Danus ex
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Meet "Scar", my first milsurp:
After getting the cosmoline off, disassembling and reassembling the gun several times, successfully peening the splines that grab the gas cylinder, and doing a bad job repairing a crack in the rear handguard, I'm ready to shoot this rifle tomorrow! I've had a lot of fun just getting to know it in and out.
This is a USGI CMP service grade. Its main parts are:
1952 Springfield Armory receiver
1951 Springfield Armory barrel
IHC trigger group
stock with no cartouches
It got its scar because of my stupidity. The first time I tried to completely disassemble it, I managed to crack the rear handguard. That was irritating, especially considering that the warning about removing that particular handguard was on the next page of the instructions I was following, after the complete stock disassembly instructions! I must've missed that particular warning on my initial skim-through. Still, that's a horrible information design flaw.
Anyway, after I cracked it, I applied what appeared to be a very carefully-placed line of glue in the crack, held it together for a while, and the repair took. However, I did this before I removed the cosmoline from that guard, and after I removed said cosmoline, the wood in that area got much lighter in color (presumably from the few passes of solvent/rag after I did the repair), revealing the dark cosmoline-tinted wood trapped under a line of glue. When the cosmoline was on the handguard, my repair was incredibly difficult to see.
This should be a blast. Any tips on sighting it in?
After getting the cosmoline off, disassembling and reassembling the gun several times, successfully peening the splines that grab the gas cylinder, and doing a bad job repairing a crack in the rear handguard, I'm ready to shoot this rifle tomorrow! I've had a lot of fun just getting to know it in and out.
This is a USGI CMP service grade. Its main parts are:
1952 Springfield Armory receiver
1951 Springfield Armory barrel
IHC trigger group
stock with no cartouches
It got its scar because of my stupidity. The first time I tried to completely disassemble it, I managed to crack the rear handguard. That was irritating, especially considering that the warning about removing that particular handguard was on the next page of the instructions I was following, after the complete stock disassembly instructions! I must've missed that particular warning on my initial skim-through. Still, that's a horrible information design flaw.
Anyway, after I cracked it, I applied what appeared to be a very carefully-placed line of glue in the crack, held it together for a while, and the repair took. However, I did this before I removed the cosmoline from that guard, and after I removed said cosmoline, the wood in that area got much lighter in color (presumably from the few passes of solvent/rag after I did the repair), revealing the dark cosmoline-tinted wood trapped under a line of glue. When the cosmoline was on the handguard, my repair was incredibly difficult to see.
This should be a blast. Any tips on sighting it in?