Answers to questions: the kit arrives " in the white", which is to say, the carbonsteel
barrel is as lathe turned ( very nicely, but
not well enough to do a deep blueing on, tho
more than adequate for parkerizing or camo
paint, etc).The cast aluminum lower is as
cast externally, and quite attractive as is.
The muzzle brake is a stainless steel cast-
ing with a finish similar to the lower.
the remainder of the parts are stainless
steel with a very nice machined finish as is.
The actual assembly can easily be done in
about 1/2 hour, though I STRONGLY recommend
that in the headspacin phase, you practice
at least 1 hour and get it right the first
time, as you will be working with mixed
epoxy in the threads. Make sure that you
have an original hardball round or excellent
equivalent (no AP) to set it up with. Also,
a minor point, once it's together, don't
stand it on the butt end with the recoil
pad in place for more than a few minutes
or the pad slowly gives , and if you leave
it that way over night, it never does come
back all the way. As to the question from
Izzy, I don't know whether the upcoming
semi version will be " kittable " The
receiver may be considerably more complicated
and impractical to this. Whoops!, almost
forgot one other assembly hint- the last
thing to go on is th muzzle brake because
the headspacing is done through barrel rot-
ation, you will almost certainly end up with
the brake stopping at an odd point in its
rotation. I made a copper washer and lapped it to appropriate thickness, But in retro-
spect, a series of washers cut from aluminum
can stock would work as well and be a heck
of a lot easier. Bob Stewart at Maadi-
Griffin is very good about answering
questions and when in doubt, ask someone
first! The booklet that comes with it is
VERY good, however, and the only time I
had to ask anything was in headspacing,
because I had one ball and two AP's and
didn't realize that the AP's had a longer
ogive. Boy, I got long winded today!
crankshaft
