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FelixEstrella wrote:Also, before getting ready to press the barrel into the receiver, make sure you insert (after appropriate fitting for your receiver) the piston stop (the little crescent shaped piece that slips into the crescent shaped slot on the upper side of the barrel hole in the receiver) ... life will be much tougher for you if you forget and find need to press the barrel back out of the receiver.
FelixEstrella wrote:Also, before getting ready to press the barrel into the receiver, make sure you insert (after appropriate fitting for your receiver) the piston stop (the little crescent shaped piece that slips into the crescent shaped slot on the upper side of the barrel hole in the receiver) ... life will be much tougher for you if you forget and find need to press the barrel back out of the receiver.
Hmm. How do you know this?
Ask me how many times I've forgotten the handguard clip before commencing to torque the barrel during a FAL build. Only bad words were expressed during those mind lapses. Forgetting the piston stop during a Vz-58 build would result in parts and tools being flung against walls.
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Step 2 -- Since barrel is shorter than required 16", we must permanently affix a barrel extension. I chose a Slovakian muzzle brake and silver brazed it on.
Step 2a -- Before commencing with brazing, I quickly blasted the barrel and brake threads, and the forward surface of the sight tower.
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Step 2b -- The tools/materials needed for brazing are a $50 BernzOmatic MAP brazing/welding kit, and a tube of silver brazing paste. Screw the brake on about 1/4" from its natural stopping point and apply the brazing paste on threads and contact surface of the brake and sight tower. Continue tightening the brake until it reaches its natural stopping point, with the pin resting in the detente cutout on top of the brake.
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"Luck is where you find it—but to find it you have to look for it" -- Eugene Fluckey. Blogspot picsig
Step 2c -- Fire up the brazing torch and heat up the joint area (dull red hot) until the brazing material has flowed and filled the space between the brake and the sight tower. Cool ... hit with wire wheel ... knock down any superfluous drops of braze material and give a quick blast.
"Luck is where you find it—but to find it you have to look for it" -- Eugene Fluckey. Blogspot picsig
