In my ugly little town in this beautiful little valley there is one doctor, one dentist, one lawyer and one chiropracter. I don't own a BAR, so I'll leave it for you to guess which of my fellow parasites on the misery of others had a hissy when the 28 year old sling on his 28 year old rifle gave way and it fell off his 4 wheeler into the mud. Said nimrod, then picked up his rifle to fire at a deer he had been pursuing all morning. The action was jammed (with mud, he thought). It would not fire. In a fit of pique (tantrum?) he threw his heretofore entirely faithful (especially after I detail cleaned it for him three years ago for the first time in 25 years) rifle onto the ground. "The ground" in the mountains of Idaho is liberally studded with "the rocks. All of the above transpired last year. I didn't hear about it at the time because said person hasn't talked to me much since my dogs killed one of his best buddy's 16.5 year old crippled cat, but that is a different story.
Anyway, about three weeks ago he remembered that his rifle was "jammed with mud". He also remembered that I had volunteered to keep it running and fed with handloaded ammunition for five years in exchange for an old Ruger 77 rifle that I then had converted from a skinny barreled 22-250 to a Lilja barreled coyote rifle in .308. Oops, another story.
Anyway, I got around to looking at the old war horse on Friday night after clinic, and yesterday before clinic. I didn't tear it completely down; those things are a PITA to strip down to the last piece (as an armorer I make a good doctor). There wasn't much mud in the action at all. Thirty minutes with "Q" tips, denatured alcohol, patches and picks had it very clean. Several sprays with a dry teflon preparation had it slicked up and somewhat resistant to collection of carbon and crud. It also revealed a cracked forestock, a bent action bar, and a magazine feed lip that was bearing too heavily on the bottom of the bolt. Thank God for dead blow hammers and a level formica kitchen table.

Does anyone know if the new "Stalker" style plastic furniture fit the old BARs? This is a 7mm Rem Mag. I heard a bunch of former Browning gunsmiths split off on their own to form a shop specializing in Browning repairs over in Missouri. Does anyone have contact information.

So, who done it? The lawyer, the chiropracter or the dentist.

I can't tell you that, but I can tell you who makes the most money. The chiropracter of course. He is a good christian lad, and subscribes to the "christian business philosophy". As a German Catholic boy from Chicago, I had never heard of such a thing. I thought the Jews were supposed to make the money, the Irish Catholics were supposed to get drunk and cry when they sang "Old Danny Boy", the Italians were supposed to grow mustaches so they looked like their moms, and us German Catholics were supposed to start the wars. Oops, another digression. Anyway, as I now understand it, earning as much money as possible is a way to honor Jesus Christ, Our Savior. All I know is that at 10:00 am on Sunday all the Mormons, Basques, Nazarenes, Mexican Catholics, Bible Missionaryites, Quakers (Friends), Pentecostals and Methodists in my beautiful little valley are in church. Sooooo, if I am on my way to the hills for whatever, it is a convenient time to let my dogs take out cats along the way. It gets them warmed up for the quail, pheasant or chukar. And all is right under God's eye in my beautiful valley.

lawndart

lawndart ......... Im about a million years old now. I watched the earth cool and arm wrestled dinosaurs. But I can safely say that you are the only person that’s more long winded than me and I thought that was impossible. So which of these guys are you dating? The doctor, the lawyer or the Indian chief? And what was the question again? He he he he he :Rod Henrickson

YOu can try http://www.e-gunparts.com

Try this site: www.midwestgunworks.com
I think they have just about everything you might need.

Now, who are you fixing this for? My vote is for the lawyer. The chiropracter is nice and makes the money. The dentist should know how to clean (with his dental instruments) and repair his gun to some degree. That leaves the lawyer.


Of course, I am biased since I am a dentist.

Well,
I don't know how to break this news;
The lawyer is my girlfriend. She doesn't throw things, but she did shoot my truck a couple years ago.

Thank you for the info guys.

I will talk him into getting a new rifle and repair this one for a loaner.

lawndart

Well I'm open to gay people too. I guess! Try http://www.westerngunparts.com or 1-780-484-5281 Rod Henrickson