Kid calls me from the base the other day: "Can you put an M1 carbine back together? My buddy took it apart and can't get it back together."
No problem, bring it on home. :wink:
What he drags home is all fine except for one thing: The friggen' BARREL is off the receiver! WHY on earth would anyone do that?
"He said his roommate, who just likes to take stuff apart, did it while we were in Afghanistan."
So I try to screw it on. Very easy until it stops dead about exactly 180* short (upside down, in other words).
The question is, can I take it on around home by, say, putting the barrel in a vise and sticking a hammer handle in the receiver? I seriously doubt the idiot roommate had the proper receiver tool to remove it; he prolly got it off in a similar way.
Can't tell the carbine maker BTW. Rear sight covers the name but it's stamped "SO EL MONTE CALIFORNIA" on the left side of the receiver so I'm assuming it's a cast Fed Ord gun. Most other parts appear to be either GI surp or aftermarket generic stuff, stock is aftermarket birch and handguard is ventilated metal. A $300 shooter at best. Oh well, at least it's not one of those stamped Universal backbirths.
No problem, bring it on home. :wink:
What he drags home is all fine except for one thing: The friggen' BARREL is off the receiver! WHY on earth would anyone do that?
"He said his roommate, who just likes to take stuff apart, did it while we were in Afghanistan."
So I try to screw it on. Very easy until it stops dead about exactly 180* short (upside down, in other words).
The question is, can I take it on around home by, say, putting the barrel in a vise and sticking a hammer handle in the receiver? I seriously doubt the idiot roommate had the proper receiver tool to remove it; he prolly got it off in a similar way.
Can't tell the carbine maker BTW. Rear sight covers the name but it's stamped "SO EL MONTE CALIFORNIA" on the left side of the receiver so I'm assuming it's a cast Fed Ord gun. Most other parts appear to be either GI surp or aftermarket generic stuff, stock is aftermarket birch and handguard is ventilated metal. A $300 shooter at best. Oh well, at least it's not one of those stamped Universal backbirths.