get rounds to feed no matter what I tried. I tried several different types of ammo, fiddled with adjustments, and all I could get it to do was mangle the bullet as I tried to get it into the chamber. 
in that order.
I brought it home and pried the Ceiner adapter out of the AR with a screwdriver. At first I did not think it was going to budge, and then it popped all at once. I cleaned the rifle very vigorously, thinking it might have been residue from .223 rounds that was the problem. I put it all back together and rounds still would not feed. I fiddled with it some more, worked the slide back and forth about 1000 times, and then took it apart. It looked like there were some very small burrs on the feed ramp and the chamber edges. By this time I was tired, frustrated, and it was getting late in the evening, so I put it all away and went to bed.
This morning, since I am self employed, I asked for the morning off and got it. I disassembled the Ceiner adapter again, and took a felt wheel and some white diamond compound to the feed ramp and the chamber edge using a Dremel and a light touch. This time I got a couple of rounds to feed, even if they were a little tenative about going in. I sprayed it up real good with some lube and took off for the range again.
What a difference! I had a few reluctant rounds the first couple of magzines, but after those, it went bang as fast as I could pull the trigger. I had one failure to fire in the middle of the third mag, but I reinserted that round and it fired just fine. For some reason I think the hammer did not cock properly. But then...
I ran out of ammo.
I had grabbed the wrong ammo can, the one without the 1000+ rounds of .22 in it. So, it was a short trip, but I need to get some real work done today anyway, or Mrs. Plinker will be using the thing on me. I did get over 100 rounds through it though, and it was running fine. Hopefully my Black Dog mags will be here soon and I can give it a real workout. Yesterday was pretty grim, but today made up for it and then some. Now if I can only get that tractor started...
in that order.I brought it home and pried the Ceiner adapter out of the AR with a screwdriver. At first I did not think it was going to budge, and then it popped all at once. I cleaned the rifle very vigorously, thinking it might have been residue from .223 rounds that was the problem. I put it all back together and rounds still would not feed. I fiddled with it some more, worked the slide back and forth about 1000 times, and then took it apart. It looked like there were some very small burrs on the feed ramp and the chamber edges. By this time I was tired, frustrated, and it was getting late in the evening, so I put it all away and went to bed.
This morning, since I am self employed, I asked for the morning off and got it.
I disassembled the Ceiner adapter again, and took a felt wheel and some white diamond compound to the feed ramp and the chamber edge using a Dremel and a light touch. This time I got a couple of rounds to feed, even if they were a little tenative about going in. I sprayed it up real good with some lube and took off for the range again. What a difference!
I had a few reluctant rounds the first couple of magzines, but after those, it went bang as fast as I could pull the trigger. I had one failure to fire in the middle of the third mag, but I reinserted that round and it fired just fine. For some reason I think the hammer did not cock properly. But then...I ran out of ammo.
I had grabbed the wrong ammo can, the one without the 1000+ rounds of .22 in it. So, it was a short trip, but I need to get some real work done today anyway, or Mrs. Plinker will be using the thing on me. I did get over 100 rounds through it though, and it was running fine. Hopefully my Black Dog mags will be here soon and I can give it a real workout. Yesterday was pretty grim, but today made up for it and then some. Now if I can only get that tractor started...
