almost complete

mr. wipple · Post by **mr. wipple** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:38 pm

Receiver SA mods complete. Tacked together 6 pieces. IMA rear, Sherman cam section, yugo shroud and forward shroud portion from private seller. Thanks to all. There is a light at the end of this tunnel. All parts fit properly but charging handle is hanging up.

robertmcw · Post by **robertmcw** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:46 pm

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

none123 · Post by **none123** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:01 pm

well thats the first 5 cut i've seen go together... looks good

as fot the CH you may just want to buy a new rachet plate from brp

Post by **Demontrooper** » Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:17 pm

Yeah, my CH is hanging up some too, I want to buy a new ratchet plate (come on, $15?) but it seems like a pain to replace, so I would just file away at parts or bend the plate a little outwards until everything moves alright. Of course I would do this after the welding is complete.

zallen · Post by **zallen** » Tue Oct 10, 2006 12:27 pm

Looks great!

Post by **ped315** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:23 pm

The rifle looks nice, I am having problems getting a cam section for mine, where did you get yours?

propos · Post by **propos** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:32 pm

The charging handle binding seems to be a common problem. I had to file and stone mine until I got the CH to move without binding. I had a three cut receiver, so I only had one cut through the ratchet plate. But the torch really took out a swatch of the rachet plate. The piece of metal that stops the CH from moving back too far was gone.
What I did was build the gap up with weld., cleaned it up and then I welded a hump where the missing one had been. I then formed it into a nice rounded hump with the dremel. Unless you know what to look for, you would never know that the hump was a welded build up of metal. Came out pretty good if I may say so myself.
I was thinking of replacing the ratchet plate but rejected that idea. My ratchet plate was in good shape except for where the torch cut it. It was easier to repair it rather than replace it.

mr. wipple · Post by **mr. wipple** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:08 pm

I purchased the cam section off a private seller on this site but I think they are all sold.

Post by **Demontrooper** » Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:15 pm

Cam sections are gone, you will need to fill up the missing space with weld and sheet metal.

mikey · Post by **mikey** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:26 am

Nice looking gun

k75zracer · Post by **k75zracer** » Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:35 am

For the cam sections, either you can buy a complete new ratchet plate and replace the entire piece, or you can section in a new piece and weld that in. I beleive trying to build up the damaged sections with weld will be difficult(at least more so than sec tioning in a piece) and you will have a better looking and more valuable gun with a sectioned in piece. FWIW