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I may be wrong (as law isn'tbased on any logic), but you aren't fabricating or designating a serial number. You reprinting the existing serial number onto the party of the gun that is legally considered it's self to be the "fire arm". That or simply sell the receiver with trunnion attached.
Ah, I see what you're saying now. Hmm... I'm not really sure about reprinting an existing number. The ATF has defined the purpose of said number as, "Allowing the firearm to be traced from the original manufacturer, through any additional manufacturing processes, through various distributors, to the first private sale."
I know it's a felony for anyone to knowingly transfer a firearm without a serial number (for the tracking purposes) to another individual. I always thought that the "firearm" part of an AK was the front trunion, as this is the serialized part. That did seem rather odd, though. The receiver would make more sense, except that you can buy receiver flats through the mail without a FFL.
Now I'm really not sure about that bit. We're talking about a S12 receiver, though. Can they be used for any other caliber? I was under the impression that the rails were different.
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If you are "riding the bolt home," this is normal. The bolt should be pulled all the way back and released freely and quickly to allow as much force as the return springs can exert on the locking lugs of the bolt to return the action to battery.
If you are doing this and it still hangs up, you do indeed have a problem- only a minor one though.
After skimming through your other thread, it seems that you may either be riding the bolt or not putting enough ass behind the gun. These things get finicky if they don't have a solid mass firmly behind them. (Insert "your mom" joke here) Watch a slow-motion vid of an AK firing with the dust cover removed and you'll see why.
We might need more info though: What year was it made? Have you done any polishing? What lubrication are you running?
Sometimes the extractor spring needs to be tuned properly to allow it to tilt into place easily, but that should probably be your last step.
If it's internal, my guess would be that either the rotating faces of the bolt are a bit jagged (which shouldn't matter at a 1K round count) or the channel within the bolt carrier that one locking lug rotates in may be excessively rough. Lots of threads on polishing, but let's start small.
Oh, and welcome to the forum!
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I have a Facebook account and use it regularly to post pro-2A articles and keep up with friends I otherwise wouldn't talk to.
The former has drawn negative attention to me in the past, but I am always careful not to say anything that "crosses the line" between offensive and illegal or suspicious.
I don't go out of my way to avoid offending the couple of more liberal "friends" on my list. This IS the internet, afterall...
If you took away all the offensive content and the porn, there'd be about two websites left- One of which would be, "Bring Back the Porn."
Through Facebook, I have taken several friends from, "I'm mildly interested in learning to shoot," to, "Jon just helped me buy my first gun and teach me to shoot! I have a lot to learn, but this is great!"
If this puts me on somebody's shit list, so be it.
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Hmm.. Looks like I have to be the odd man out. I've owned both- I still have the P22. I traded the Mosquito off and haven't looked back. There's really nothing wrong with either of them, but I love my P22.
No you aren't. A friend of mine was on a gun buying binge and ended getting the Mosquito and P22 at the same time. The Mosquito didn't run as well as the P22, on the same ammos. He sold the Mosquito off and some time later got in a tight and I got P22 from him. I have 3 of them now. I have ran CCI ammo in them that was purchased in '78, '79, and '80, as well as various brands of currently manufactured ammo. The only thing that mine do not like very well is the Remington bulk. I'm not sure if I got a bad batch of ammo, but it was old and the projectiles in this stuff would easily spin and move around in the case. Outside of that particular ammo, they run great. I shoot a couple of them suppressed a lot and they are so dirty that it is hard to identify some of the parts in them. Keep a drop of lube on each rail and clean the breech face and extractor now and again.
That's the weird thing about my experience- I had ejection issues with the P22, but not the Sig. I ran Federal Lightning & Champion, Centurion, and CCI Blazer through both guns. The Sig handled all without issue, even though the owner's manual cautioned that the gun would most likely prefer CCI Mini-mags. The P22 loves the Blazer, does ok with Centurion, but dislikes the Federal.
I guess I had the opposite experience that most report. I still love my P22 though. For the money, it's hard to beat.
I will say that I hate buying mags for either of them though. That's something I had not considered at the time of purchase.
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Hmm.. Looks like I have to be the odd man out. I've owned both- I still have the P22. I traded the Mosquito off and haven't looked back. There's really nothing wrong with either of them, but I love my P22.
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Only you, Cobra!
Carry on, my friend!
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First thing yesterday morning, I went to the local grocery store. Not a Hostess product in sight.
Went on a "twinkie hunt" this afternoon, still no luck.
Damn you, Little Debbie and your stupid "Cloud Cakes!" It's not the same, damnit!!!
