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See... what it is, is that some poor grunt got kicked outta the Army, but missed his M-16... and since he'd always wanted a scope on it... but, couldn't afford even a AR15... so he figured.. what if I?mikld wrote:Is that !*#! on a Mini 14?
I wish I had pics of what a co-worker did with a fairly nice 303 Enfield to get a 20 dollar BSA WallyWorld scope on it....Griff wrote:See... what it is, is that some poor grunt got kicked outta the Army, but missed his M-16... and since he'd always wanted a scope on it... but, couldn't afford even a AR15... so he figured.. what if I?mikld wrote:Is that !*#! on a Mini 14?
See... doesn't it seem much more reasonable now that it's been explained? NO? Me either!
I thought it was too.Pete44ru wrote:.
I like how the scope is tilted down, for those 1,000yd shots..............![]()
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DadsMod12 wrote:All I can say is I guess the duct tape didn't hold.
The receiver is a heat treated part. By welding directly on the receiver the heat treatment has been altered and the part is no longer safe to use. Judgement call. The receiver IS the gun. Thus, the gun is most likely ruined.Bulldozer wrote:It looks bad, but I am sure a skilled gunsmith could save the gun...
Right.FWiedner wrote:The lock on a Mini-14 consists of an 'ear' on either side of the rotating bolt just behind the bolt face, and a matching stop machined into either side of the receiver. The left side lock-up is directly behind this gentleman's lovely weld. The .223 is a high-pressure cartridge. If the left side of the receiver is soft, and the right side harder there are a handful of things that MIGHT happen (in ascending order on the disaster scale): 1) Nothing. He will continue to shoot this abomination and live happily ever after. 2) The soft metal at the point of lock-up will peen, the gun will develop head-space and eventually fail to lock. He might someday experience a double, or unexpectedly go full auto. 3) The receiver on that side will stretch, eventually rendering the gun inoperable because the bolt cannot move freely to travel in a straight line. 4) After developing head-space and increasing feed problems, the soft metal will separate under pressure adjacent to the left-side lock and the the shooter may experience a potentially injurious blow-out.