Back again
Sorry for the incredible delay in posting on this. I haven't lost interest or anything, just still going through this shoulder problem. Comp cut me off almost three months ago, so, no income, no toys.
Glad to be back anyhow. I have missed everyone.
Well, the build that was supposed to be an MP5 with all german parts ended up being a 94 with all SW parts. I thought I would be dissapointed with that, but financially that was all I could afford, and I had to build it.
As posted earlier, it shoots what I aim at, hasn't had any failures, save the original hammer spring allowed the carrier to put the hammer down so it wouldn't rise up to the trigger catch and release every time. other than that, it was mechanically "good".
So, I put the hammer spring from my 91 in it, and it hasn't had a problem since. But anyway, I didn't want to post pics of it because of the "in progress" state it was in, but after seeing the pics of that horrible 91 in another post, I have to say I was made proud of my ugly work that I would have been embarassed to post here before.
I argon-mig welded my receiver, and I have to tell you, it turned out nice, good shape, and minor grinding to finish. I didn't know until I saw that 91 rolled receiver thing, that you could have those kinds of blob weld problems. I am glad I did not. Now I want to try the 91! I will be using Tig from this point forward, though, since my experience tells me I shouldn't have had to clean the welds like I had to with mig.
While I am ranting, does anyone know where to get that piece in the top recess of the receiver in front of the rear sight? I either lost mine, or didn't have one for this flat. It looks stupid without it. I assume it is for the scope mount.