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Headspace question for the 'smiths out there. Jump to Latest 1.6K views 12 replies 8 participants last post by E pluribus unum DstRflMn645 Discussion starter
They were done by genuine master armorers and 'smiths, and the .308's were made to especially tight specifications. However, ALL the gas cylinders were bored out, and the pistons on the operating rod ends were all larger than specification.
The downside is your rifle is out of commission for a while. I’ve done a side by side comparison and the Shooting sight trigger is as good as the professional jobs on my rifles. The key is having GI hammer and trigger. This was voiced by the smiths doing my rifles, and has been repeated here in the forums.
Not all smiths had serial numbers in the crane area but the one on the butt of the frame ( often covered by after market grips ) is the serial number Assembly numbers ( no relation to serial ) in the crane is standard I have owned a ton of smiths and less than half had a serial number in the crane area.
Then I decided to reinstall the original ejector spring. Same issue. As far as I can tell, the ejector spring channel is clear, but it keeps getting hung up, and then It dents the neck of every single round it’s trying to feed At my wits’ end. Any thoughts on how to fix this? Any good M1A/M14 smiths in dfw, Tx?