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ShooterJM
04-08-2011, 21:09
If you just heard a high speed projectile whizzing by followed by a long creative string of cursing.....that was probably my pivot detent! [Bang][Rant1]
ray1970
04-08-2011, 22:15
I was wondering what that was. I think it bounced somewhere over by my TV.
porfiriozg
04-09-2011, 00:16
i got some spares if you need them i had the same problem
ray1970
04-09-2011, 07:43
I have a pretty good track record for finding things like this when they shoot loose inside my living room. The garage on the other hand.... well, I am still looking for a spring and a needle for my airbrush. [Rant1]
StagLefty
04-09-2011, 08:59
If you just heard a high speed projectile whizzing by followed by a long creative string of cursing.....that was probably my pivot detent! [Bang][Rant1]

Until you have this happen you aren't a certified AR builder [ROFL1]
BPTactical
04-09-2011, 09:37
A little kink in a spring will cure that problem.
ShooterJM
04-09-2011, 12:18
Thanks for the offers, after looking around for 20 min I found the spring in my living room and the detent itself had somehow ricocheted off of a couple things and bounced onto my couch.
SA Friday
04-09-2011, 12:34
Until you have this happen you aren't a certified AR builder [ROFL1]
Until you know how to stop this from happening, you aren't a certified AR builder.[Coffee]
ShooterJM
04-09-2011, 13:10
You guys bend the spring to keep it from happening? I've always just used a razor, but was too lazy to go get one this time. (Yeah, in retrospect the 2 minutes I saved going to the garage weren't worth it [ROFL1] )
SA Friday
04-09-2011, 19:55
You guys bend the spring to keep it from happening? I've always just used a razor, but was too lazy to go get one this time. (Yeah, in retrospect the 2 minutes I saved going to the garage weren't worth it [ROFL1] )

I keep a set of those gap gauges in the workbench. The come in handy for a lot of things.
VinceU1
04-10-2011, 16:31
A little kink in a spring will cure that problem.

At least he knows enough not to use red locktite on a barrel nut.
I think!
[Coffee]
BPTactical
04-10-2011, 20:46
I just open a coil partway in the mid-span of the spring. It doesnt kink it and put a weak spot in it. Just pinch the spring near the middle and untwist it a touch.
ShooterJM
04-11-2011, 08:25
At least he knows enough not to use red locktite on a barrel nut.
I think!
[Coffee]

Pshaw, I just weld it in there. [ROFL1] Never can be TOO secure.