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The Mutt
- Thread starter adam762
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Thank you. Not sure what to expect. This is so much more than a broken bone. Maybe next week I can try to walk.
So far I have. Mostly. They didn’t tell me NOT to drive so I started doing that a month or so ago. They’d probably want me sitting more and staying off stepladders too but they didn’t say not to. Stuff doesn’t get ITSELF off the shelf.
Refinishing today. A challenge under the circumstances but the park is done. Now for the molykote.
Doing the lettering I got lazy and tried to thin some clumpy white paint with acetone. Ruined the finish on the barreled upper so had to redo that today. Maybe I’ll get it put together tomorrow.
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It’s almost done. I can’t find the railed handguard I had for it. That thing came while I was in the hospital and I have no idea where it went. Not sure it would fit anyway, with the weird barrel profile. Ordered a standard set from DSA (
) so we’ll just wait. It’s complete though.
) so we’ll just wait. It’s complete though.
So until the handguard question is settled once and for all, we’ll do this. You oldsters know- when it makes it to the woodpile, it’s done. I’ll break down the components later on
No that sort of thing ended in 2016. I got so far behind on personal stuff that I got really resentful this summer and just quit altogether. I’ll still do a build here and there but usually for a local trade or for something I REALLY want. Besides I don’t have an FFL or one to work with. Maybe part of an early semi retirement thing but that’s a ways off. Besides I’m back to work and guns don’t pay like jets do.
So, story time. That topcover goes way back…
In 2006 or so gunpartsguy decided he wanted to start carrying these new UTG/Leapers mounts. At the time the DSA was the standard, Grenadier Precision was the fashionable one, and others were rare and ‘meh’. The UTG thing was inexpensive. So GPG sent me one to review. I put it on an StG and mounted a basic Leupold, and had a great experience. Documented it here on the files of course and GPG sold a bunch of them. To this day I think they are the best value out there. Anyway, this is the mount he sent me 17 years ago. Got some brass kisses in it for sure, at the time Port was .14 a round and we would burn a case or two at a time in a good day. I’m pleased to make this simple mount and its story part of this rifle.
In 2006 or so gunpartsguy decided he wanted to start carrying these new UTG/Leapers mounts. At the time the DSA was the standard, Grenadier Precision was the fashionable one, and others were rare and ‘meh’. The UTG thing was inexpensive. So GPG sent me one to review. I put it on an StG and mounted a basic Leupold, and had a great experience. Documented it here on the files of course and GPG sold a bunch of them. To this day I think they are the best value out there. Anyway, this is the mount he sent me 17 years ago. Got some brass kisses in it for sure, at the time Port was .14 a round and we would burn a case or two at a time in a good day. I’m pleased to make this simple mount and its story part of this rifle.
Rough it with a dremel and finish with a small file. Practice on some crappy barrel stubs before you go nuts on a real ($$$) barrel. Take time to understand WHY the cut is shaped the way it is. It’s key to not let the extractor hit the chamber edge of the cut or it’ll roll a burr into the chamber when the bolt goes home on an empty chamber.
Went to the new owner today. Happy guy and his first FAL.
Yup, really happy guy. I beamed like that when I got my very first FAL build by hove from here on the Files. I should have never sold that one.
Im sure there will be a range report before too long.
My next project will be a fun follow along, too. A 223 FAL on an Ohio rapidfire receiver with a 22” Tikka barrel. Should be a good time.