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Originally Posted by sheepherder
I had posted this scan from the Numrich catalog to someone's thread here once before...But here it is again...
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That Numrich adapter item would be handy at twice or three times that price, but what the catalogue never told you was that it doesn't include the machine work necessary to whack at least .25" of metal off the flat surface of the lower receiver to make it "look" right. If you just drill and tap the two holes, The 1928 removable stock would not fit properly, it would just "fit"...
While I have made many parts over the years with hand tools, and am pretty darn careful and productive with a mill file, I would not attempt to make that lower receiver modification without a milling machine or equivilant.
Just one OOPS is all it would take and a $1700 firearm would be an ugly paperweight...and I can't afford to replace that receiver. The $180 is the insurance that if the machinist doesn't do it RIGHT, he is liable for fixing or replacing it.
...and it takes me a long time to push that many pennies into a pile.
Rich, I know you live alone... and your only "job" is pleasing yourself at your address, ...but do you have children? Grandchildren? If not, then you don't know how much of a hassle (and often a waste of time) your
personal priority list can be... you almost never get to the big stuff that is only important to you.
I wouldn't trade any of my grandchildren for Georg Luger's personal sidearm (well maybe just one...
), but I sure would like to drop a satchel full of money and own it!
There is an old proverb (...not from the bible) that says that "Life is what happens while you are making plans" If you look up the origin, you will probably find my photo next to it as the example.
