CMP delivery No. 2

[Singer B]

Maybe one of the Phillipine returns? Wouldn't CMP have corrected that rust issue? Especially on a service grade?

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[ssgross]

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.

[Singer B]

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.

Thank you. It would have surprised me greatly if CMP had sent it out that way.

[ssgross]

out of curiosity I did some digging on putting on a new barrel just in case this one doesn't shoot well. Criterions are backordered. Then I though...hey what about adding a mount? griffin and howe are still in business. what would that take?
late April 2017 CMP forum post...

...An alternate option is to ship your M1C barreled receiver to Griffin & Howe (as I did) in Andover NJ. They will furnish their mount and 1" rings for $375 parts + $46 labor to fit (1/2 hour) + return shipping + $9.50 insurance, a total of less than $500. My tab was $482...

hmmm. that sounds doable and in my ballpark price range.
Then I went to http://secure.griffinhowe.com/mountsandpads.cfm to check...
$775 parts + $277.50 installation.
Has inflation been that bad or am I missing something? Were they possibly using old stock in 2017, and the huge price hike is due to new manufacturing? But that doesn't account for the huuuge increase in labor. you'd think it takes the same to install one as it did in 2017.