My favorite Paperweight.

PullThru 1948 · 07-07-2009, 03:13 PM

Whilst I wait for a replacement Galil bullet guide , went ahead and pulled off everything else : Barrel, Trigger Guard , stock etc, total strip down. Going to re -phosphate and refinish.

After bead blasting (Trigger guard removed prior to blasting) noticed what look like a crease in the Steel. Sanded the area and remarkably exposed a "mirror image" of the safety stop on the receiver wall.

I have NEVER seen anything like this previously. Considering how the stop sits snugly against the receiver wall, am I to assume that the receiver wall is "ballooning" on use to form such a mark.

Anyone have a theory ??.

[486] · 07-07-2009, 03:55 PM

Maybe they sandblasted it with the selector stop on, that would explain why it would be raised.

soumi · 07-07-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PullThru 1948

Whilst I wait for a replacement Galil bullet guide , went ahead and pulled off everything else : Barrel, Trigger Guard , stock etc, total strip down. Going to re -phosphate and refinish.

After bead blasting (Trigger guard removed prior to blasting) noticed what look like a crease in the Steel. Sanded the area and remarkably exposed a "mirror image" of the safety stop on the receiver wall.

I have NEVER seen anything like this previously. Considering how the stop sits snugly against the receiver wall, am I to assume that the receiver wall is "ballooning" on use to form such a mark.

Anyone have a theory ??.

Did you already order a bullet guide?

PullThru 1948 · 07-07-2009, 05:17 PM

No, I sandblasted with it off.
Yes , already got a bullet guide on it's way.

[486] · 07-08-2009, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by PullThru 1948

No, I sandblasted with it with it off.

But what if they [whoever made the gun] did, with it still on?

PullThru 1948 · 07-08-2009, 10:35 AM

No again. It's a "Famous" ORF Receiver ( Hence it's "Paperweight" status) and when originally purchased, it came without a trigger guard/mag. release attached.

**Illya Kuryakin** · 07-08-2009, 11:47 AM

If it came from ORF, it must have been an act of Todd

Todd bless us all !!

PullThru 1948 · 07-09-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Illya Kuryakin

If it came from ORF, it must have been an act of Todd

Todd bless us all !!

It did indeed descend from the land of Todd, in a Brown chariot, with what I originally thought was a special message for me.

My FFL explained with pity, that "ORF" did not mean, "O Righteous Friend".

He had some previous dealings and now does not listen to the word of Todd either.