CMP delivery No. 2

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Wouldn't CMP have corrected that rust issue?

It's hard to see in the picture, but the "spots" aren't active rust. Its surface etching or small pits. I had the flash on to make sure the spots showed up well. I think whatever rust was there was corrected during one of the arsenal refurbishments, where it was re-parkerized.

Well, second rifle almost done and put back together without incident. Almost too good to be true...and it was up until the ejector wouldn't go in. The spring has a kink in it, and wouldn't fully depress - the edge of the ejector catches on the edge of the hole because the spring is kinked. I tried to work with it, and that's when the ejector and spring slipped and went flying across the shop. Found the spring. Ejector is unaccounted for. I guess it's a good excuse to clean the shop.