maybe I am over my head

Sounds like yours is brand new, but, as I learned from the fine gentlemen here, it's a good idea to go over the safety test sticky.

Although my m305 was not actually new from the supplier, and was molested, I put about 60-70 rounds through mine when it wasn't actually safe to fire.

I felt like you did, mine did have some issues but these guys talked me through it and I knew nothing about the m305 at all. Back to loving mine.
 
Nice looking stock! Got some grease? Lube that baby up and then take it out to the range. Enjoy and when you are ready look for a clinic in Ontario. I was in Port Elgin in Jan, Dunnville in Feb, Sudbury in March and Kingston just yesterday. No worries... we have your back. Lots and lots of resourceful help here on this forum. :)

How about range report? :cool:

Cheers and keep on helping them nooobies out there! :wave:

Barney
 
NoDanger said:
Last year, I bought the shorty M305 with the awesome Italian wooden stock, I was so excited as this would be the closest thing I can own and shoot to the FNC1A1. Then, after I purchased the shorty, I started reading posts here on CGN and started to have second thoughts about my purchase. I am not handy, I am not good with fixing things....I can strip and assemble, replace springs, but other than that, I am man enough to admit that I would go to a professional for anything as complex as the M305 now seems to be. Shims, gas problems, indexing, head spacing wrong ammo.....I am now so concerned that I am thinking of listing this rifle on the EE and no, I have not had a chance to shoot it yet.....am I over reacting?
Please help!!
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I am far less experienced in the ways of M305 repairs than many who post here but I think I can give you some honest, solid advice to get started. First of all your main concerns seem to be safety related so here's what you do to get started AFTER THOUROUGH CLEANING like suggested already; first follow the stickies at the top of the forum to make sure your rifle passes the tilt test & trigger safety test. Then get some 7.62 X 51 surplus ammo (forget about the commercial .308 for now), and go shoot 30 or 40 rounds to see how she handles! After that, (or before you shoot it if you're really worried about it), find a gunsmith or a veteran CGN'er like Tactical Teacher to check your head spacing/barrel indexing then you know if it's its safe to handle commercial .308 & also how much money you may have to throw into it to get where you want.

THEN you can make a decision to keep it or unload it. You never know, you might just have a good one that requires little or no tinkering!
 
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