The twinkie is the edible equivalent of Avtomat Kalashnikova: When absolutely, positively every motherfucker in the room must have high blood sugar. Accept no substitutes.
-sniff- Farewell, sweet golden deliciousness. -sniff-
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Does Mrs. Chile have a sister..?
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Ah, another Halloween is almost over. The one day of the year where it's socially acceptable for women to dress like whores and the least likely day to get in trouble for having a dead body on your doorstep.
As today draws to a close, I look forward to my favorite holiday tomorrow: Dia de los Muertos.
For those few of you who don't know, Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday primarily celebrated in Mexico. Traditionally, families gather at the graves of their loved-ones to pray for them and celebrate their lives.
I can't make it to any cemeteries tomorrow, but my loved-ones who have passed-on will be on my mind and in my heart.
I'll be remembering my Grandmother, who passed away when I was very young; My Grandfather, who will always be a source of inspiration to me; a man I will always remember as, "Pastor Jimmy," whose profound impact on my life cannot be measured; and several members of my church that I sorely miss.
If you can't make it to a cemetery tomorrow, take a minute to remember all the people in your life whose time came too soon.
So who will you be remembering tomorrow??
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Speedglass, FTW!!
I've used the harbor freight one and it'll do for a backup, but I'm spoiled.
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I know it's been done before (a lot) but I'm a big fan of the biohazard symbol.
I picked up these takedown pins because it's a little more unique than OEM, but not over-the-top. I think as long as you keep it pretty simple, it's nice to have your own little touch (even if it's someone else's work.)
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Ah, I forgot a good one!
My mother, God bless her, can be a bit paranoid. A few years ago, I moved back in with my folks to save some money and get a new start. One night, my mom (who worked 2nd shift at a hospital over 20 miles away) came home around 2AM freaked the hell out. "I saw it again."
"Saw what, mom?"
"I don't know exactly what it is, but bright lights in the sky followed me almost all the way home."
According to her, she had seen bright, hovering lights several times before in the same area. She would roll the windows down on a road with no traffic, yet hear nothing but the wind.
"Tonight," she said, "I decided to pull over and see what happened."
She pulled over, shut her van off, and waited. A minute later, the lights seemed to drop silently closer and begin to slowly circle her vehicle. She stuck her head out the window for a better view and could hear absolutely no sound coming from the object. She described a winged craft, several hundred feet in the air with an enormous wingspan. With nothing in the air to compare it to, she couldn't give an approximate size but, "It was big."
She started her van back up and drove off, speeding homeward. "I kept looking in my mirrors but I couldn't see it. It stayed right above me the entire way. It even got closer to the ground as I sped up, as though it was keeping pace with me. Every time I slowed or sped up, it just stayed right with me."
Shortly after this, I was driving home and spotted these hovering lights in the area she had described. They didn't follow me home, but I got a good view of the object and made a pretty definitive I.D. She came home shortly after I did and I asked if she saw her 'friends' tonight.
"Yeah, I did! It didn't follow me this time, but I saw it again. Did you see it??"
"Yes I did mom," I said while grinning from ear-to-ear, "and I saw it exactly where you described except you left one detail out."
"What did I leave out?"
"The curves in the road and the hill you described happen to be right next to the Defense Logistics Agency."
"So?"
"Mom, that's not a UFO in the middle of nowhere! It's a UAV patrolling a D.O.D. warehouse!"
Fort Wayne is rumored to have the largest stockpile of VX nerve gas in the world. A few years back, this little depot just outside of town had a whole lot of trucks going in and out. There's a razor-wire fence and 24hr guard at the gate.
My mother, bless her heart, pulled over in front of a government facility for no apparent reason and then sped away while being observed semi-covertly. Well duh, they're gonna follow you after that!
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Never believed in ghosts. Angels and demons, sure- not ghosts. I moved into a house that an elderly hillbilly had passed away in.
I say "hillbilly" because of the ridiculous shit I found on the property. Live ammo buried next to a tree stump (found with a pickaxe- did not make me happy) backasswards wiring, cardboard for insulation, etc.
I got so fed-up with this crap, I named him "Cletus" and would bitch him out every time something new came up.
One night, after some more wiring issues and a bitch-fest, I gave up and decided to play some video games. I turned off the lights, sat down on my couch, and started my Xbox. Before my TV had warmed up, I heard the fabric of the couch slide as though someone had sat down, followed by a loud sigh. Thinking it was my girlfriend wanting to watch a movie instead, I turned and said, "What?" Then I realized:
I'm alone.
