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Reply With Quotebtw, it didn't have a flash hider either, is this unusual?
So I was able to look at a JLD clone. I took the bolt group out. There were no markings on the carrier, any idea who would have made it? The bolt had "EBO 09/80" on it..again, who built it? The owner said the rifle was purchased new in 2004.
It is in great shape and the build quality is outstanding as far as I can tell. It did have an aftermarket stock although he showed me what it initially came with, which was a POS stock that felt like it would break if I dropped it. I should have taken my feeler guages, however, the gap looked good to me.
btw, it didn't have a flash hider either, is this unusual?
I have a JLD and the carrier is date coded HJ on the side (which apparently means it was made as a part in '79). I've read that many HK carriers are unmarked because they were sold as parts and not installed in rifles at the factory, which would fit with yours being a JLD rifle.
The bolt is Greek made by EBO on HK tooling. They make contract rifles under license to HK so it's fine.
It's not unusual for a JLD to not have a flash hider, many of them were ban guns so they were sold that way. You can have the barrel threaded or get a press-on FH.
Last edited by angrydog; 06-09-2012 at 11:27 PM.
EBO SAR 3 - EBO SAR 8 - GSG 522 SD - HK 91 - HK 93 - HK SL6 - HK SL7 - HK USP45 - JLD 91 - PTR 91
Originally Posted by robag99
Yep, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban ended on September 13,2004. Probably most rifles purchased in 2004 had the ban features, e.g. no flash hider, etc. I purchased my first PTR91 in Feb 2005. It still had the unthreaded barrel, but they had bored out the threads of a milsurp flash hider and pressed it on the barrel. Then they did a blind drill-pin-weld to keep the flash hider in place. And yes, that rifle had the crappy stock that came on those earlier rifles, but at least it was a 922r part. But most of the internals of those early rifles were milsurp HK or contractor parts, i.e. the bolt carrier, bolt, locking piece, trigger assembly housing, and so on. My bolt carrier on that rifle is one with the tungsten inserts. The top of the carrier still shows the month/year date, but the manufacturer's logo has been milled off.
How do you know it has "tungsten inserts"?
here is a pic from RTG:
HK G3 Bolt Assembly Complete, HK91 Bolt Assembly Complete, G3 Full Auto Bolt Assembly for HK91 PTR91 SAR3/8, RTG Gun Parts
if you look closely at your carrier you'll be able to see the faint outline of the inserts, if you have them.
perhaps thats why I couldn't see them...becasue it did not have the inserts. The carrier was semi. I figured if this rifle's year group was made from surplus HK parts it would have been a full auto carrier?
Thanks for all info!
Yep. This RTG page is where I learned about the inserts.
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