GTA Removing the M305 18.5" spot welded flash hider- A little help please.

It helps to have the m14 cylinder lock wrench and the castle nut pliers. Two essential tools I believe
 
Im located in toronto, i have a set of castle nut pliers and ive removed my flashhider.
I can give you a hand, however the best option would be to visit barney.... I still need to make time to go see him, just been so busy.
 
If you can't just pound the flash suppressor off to break the spot welds, a drill press is the best method to get through them. I didn't have a drill press, so I ground the welds out with a cutoff wheel on a Dremel.
 
Percussion said:
Im located in toronto, i have a set of castle nut pliers and ive removed my flashhider.
I can give you a hand, however the best option would be to visit barney.... I still need to make time to go see him, just been so busy.
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Cool, thanks. I think I'm good to go. Meeting him next week. Turns out he's not far from my fathers farm, small world.
 
Pop said:
You won't break your gas cylinder lock, if you do I'll send you a new one on my dime. Hit it hard with something heavy and it will turn. M305's like it rough ;)
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Using an old leather shammy to protect the finish I was able to use the hardwood to break the seal. Now I can do it by hand without issue. It provided just enough clearance to get the piston out. Trying to line up the lock to screw the plug back in took a few tries but otherwise rough works. Thanks.
 
Okay M14 loving community:

memine is on his way home. Here's the funny part.... He only hit the rear of the front sight base on the FS unit ONE & and half times (half time barely counts).

AND the welds were broken. We figured the high school shop class student(s) welded that baby at 14:58 hrs on Friday before the long weekend. The welding rod material barely made it to the barrel machine marks. It was marginally secured to the barrel. That FS is almost (big almost) one of the easiest ones we've ever knocked off. :)

Then we proceeded to tighten up the gas cylinder assembly with his lock and THREE other Norinco gas cylinder locks. That gas cylinder unit was tight with the 4th gas cylinder lock we tried and all is snug and tight as it should be. I let him "peen" and dimple the barrel so that his op rod guide was snug; remember that these babies only loosen up over the hundreds of rounds you are gonna put down range. LOL

He's driving home much happier now! :wave:

So you GTA area M14 lovers need a 2 hour private clinic? Come on over (until I have to drive out west on Labor Day Monday) and listen to my old jokes about the M14 fun! :cool:

Cheers,
Barney
 
Thanks TT!

Felt a little stupid driving 2 hours only to have the flash hider fall off into your hand after the second swing. (First swing was light and only really to setup for a good hit.)

The info you shared while we worked on it made up for the travel though. I never knew the M14/M305 had a gas selector switch for example. (Although mine doesn't work do to the lack of gap to turn it. I'll be looking into that soon.)

You also asked me to share how unique my safety switch is. It doesn't click. It glides from off to on with just a firm push but never makes a noise. You seemed to think this would be an asset in hunting as others make a very loud click.

After seeming a few of your rifles and hearing what you've done I think I'm going to be getting a second down the road. Norinco really do seem to need a heavy hand when working on them. At least if I break something I now know who to talk to about getting it replaced/fixed.

Look forward to seeing you again in the future!
MM
 
TacticalTeacher said:
Okay M14 loving community:

memine is on his way home. Here's the funny part.... He only hit the rear of the front sight base on the FS unit ONE & and half times (half time barely counts).

AND the welds were broken. We figured the high school shop class student(s) welded that baby at 14:58 hrs on Friday before the long weekend. The welding rod material barely made it to the barrel machine marks. It was marginally secured to the barrel. That FS is almost (big almost) one of the easiest ones we've ever knocked off. :)

Then we proceeded to tighten up the gas cylinder assembly with his lock and THREE other Norinco gas cylinder locks. That gas cylinder unit was tight with the 4th gas cylinder lock we tried and all is snug and tight as it should be. I let him "peen" and dimple the barrel so that his op rod guide was snug; remember that these babies only loosen up over the hundreds of rounds you are gonna put down range. LOL

He's driving home much happier now! :wave:

So you GTA area M14 lovers need a 2 hour private clinic? Come on over (until I have to drive out west on Labor Day Monday) and listen to my old jokes about the M14 fun! :cool:

Cheers,
Barney
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i want to come out again just to get more practice installing a barrel on a reciever and tinkering around with my garand trigger group :p. Barney i actually have a spare m1 garand receiver that ive been meaning to build into another rifle for a friend, would you happen to have a 308 criterion barrel kicking around or know where i can get one?
 
now there are some slight variances- like that trick I told you about splitting and turning the gas collar- and of course, you can disregard all matters to do with the connector rod and selector switch- and your dismount notch is at the rear instead of half way down the rail where it should be
 
serbinator said:
i want to come out again just to get more practice installing a barrel on a reciever and tinkering around with my garand trigger group :p. Barney i actually have a spare m1 garand receiver that ive been meaning to build into another rifle for a friend, would you happen to have a 308 criterion barrel kicking around or know where i can get one?
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Got an M1 Garand .308 barrel right here. All ready to install on your spare receiver.
Cheers. :wave:

Barney
 
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