Another tip for disassembling and reassembling the bolt, even with a tool, do it inside a gallon zip lock bag. If something does go "zing" it is contained in the bag!
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Another tip for disassembling and reassembling the bolt, even with a tool, do it inside a gallon zip lock bag. If something does go "zing" it is contained in the bag!
Rangemaster, that's a real good idea.....
Never thought of that, and have had at least two incidents of "zing", with extremely frustrating results... I.E. buy new plungers, etc.:banghead:
Hoof Hearted
I don't remember where I got the idea from, but it has saved me several "Frustrations" working on bolts. I know that somewhere in the universe is a place where all the extractor plungers that I and others have lost are congregating....
I had one that launched from where I was sitting, heard it hit the wall six feet in front of me, found it two days later about 10 feet from the wall. When I saw it in the carpet and thought it was a bug until I picked it up. Two unusual events, one is it traveled that far, two is I found it.
Forgot to add, the spring stayed with the bolt.
That is how we were taught to disassemble an MP5 in armor's school.:super:Quote:
Originally Posted by imarangemaster
Those small parts can be hard to find when you loose them. I dropped a TH pin on a dark carpet and looked for 1/2 an hour. Couldn't find it, a week later I stepped on it with my bare feet.....Frank
Come to think of it, we did the same thing with Beretta 92/96 slides at the Beretta armorer school.
I usually do mine while sitting in a closet - that way I only have a small space to search. I tried the bag and it works, but It is hard for me to move my hands around in it - but it does work!
I used a cardboard box with holes cut on both sides to put your hands through and another on top with cellophane wrap over the hole. Kind of makes a mini sand blaster box. I only used it once but it worked.
I kept flinging little parts and then searching for them so when I used the box trick, I got it together the first time and didn't really need it after all.
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Bill,
You can bet if you had not used the box, though, you would have "flingged them" and would have wished you did!