Albroswift Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 After the last round of cleaning I found an extra extractor spring on the table. More concerning also the little one that goes in a 308 extractor. Pulled the bolts out of several AR's, the one in the 458S was in backwards. Flipped it over, got it to snap into the extractor. Sent Tony an email asking him if he uses the little spring inside, or the insert. Put everything back together and back in the safes. Tony emailed me back and said nothing except the spring, and he puts them in backwards compared to AR 15's. Went through the 458 and 2 308's again, flipped the one in the 458, found the 308 bolt missing the little spring, but noticed something funny about the firing pin in the 458. Had a 308 pin in it. Pulled a AR15 pin out of my field kit, swapped it out. Now my field kit has 2 spare .308 pins and no AR15 pins. I would swear I always carried one of each. Pulled and checked the 308's, they have the correct firing pins. I'm getting pretty good at this. Just wonder who's kit has 2 AR15 pins and no 308 pins and where the extra extractor spring came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 lol! I keep buying kits and adding to my bins. now you worry me.. what if I did two builds or three.. and that bcg swap... I bag and label most swappable parts but that makes lost or broke records messed up because i don't go back and fix my notes.. just grab new shits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 How bout Albroheimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/14/2019 at 7:25 PM, Albroswift said: After the last round of cleaning I found an extra extractor spring on the table. More concerning also the little one that goes in a 308 extractor. Pulled the bolts out of several AR's, the one in the 458S was in backwards. Flipped it over, got it to snap into the extractor. Sent Tony an email asking him if he uses the little spring inside, or the insert. Put everything back together and back in the safes. Tony emailed me back and said nothing except the spring, and he puts them in backwards compared to AR 15's. Went through the 458 and 2 308's again, flipped the one in the 458, found the 308 bolt missing the little spring, but noticed something funny about the firing pin in the 458. Had a 308 pin in it. Pulled a AR15 pin out of my field kit, swapped it out. Now my field kit has 2 spare .308 pins and no AR15 pins. I would swear I always carried one of each. Pulled and checked the 308's, they have the correct firing pins. I'm getting pretty good at this. Just wonder who's kit has 2 AR15 pins and no 308 pins and where the extra extractor spring came from. I am so fukken confused after reading this!☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/14/2019 at 6:25 PM, Albroswift said: After the last round of cleaning I found an extra extractor spring on the table. More concerning also the little one that goes in a 308 extractor. Pulled the bolts out of several AR's, the one in the 458S was in backwards. Flipped it over, got it to snap into the extractor. Sent Tony an email asking him if he uses the little spring inside, or the insert. Put everything back together and back in the safes. Tony emailed me back and said nothing except the spring, and he puts them in backwards compared to AR 15's. Went through the 458 and 2 308's again, flipped the one in the 458, found the 308 bolt missing the little spring, but noticed something funny about the firing pin in the 458. Had a 308 pin in it. Pulled a AR15 pin out of my field kit, swapped it out. Now my field kit has 2 spare .308 pins and no AR15 pins. I would swear I always carried one of each. Pulled and checked the 308's, they have the correct firing pins. I'm getting pretty good at this. Just wonder who's kit has 2 AR15 pins and no 308 pins and where the extra extractor spring came from. I pull games like this at work, with newer guys. As soon as they get a bigger job, like a topend rebuild, diff rebuild, trans rebuild... They walk away from their work bench as some point... I'll walk over there and put a bolt down on the bench, in their pile of parts... Towards the end of the rebuild, they're GOING APESHIT over the leftover bolt... trying to figure out what they forgot, and where it went... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted September 17, 2019 Report Share Posted September 17, 2019 I remember the Gunney (Lee Whatshisname) doing that in a movie, with an operating spring after a Marine rifle cleaning session, holding up an operating spring, the boots started taking their rifles apart, he said "it is mine" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted September 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 R Lee Emery! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmackc Posted September 19, 2019 Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Albroswift said: R Lee Emery! Yeah I knew....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albroswift Posted September 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2019 R Lee Ermey! What is your major malfunction? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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