I jumped up, grabbed my 1911 off the coffee table, and screamed, "What the fuck?!?" Cleared the entire house- no one there, but the cupboard doors had been opened.
All the cupboard doors.
A few nights later, I was in the shower and my girlfriend was on the couch. The only two doors were deadbolted shut. She leaned back, closed her eyes, and intended to wait for me to get out.
Shortly after the water was warm, I hopped in and the door opened. "Hey hon, what's up?"
"Were you just messing with me?"
"Huh?"
Less than a minute after she closed her eyes, she heard footsteps in the kitchen and sensed that a person had walked to the edge of the couch then leaned down and said, "Hey."
Her eyes flew open and no one was there. Assuming it was me, she came into the bathroom which I had not left.
...So she made me clear the house in a towel.
So glad I moved!!!
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While I have lost many loved ones, I have never had to deal with this level of pain. It shows true strength of character that you guys can talk about it and help others through it.
My heart goes out to all of you.
What can you do?
It may sound somewhat trivial, but talk them into getting out of the house and take them to dinner somewhere. I lost weight rapidly because I started only eating once a day and wasn't drinking enough fluids. Keep an eye on them to see if they have been eating right. It is better for them to be around other people and get distracted from things anyways. Maybe even cut their grass or take out their garbage cans for them. Little things like that say a lot and they probably don't feel like doing much of anything other than grieving. I know I didn't.
I know this is true. I suffered a loss this spring and, while trivial in comparison, it affected me in much the same way. By April, I was down to 110lbs. Didn't want to eat, sleep, clean, or even speak. I owe my friends and family dearly for helping me through it. My father most of all.
Stay strong guys, you'll be in my prayers.
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I don't have squat in the way of either but I do have a good friend with a machine shop so any any cutting and welding isn't a problem; one thing he doesn't have though is any sandblasting or glassbeading equipment so I suppose I'll have to pay someone if I want to prep the parts properly before duracoating/durabaking...
Bummer. Similar to my case then. I work in a factory but our machine shop is in a different building and we outsource our sandblasting. I can cut and weld all I want, but not properly refinish and I don't trust any of these hilljacks around here to do it for me.
As far as stocks go.. I'm a fan of ACE stocks and a tiny guy. The 7.5" with a folder ( +1") is perfect for me. I believe they make up to a 9.5", but it's been awhile since I looked. My guess would be that your longest option would be an AR style stock.
As far as what to look for.. Don't cheap out on this part. Tapco was the cheapest when I did my first one, so I skimped... And regretted it. YMMV
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Well if you're like me, you don't have a lot of cash but you do have plenty of tools and workspace. If that's the case, you can re-use the trigger guard. It is truly a pain, but it's paid for so why not use it? Lots of threads on doing that...
If I were to go back and do my last conversion over, I'd have gotten a regular double hook G2. Takes some doing, but you can modify the second hook to act as an over-travel limiter. If you have a grinder or a dremel and some patience, you can make it fit your S12 and save a few bucks.
That's about all I can think of to cut corners. There's really not much to skimp on.
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Prepaid cell phone, handcuffs, and a metal chair?
Car battery, largest leather belt they carry, and a bandana?
Superman Halloween costume, nyquil, and green koolaid mix?
12ga slugs (the big box,) a big rug, and a GPS?
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Green is the color most easily perceived by the human eye in low-light conditions.
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Three years ago, I was fighting insomnia and losing. I decided to go for a walk (out in the boondocks) around 2AM. There's a grain elevator nearby and I thought I'd stroll down the unlit road that borders their property. It was just about this time of year, when the corn has started drying out and the nights are humid and foggy. The stars were obscured by cloud cover and there were no lights visible from where I was heading. I crossed the railroad tracks (the only elevated area for miles) and slipped into total darkness. About 200 yards down the road, I heard the corn rustling. Thinking it was just the wind, I continued a bit further before realizing: there's not even a breeze tonight- that's why it's foggy.
Then I noticed that, whatever it was, it was gaining on me.
I froze.
The corn stopped moving.
"What the fuck."
I continued walking and the corn continued rustling. The hair on the back of my neck stood up a bit.
I stopped again.
It stopped again.
"Fuck this!" I pulled my .40 and walked aggressively towards the last spot I had heard movement.
If you've ever been out by a cornfield at night, you know it's just a wall of darkness starting two rows out. From inside, you can see the road very clearly. That's a nasty disadvantage for me right then.
I charged right up to the corn but stopped at the edge and listened. Nothing. Not a leaf was disturbed.
