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If you hit a gun show locally you might find some good surplus at a "REASONABLE" price.
I ran American Eagle through mine for the reason it ALWAYS worked in all the JLD/PTR guns.
It was around $12 a box at CTD last time I looked.
I would jump on as many magazines, different size rollers, assorted springs, firing pins, stocks, hand guards, locking pieces, ect.
The RTG survival kits are a good idea, of course, and while CTD has the G3 magazines at a fair price (FOR NOW!!), STOCK UP NOW!
Good luck on your new G.I. They are fabulous pieces if the trunnion is OK (by now, in the production run, it should be).
Basically though, on the spares, you need at least one of everything (not barrels and big stuff like that) while it's still "READILY" available!!
If you can't get a HENSHOLDT scope and kit, at least get an original CLAW mount (NOT A KNOCK OFF MOUNT BY ANYONE ELSE), put a PICATINNY rail on it and any scope you want.
About the number of rounds, hard to say. Some on this site have done 50 or less and cracked while others got several hundred before cracking. Mine fell right in the cracking trunnion range, and I have put over 1000 rounds with no crack so far!
I DID have a bolt gap which came out of the box at .018" and was at .006" within about 300 rounds.
I replaced my bolt head and locking piece (both marked US) with real H&K parts (I had left over from the 80's) and my gap has held at .018"/.019" for almost 800 rounds.
Just something to look at if you gap drops drastically but the trunnion is still OK and not cracked. It seems like, in truth, only a small number actually cracked so far, but I have no idea how many. I do have friends on HKPro that DID have cracked trunnions and PTR made it right!
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!
BANGER
Again, I would stock up on everything you can afford/find while you can LEGALLY still do so!!
I ran American Eagle through mine for the reason it ALWAYS worked in all the JLD/PTR guns.
It was around $12 a box at CTD last time I looked.
I would jump on as many magazines, different size rollers, assorted springs, firing pins, stocks, hand guards, locking pieces, ect.
The RTG survival kits are a good idea, of course, and while CTD has the G3 magazines at a fair price (FOR NOW!!), STOCK UP NOW!
Good luck on your new G.I. They are fabulous pieces if the trunnion is OK (by now, in the production run, it should be).
Basically though, on the spares, you need at least one of everything (not barrels and big stuff like that) while it's still "READILY" available!!
If you can't get a HENSHOLDT scope and kit, at least get an original CLAW mount (NOT A KNOCK OFF MOUNT BY ANYONE ELSE), put a PICATINNY rail on it and any scope you want.
About the number of rounds, hard to say. Some on this site have done 50 or less and cracked while others got several hundred before cracking. Mine fell right in the cracking trunnion range, and I have put over 1000 rounds with no crack so far!
I DID have a bolt gap which came out of the box at .018" and was at .006" within about 300 rounds.
I replaced my bolt head and locking piece (both marked US) with real H&K parts (I had left over from the 80's) and my gap has held at .018"/.019" for almost 800 rounds.
Just something to look at if you gap drops drastically but the trunnion is still OK and not cracked. It seems like, in truth, only a small number actually cracked so far, but I have no idea how many. I do have friends on HKPro that DID have cracked trunnions and PTR made it right!
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!!
BANGER
Again, I would stock up on everything you can afford/find while you can LEGALLY still do so!!
