Post by TMan on Jul 16, 2009 17:23:43 GMT -5
I was RO at the range today, but didn't do any shooting. I had a MRI on my right shoulder yesterday and it is not doing very well. I'm expecting surgery in the not too distant future. So today I observed:
One of the members bought a "new" Ruger MKII at a recent gun show. It looked to be in good condition, but the magazine was not a Ruger magazine.
The gun would not load a round but there was nothing in the chamber. You could load a round manually and close the bolt on it. The owner tried a different brand of ammo and was able to get it to load, but most rounds would not fire. Even the ones that did, had very light strikes from the firing pin.
Another member attempted to disassemble, but the main spring assembly jammed when he tried to remove it. He then spent considerable effort in getting it back into the pistol, but once he did it then came out.
The firing pin would hardly move, and the gun was completely dry inside. Nobody had any gun oil, but I did find a quart of Castrol 5W-30 Synthetic oil for the lawn mower in the shed.
I had looked at the magazine and concluded that the feeding problem was because of the magazine.
So after stoning the firing pin and oiling everything, the gun was assembled, and operated flawlessly. I was wrong about the magazine, apparently it was just the bolt being dry.
So, the moral of the story: 1) beware of what you buy "new" at a gun show 2) when you get a "new" gun, disassemble and oil it, and you will save yourself a lot of grief.
One of the members bought a "new" Ruger MKII at a recent gun show. It looked to be in good condition, but the magazine was not a Ruger magazine.
The gun would not load a round but there was nothing in the chamber. You could load a round manually and close the bolt on it. The owner tried a different brand of ammo and was able to get it to load, but most rounds would not fire. Even the ones that did, had very light strikes from the firing pin.
Another member attempted to disassemble, but the main spring assembly jammed when he tried to remove it. He then spent considerable effort in getting it back into the pistol, but once he did it then came out.
The firing pin would hardly move, and the gun was completely dry inside. Nobody had any gun oil, but I did find a quart of Castrol 5W-30 Synthetic oil for the lawn mower in the shed.
I had looked at the magazine and concluded that the feeding problem was because of the magazine.
So after stoning the firing pin and oiling everything, the gun was assembled, and operated flawlessly. I was wrong about the magazine, apparently it was just the bolt being dry.
So, the moral of the story: 1) beware of what you buy "new" at a gun show 2) when you get a "new" gun, disassemble and oil it, and you will save yourself a lot of grief.