"Whatever." Reholstered and continued. I got a whole ten feet and heard movement behind me. Whatever this thing was, it was NOT afraid of me and was content to stalk me.
"Fuck this shit!!" Pulled my gun again and decided it might be a good night to stay in afterall. Now my dilemma was:
Cornfield with unidentified stalker to my East.
Country ditch to my West (you're not jumping that shit at night.)
Home to my South if I cross in front of this thing again.
A long, long walk home being stalked if I continued North.
South it is! Power-walked back to the tracks, being followed the entire time. Once over the hill, I knew I'd be safe.
The next day, my buddy and I were hanging out and decided to walk the ditchline and look for groundhogs, snakes, muskrats, whatever. Grabbed the trusty 'ole Henry .22 on the way out. As we near the tracks, last night occurs to me and I begin to tell him about it. Coming down the other side, I point to the corner of the field about thirty feet away.
"That's the last place I heard it."
"Dude, that's fuckin' creepy."
"Tell me about it! Alright, let's see if there's anything by this culvert."
As we looked over the area (expecting snakes- there's always a fucking snake!) we see the most disease-ridden, mangled animal I've ever encountered. "What is it?"
"Very, very dead- that's what. Looks like it used to be a fox."
We stood there for a few minutes, scanning the ditch and bullshitting when suddenly the thing lifts its head and gasps, struggling to do even that.
"Oh hell no! No zombie foxes chasing me tonight!"
-pop- "Prob'm solved."
His skull now decorates my cacti garden.
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I used to find these things on my portch. I never knew what they were until recently.
It's called a Dobsonfly. The females have short powerful ant like pincer jaws.
WTF?!? Ok, noted. There are giant, man-eating ants in Texas. Cancel plans of visiting Texas. Ever.
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These are great!
Got a raccoon story of my own..
I'd seen this decent-sized raccoon hanging around for a few weeks and wasn't going to do anything about it, but my girlfriend at the time was worried about her ankle-biting dog. So I resolved to take it out next chance I got. Mounted my Streamlight TLR-1 on a Sig Mosquito and loaded the mag with Remington Yellow Jackets. Late one night, she tells me she saw it in the driveway. I sprint to the gun room, snag the Sig, race to the door, throw on my shoes, and sneak out. Got out in the yard and let my eyes adjust before going further. I could hear movement on the side of the house where we had put a kennel up. I swung around into the grass, kicking the light to "momentary on." I could make out two glowing eyes through the chain-link of the kennel. Stepping forward, I thought, "This is it- you're done."
I pulled the slide back after letting go of the light switch and let it slam forward. It made only a dull "thunk," but that didn't register at first.
Swinging around the side of the kennel to get a clear shot, I kicked on the light to see pissed-off momma coon and her four babies not 15' from me.
It was right about then that I took a moment to evaluate this situation. I probably COULD take them all out in a second or so, but should I? Wait.. "Thunk?" Um.. Slipped my pinky under the grip to feel the empty magwell. Shit.
"Sorry momma, don't mind me- I'm just retarded." Did a brisk backwards walk to the front of the house before running inside. As I flew past my girlfriend, she asked, "What's going on?"
"Notimetoexplain!!!" Grabbed that fucking mag off the shelf and blew past her again.
"Is everything ok?"
"Don't worry, hon," I said as I jumped back into my shoes, "I'm not retreating, I'm advancing.. To FUTURE victory!"
Made it back into the yard in time to see five little tails disappearing over the tracks at the back edge of the property.
"That's right, I showed YOU!!" I screamed. Went back in and sat on the couch.
"What was all that about?"
"Oh, don't you worry, dear. They're gone."
"But I thought you were going to shoot it?"
"So did I, hon. So did I..."
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Problem closing bolt
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Glad it was that simple! Loading on a closed bolt is also pretty simple. Once you get the hang of it, you can rock 5 rounders in on a closed bolt in a second or so.
Insert loaded mag, tilted only about half as far as you would if the bolt were open. When the plastic hull comes in contact with the bolt, push hard to depress the shells and magazine follower. As you push in, tilt the mag to catch the lip inside the gun like normal, then rock it back into place.
Ok, that description was God-awful... Hopefully you got the idea though.
Or you can send your gun out to one of the site's vendors who can relieve the bolt enough to allow clearance for the shell while closed.
Or, for $50, you could try the "Rock-n-Lock" magazine guide- also available at CSS.
Or you could go the magwell route- just remember that you'll have to mod your mags. No magwell experience myself, but GunFun knows a lot about them. Hopefully he'll take it from here...