Cross your fingers for me, boys. First time...
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Do you have syn grease or neverseize for the receiver barrel nut threads? Dave would advocate Aeroshell 33, but you can use neverseize from the auto parts store. Small tube. Light application.
Dave would advocate Aeroshell 33
The advil will be useful when you launch something across the room.
Yeah like those little detent pins and their springs. I've gotten pretty good with them, use a thin flat blade to compress and hold the detent and their springs while you insert the two lower receiver main pins. Thin flat blade like a non-serrated steak knife edge held close, or my thin 6" metal ruler edge.
You almost need some sort of guard while assembling those guys so if you accidently launch one, you can find it again. Plan ahead. I guarantee somebody has shot one of those little detent pins into oblivion, never to be found again.
I have a few tricks to mitigate the possibility of them launching across the room. There is a good pivot pin tool to use that's made by Real Avid. Possibly the only good tool they make, but it works as advertised. It not only works as a slave pin, but allows you to compress the spring, rotate the tool to prevent it from backing out, and guides the pivot pin into place.
When I shot an ejector and spring across the garage, I nearly had a heart attack. Luckily it hit the wall and fell onto the ledge of the baseboard where I don't have anything. If it went behind the bench or any of my storage, I would never find it.
I advocate using Aeroshell 64, which was formerly named 33MS and is compatible with 33.
You almost need some sort of guard while assembling those guys so if you accidently launch one, you can find it again. Plan ahead. I guarantee somebody has shot one of those little detent pins into oblivion, never to be found again.
Couple tricks I saw on various forums... one was to use a 1/4 clevis pin (only a buck at the hardware store) and the other was to install that detent spring inside a plastic bag so if/when it goes flying you can track it down pretty easily. Might be easier said than done.
The stuff I got says AEROSHELL 64//33MS GREASE on the top. Just ordered it off Amazon but sounds like I got the right stuff?
The stuff I got says AEROSHELL 64//33MS GREASE on the top. Just ordered it off Amazon but sounds like I got the right stuff?
You are not finished yet? You should be ready for the range by now for sure. You must be brewing Advil and ingesting coffee
PS: no disrespect intended.