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Miscellaneous => Care, Cleaning, and Restoration => Restoration and Refinishing => Topic started by: running-man on April 10, 2015, 10:38:15 PM

Title: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: running-man on April 10, 2015, 10:38:15 PM: Time for a stupid question. I'm not much of a tinkerer, I like my guns stock and don't typically do much to them. I ran across this Chinese Type 56 paratrooper on gunbroker with the following photo:

(http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/q647/jelucer/Chinese/odd_FSB.jpg~original)

Question I have is, what the heck is that bent looking thing right above the bayo lug? Is that supposed to be a pin that's driven through the FSB just like the pin beneath the gas block? Is it typical for FSBs to have two locking pins, one above the bayo lug and one below the front sight? How have I never noticed this!??! silly1
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: John Galt on April 10, 2015, 10:45:46 PM: running-man
There are 2 pins in FSBs. I don't know why it is bent over or why it was sticking out so far to begin with.

John Galt
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on April 10, 2015, 11:31:00 PM: Its a bent over finishing nail..... amateurs. ::)
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: running-man on April 10, 2015, 11:49:09 PM: Finishing nail?! pullhair1

Think it's likely a homemade paratrooper?
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on April 10, 2015, 11:52:02 PM: Quote from: running-man on April 10, 2015, 11:49:09 PM
Finishing nail?! pullhair1

Think it's likely a homemade paratrooper?

No idea...
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: jd? on April 11, 2015, 12:01:23 AM: Well, I guess I'll toot a line of dope and see if I can fit an AR sight on that ol SKS.
Damn!! Punch was too big and now it's wedged in tight.
OOPS!! It broke. Guess I'll just drive back out with the pin.
CRAP!! the freakin pin bent .
Think I need another little bump. THFFFFFFTT --- ahhhh, that's better. Now where was I??

Cash softly sings --
Don't crank and mess with guns son,
Leave your guns alone son,
Stop tweakin with your guns.......

jd
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: Dannyboy53 on April 11, 2015, 12:19:45 AM: Finishing nail or brad is the first thing popped in my mind when I saw it...bubba strikes again!
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: Worm on April 11, 2015, 12:26:32 AM: Home-para, left pin bent instead of cutting flush.
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: Greatguns on April 11, 2015, 12:27:22 AM: Yeah looks like the pin was missing so they put in a finishing nail. If you get it I have several extra pins I could send you one.

I don't think it is a home made Para though.
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: John Galt on April 11, 2015, 09:32:53 AM: I have been wondering about something for a while. During the Clinton ban I would see lots of rifles with the bayo lugs neutered. Where did all of those rifles go? I rarely see them on GB, aside form the commercial variants with the neutered lug. Maybe this guy had one of those and thought he would "fix" it with a non-neutered FSB.

Honestly, where did all of those Hillary (Clinton neutered) guns go? I don't see them at gun shows, GB, Armslist, pawn shop, or any place I can think. Someone is buying FSB on ebay for around $40. Maybe it was this GB seller?

John Galt
Title: Re: Looking for sage advice from the tinkerers out there
Post by: jd? on April 11, 2015, 10:46:17 AM: I've got one of those rifles, but I bobbed the barrel and installed a Prince 50 sight. Still got the front sight with neutered bayo lug. jd