Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
I have said, in every thread relating to this subject, that when we Armourers ZF or DP a rifle, it's always for a reason. Sometimes it's a reason that the average shooter can't see. Sometimes it's for a reason that your average 'gunsmith' can't understand. It could be for some specific master gauge failure or, another firm favourite, the induction hardened locking surfaces have failed -, but it's there for a reason. And it's not because it belongs to the Dublin Police or the Zimbabwe Forces either.

Listen and I'll say it again. Don't fire a DP or ZF marked rifle
Hi Peter,

Well for those of us that are NOT Armourer's, it would be nice to know the basic steps/checklist that are taken when a rifle reaches ones bench as part of the overall assessment of the item in question.

Aside from a detail strip to check for the obvious abuse/condition/anomaly, what are the things that come to mind that the average person can do to inspect the weapon before the range and firing?

Look back to the thread I had on the No1 Mk111 that you so kindly commented on about yellow markings on AUS rifles. I was told the rifle was good to go..... So the easiest thing I could do was buy a Field Gauge. The rifle failed easily...what would/could have happened if it was fired? Dunno...don't want to know...!

A collective checklist of obvious and not so obvious visual and or gauge inspection items would be a nice thing to see!