wayupnorth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northern Alberta
so i have had a Ruger Mini 14 for years, LOVE IT!
i picked up the Ruger Scout when they came out, LOVE IT!
i have been wanting a M14 for years because it is a mix of the Ruger Mini 14 and Scout all in one..... or i guess more accuratlly the mini 14 and the scout came about from taking apart the M14....
at any rate, ive been wanting one for a while and im too damn cheap to put out the 2k for a Springfield.
my dad picked up a shorty last year and he likes it so i decided to take the plunge when Marstar came out with a batch of the Long M305 last week.
so she arrived today, here are some pic's of her fresh out of the box/bag/cosmoline!
Prop's to Marstar for making and sending out all their guns in they own case, bloody good marketing!
everything sealed in bags and full of cosmoline goodness!
Gahd! look at all the cosmoline!
ive said it before and ill say it again..... that fella that works at the Norinco Factory who's job it is to squirt a shot of Cosmoline into every bag must be the bloody employee of the month ever frigg'n month!
interesting little cosmoline tampons tied onto the gun...
ok, thats enough of her all dirty, into the bath!
full dissassembly right down to every little bolt and into the barrel of scolding hot water and dishsoap for 30 minutes then a toothbrush scrub of every part!
everyone out of the pool, time to try!
VERY SURPRISED to run a swatch down the barrel and see this!
no longer riveting the 20rd mags, they now have a internal metal fin to pin them at 5
mags needed to go into the house for a 2nd wash..... soooo much cosmoline!
all in all happy with the gun, everything looks good.
definatly a lot more mill marks and not as de-horned as my Ruger Mini 14, but i have plans for this gun this winter.
i think im gonna strip it and de-horn it and send it down to Arma-Coat and have it redone all smooth like.
thats my plan anyways.
did notice one thing thats a little messed up.
the synthetic stock has some gunk on both sides of it.... looks like whatever they used for lubricant on the bolts into the stock melted into the stock?
had to wash the stock 4 times then take a plastic scrub brush to it just to get the sticky stuff off it, but you can see that discoloration is still there.
not a big deal, i have a couple cans of OD green from another project so i thought maybe id give it a pain job.
anyways, gun is currently still air drying after i toweled all the parts off, gonna go up now and soak everything in 3 coats of G96 Gun treatment then let her dry overnight to absorb it.
re-assemble in the morning then out the range.
if it runs good ill take the stock back off and give it some paint.
then this winter its work on the metal.
oh, as for the problems areas, front sights looks good.
i have no idea what 'barrel indexing' is, so i cant check that yet.
i picked up the Ruger Scout when they came out, LOVE IT!
i have been wanting a M14 for years because it is a mix of the Ruger Mini 14 and Scout all in one..... or i guess more accuratlly the mini 14 and the scout came about from taking apart the M14....
at any rate, ive been wanting one for a while and im too damn cheap to put out the 2k for a Springfield.
my dad picked up a shorty last year and he likes it so i decided to take the plunge when Marstar came out with a batch of the Long M305 last week.
so she arrived today, here are some pic's of her fresh out of the box/bag/cosmoline!
Prop's to Marstar for making and sending out all their guns in they own case, bloody good marketing!
everything sealed in bags and full of cosmoline goodness!
Gahd! look at all the cosmoline!
ive said it before and ill say it again..... that fella that works at the Norinco Factory who's job it is to squirt a shot of Cosmoline into every bag must be the bloody employee of the month ever frigg'n month!
interesting little cosmoline tampons tied onto the gun...
ok, thats enough of her all dirty, into the bath!
full dissassembly right down to every little bolt and into the barrel of scolding hot water and dishsoap for 30 minutes then a toothbrush scrub of every part!
everyone out of the pool, time to try!
VERY SURPRISED to run a swatch down the barrel and see this!
no longer riveting the 20rd mags, they now have a internal metal fin to pin them at 5
mags needed to go into the house for a 2nd wash..... soooo much cosmoline!
all in all happy with the gun, everything looks good.
definatly a lot more mill marks and not as de-horned as my Ruger Mini 14, but i have plans for this gun this winter.
i think im gonna strip it and de-horn it and send it down to Arma-Coat and have it redone all smooth like.
thats my plan anyways.
did notice one thing thats a little messed up.
the synthetic stock has some gunk on both sides of it.... looks like whatever they used for lubricant on the bolts into the stock melted into the stock?
had to wash the stock 4 times then take a plastic scrub brush to it just to get the sticky stuff off it, but you can see that discoloration is still there.
not a big deal, i have a couple cans of OD green from another project so i thought maybe id give it a pain job.
anyways, gun is currently still air drying after i toweled all the parts off, gonna go up now and soak everything in 3 coats of G96 Gun treatment then let her dry overnight to absorb it.
re-assemble in the morning then out the range.
if it runs good ill take the stock back off and give it some paint.
then this winter its work on the metal.
oh, as for the problems areas, front sights looks good.
i have no idea what 'barrel indexing' is, so i cant check that yet.
