borrowedtime69
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i was pretty worried about spare parts for my M6 when i found out they werent making them anymore. the part i worried about the most was the pin that secures the recieiver/barrels essembly to the buttstock as it is only held in by a spring forced indent catch (sorry, best way i could explain it :silly: ).
i worried i would lose it out in the field or cleaning it with no decent replacement and would basically have a club. the only other solution was to put a bolt and a wingnut in place of the pin like VShrake did in his article: http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/v-shrake/m6.html. this solution was a little too bulky for me so i came up with a new pin idea that would lock the pin into place solidly without extra hardware poking far out away from the reciever.
i bought a Universal Clevis Pin and a small hair (tiny hitch) pin. i inserted the clevis through the assembled gun's pivot pin holes all the way. i then marked the length for cutting. used my dremel carbon disk to cut down the pin. i then used a dremel stone to round out the edges of the new end. i then reinserted the clevis pin and then put in the hair pin through the second hole from the head to lock it in place.
i DO NOT think that the pin will ever be knocked loose. i got two sets of these that i will keep. one with the take-down case i bought and maybe put one in one of the two sling pouches as a back up.
good shootin everybody! -Eric
i worried i would lose it out in the field or cleaning it with no decent replacement and would basically have a club. the only other solution was to put a bolt and a wingnut in place of the pin like VShrake did in his article: http://www.oldjimbo.com/survival/v-shrake/m6.html. this solution was a little too bulky for me so i came up with a new pin idea that would lock the pin into place solidly without extra hardware poking far out away from the reciever.
i bought a Universal Clevis Pin and a small hair (tiny hitch) pin. i inserted the clevis through the assembled gun's pivot pin holes all the way. i then marked the length for cutting. used my dremel carbon disk to cut down the pin. i then used a dremel stone to round out the edges of the new end. i then reinserted the clevis pin and then put in the hair pin through the second hole from the head to lock it in place.
i DO NOT think that the pin will ever be knocked loose. i got two sets of these that i will keep. one with the take-down case i bought and maybe put one in one of the two sling pouches as a back up.
good shootin everybody! -Eric
It really messed up the design of the gun in my mind.
