Update - I put up the promised pics. Not wanting to distract from the other thread I just started this one.
I took closeups of most all of the important pieces with a brief description. I'm off this week for some R&R and I'm going to the range on a week day where hopefully I can tie this down and do the "string test" to test fire it. If it goes through a few mags' worth of ammo I'll test fire it from the shoulder.
pookie,
please keep up the good work, keep posting on this one, and be safe. If I get time to work on my .308. Ill post some photos of the reciver Im working on with the galil mag. muttman
She shoots! I shot exactly one time and didn't experience any chamber malfunction at all! I'm going to look very closely at the brass for any telltale signs.
I did have one problem, however. The gas tube I repaired (explained on my site) didn't like to be rewelded. The weld seam blew apart, preventing me from making a 2nd shot. I have a pic:
pookie,
glad to hear that it went well, sort of. did you mig or tig the repair? all of the 4k psi hyd. pipe that I repair at work is a tig only.
what are the stripes on the case? thanks for the up date. muttman
Muttman - I mig'ed it with my cheap-o mig welder... which is probably the main problem!
The stripes on the case are due to the G3 chamber. The Germans fluted the chamber to aid extraction for their recoil-assted design. Standard G3 stuff.
Winn - I chose that because my goal was to "recycle" as many spare parts as I had on hand. And I've never bought one of those! It just kills me to see a box full of mis-matched parts that just want a good home.
I'll be removing the gas block from the G kit I've been using as a donor. If I get it done today (hrmmm... big if!) I'll take it back to the range tomorrow.
Thanks for the offer. Unless the "new and not repaired" Romy G gas block isn't working I should be good Just goes to show how awful my $90 HF welder really is.
pookie,
if you ever need the g/b repaired, or other part send it my way, I could tig it for ya ( could be used as a drill guide on a barrel). how did you attach the gas tube to stay in the rsb. after eyeing your photos on your web page I still have not figerd out how you mounted the tube. muttman
how did you attach the gas tube to stay in the rsb. after eyeing your photos on your web page I still have not figerd out how you mounted the tube. muttman
I welded a bead on the bottom rear of the gas tube and milled it to shape. Being a tube, it liked to roll around in the vise when it was getting cut, so it isn't as clean as I'd hoped.
I milled flats in both sides of the tube so that it just fits up into the RSB without the need for a "retainer" since the FAL-style clamshell handguards connect at a different point.
That tube was reamed out for the piston, and a recess was cut on the front so it would stay attached to the gas block.
Does that make sense now? I'm not sure if that is very clear.
pookie,
quite clear now. the only thing that I did not under stand till now was what was keeping the tube in place in the fsb. thanks fore clearing this up. muttman
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