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by lurker
the deeper i go, the deeper it gets.
the screw on the buttstock appears to be original to the rifle. the reason the washer is there is because someone tightened it on until the head pulled through the buttplate (wtf?)distorting the threads in the process. so arguably i need a new buttplate too. naturally, it's metric, so the new screw won't work, unless i also replace the sling swivel it threads into. so to get an inappropriate washer off my rifle, i'm going to have to get another 30 or $40 in stuff. so everything included i'll have spent another maybe $200 on it, bringing it up over $1000. this thing is turning into a money pit, but then project guns do that, and it's still cheap for an m14, and i'm learning, so annoying and unnecessary as it is, that's ok. i could have spent my money restoring a classic car.
for example: someone used pliers on the gas plug instead of the proper wrench. no big deal, everything still functions, but they messed up the finish. so the plug screws into the gas plug lock, no big deal except that thatscrews onto the barrel, which screws onto the .... so i'm just not going to go there, leave it be.
om, mane, padme, om.
eta: technically incorrect. the gas cylinder lock threads onto the barrel. the gas plug screws into the gas cylinder. so i could replace the plug and cylinder as a pair, and/or the lock and barrel (and FH nut) together.
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lurker on Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?