WolfPlayer
Copper BB
I'll update this post as things progress. First, huge thanks to this forum. I generally do all my own gunsmithing and this forum gave me the basics regarding this particular firearm and it's potential issues.
Brand new the firearm had the following obvious issues ...
1) Front site completely loose and would have fallen out if I hadn't inspected it. After adding some blue locktite to the little bolt and tightening with an .050 Allen wrench, it's all good.
2) Rear site loose at both the attachment point and windage adjusters. Little bit of red locktite to the attachment bolt and just some tightening of the windage adjusters and all good.
3) Dirty everywhere. I did a full disassembly, thorough cleaning, and reassembly with my normal lube preference. Bolt moves a lot nicer now.
4) Piston rings weren't aligned appropriately. I staggered them as indicated here on this board.
5) The shell carrier was bent over to the non-ejection side so much that it was just about touching the receiver and scratching it. I disassembled the trigger assembly, removed the carrier, and slowly bent the connection points by hand to get that carrier aligned more toward the center. Moves GREAT now.
6) My trigger assembly, similar to many others, doesn't fit completely tight in the receiver. You can grab my trigger guard and shake the assembly. Definitely not use to something being that loose ... But, everything seems to function check fine. I did not do the epoxy mod. That said, I'm thinking about it because of the non-smoothness of the safety.
7) Trigger pins not installed according to recommendations. One pin was correct and the other was wrong. Installed pins so that the three grooves in the pin are on the right side (ejection port side) where the clips on the trigger assembly sleeves are.
Everything looks good and I anticipate taking it out tomorrow. One really nice benefit that I wasn't expecting was to get the JM Pro handguard. I was expecting the normal SPX handguard but I definitely have the JM Pro handguard.
If you guys have any other recommendations before actually taking it out and sending some high brass heavy loads through it, please let me know.
Brand new the firearm had the following obvious issues ...
1) Front site completely loose and would have fallen out if I hadn't inspected it. After adding some blue locktite to the little bolt and tightening with an .050 Allen wrench, it's all good.
2) Rear site loose at both the attachment point and windage adjusters. Little bit of red locktite to the attachment bolt and just some tightening of the windage adjusters and all good.
3) Dirty everywhere. I did a full disassembly, thorough cleaning, and reassembly with my normal lube preference. Bolt moves a lot nicer now.
4) Piston rings weren't aligned appropriately. I staggered them as indicated here on this board.
5) The shell carrier was bent over to the non-ejection side so much that it was just about touching the receiver and scratching it. I disassembled the trigger assembly, removed the carrier, and slowly bent the connection points by hand to get that carrier aligned more toward the center. Moves GREAT now.
6) My trigger assembly, similar to many others, doesn't fit completely tight in the receiver. You can grab my trigger guard and shake the assembly. Definitely not use to something being that loose ... But, everything seems to function check fine. I did not do the epoxy mod. That said, I'm thinking about it because of the non-smoothness of the safety.
7) Trigger pins not installed according to recommendations. One pin was correct and the other was wrong. Installed pins so that the three grooves in the pin are on the right side (ejection port side) where the clips on the trigger assembly sleeves are.
Everything looks good and I anticipate taking it out tomorrow. One really nice benefit that I wasn't expecting was to get the JM Pro handguard. I was expecting the normal SPX handguard but I definitely have the JM Pro handguard.
If you guys have any other recommendations before actually taking it out and sending some high brass heavy loads through it, please let me know.