..."but that's probably because a careless previous owner"...
i wonder how many of the other problems could be traced back to the original owner(s)?
have known 5 different sterling owners, and only one had probs with their's. the extractor broke. upon looking at the nearly new weapon, it was painfully obvious it needed cleaning. this, some 800-1,000 rounds downstream, ~never~ cleaned.
it had also been fed undetermined amounts of SS 109 his father in law had given him. it is worth noting that his father in law ruined a mini 14 with the same ammo before they found out the heavier bullets didn't play nice with the older M-193 set up weapons. as much as i like the 18 system over the ruger mini, i feel safe saying that action would endure more abuse than the armalite....
gunnie
i wonder how many of the other problems could be traced back to the original owner(s)?
have known 5 different sterling owners, and only one had probs with their's. the extractor broke. upon looking at the nearly new weapon, it was painfully obvious it needed cleaning. this, some 800-1,000 rounds downstream, ~never~ cleaned.
it had also been fed undetermined amounts of SS 109 his father in law had given him. it is worth noting that his father in law ruined a mini 14 with the same ammo before they found out the heavier bullets didn't play nice with the older M-193 set up weapons. as much as i like the 18 system over the ruger mini, i feel safe saying that action would endure more abuse than the armalite....
gunnie