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  1. And that being, are rock island armory conversions decent M2's for less than $6k?
  2. Thanks, up until recently I didn't know private firms restamped the receivers with their names and I thought only govt arsenals overstamped the '1'. But it still is a step up from a civilian conversion i guess. As long as it shoots good and I can wipe out as many pigs as I can at once, Im fine.
  3. Question on the arsenal conversions of M2, I have seach google and can not find my answer, and don't own the required books (ie War baby). Im looking at a Rock Island Armory M2 carbine. Its over stamped M2, so I am assuming they converted it. Now from what I understand Rock Island Armory was not incorporated untill 1977. So did Reese, et al, buy some M1 carbines, convert them with overstamping the M1 with 2 and stamp Rock Island on the receiver as well? So would this be considered an 'arsenal' conversion as far as value and quality, or not since Rock island Armory is a civilian company? or does it matter? All I want is a good shooter. And does anyone know who were the real arsenals that orginally converted M1 to M2?
  4. Sorry PK, That's all I was meaning was ...IF what you think is the problem (and I hope it is) then it (the actual time to work on it) would be few hours of labor. As in it may be a quick fix. I was not impling I would jump the queue and I am sorry my statement was infered that way. Whether my gun is gone for weeks-months-year, that is to be seen. I am just happy that I got a guestimate of a common, easier fix then 'oh, your screwed', which would also imply a cheaper fix.
  5. Thanks guys for all the help, this may be the only helpful forum I have been on!!! I have spoke to PK, he is almost certain it is my chamber. A problem he said is very common with the NAC. He said if that is the only problem he could knock it out in a few hours. Stated it could be a barrel problem as well, but he doubts. I'm shipping it off Monday. I'll keep ya'll informed of to what he finds. As for the stain, maybe PK has an idea as well, but I will explore the FOIA option. I spoke with the prior owner. He said he never fired it and he was selling it for a friend who had felony problems and had to dump his collection. He said that guy never fired it and he also thought it has never been fired (at least since it was parkerized, whenever that was). While I have some of your attentions, I am looking for a good M2 carbine and a BM59 for sale. So if anyone hears of one for sale give me a buzz. j hays
  6. Who is a good source of barrels? tommy gun shop has new ones. tommygunner has some old ones and R guns has the whole parts kit. I take it I do NOT need a threaded barrel, but whats the trick to taking off the compensator and barrel. I thought i saw a post somewhere on that subject. And who is PK 'Paul'? Where is he located?
  7. I tried to shoot today after replacing the entire bolt assembly and new spring/guide. It was much worse. I tried all 6 of my mags, 3-4 rounds each mag and only 3 fired, none cyclic. I am asking firemerc to post a few photos of the shells. There is a scrape mark on the underside of the cases (as seen in the pics to come) and a slight scrape on the up side just at the edge of the case on the bullet end. None had a firing pin mark, these are the ones that tried to feed after the initial bullet fired. There is also barely visible on the pics a small tic mark on the case rim- which i have not seen until now (new bolt??). The initial ones that did not fire seated but not enough to allow the bolt to close completely, one even would not extract. These had light firing pin marks. I cycled the bolt with the lower off and watched the pin guide, it was malaligned as seen on the previous pics (new spring/guide) but as it cycled it straighted up. the bolt cycles without snag or difficulty. I am convenced that there is a problem in my chamber, feels smooth, but i have big fingers and can only get some in the chamber, can't see in well but will go get a dental mirror from my dentist tomorrow and look in. I think i will need to get a new barrell and try it out. Any good sources for barrells? I did find out there is an old marine armorer in town that worked on tommys back in the day, call him but no returned call yet.
  8. check out my pics on the 'jamming tommy' post of mine
  9. after looking at my pilot pin again, it might be the oiler. I'm going to shoot it as is first and then change out the oiler and see sometime tomorrow afternoon.
  10. I have only 6 mags, all jam. But the 20 round mags seem to worl slightly better. Will shoot it tomorrow with new bolt group/spring and keep ya'll informed. Thanks for the help so far. I think I really had two jamming problems, one on first round where it seem not to close well and just barely dent the primer, and the other during cyclic fire when the round would get malaligned in the feed ramp. I do like the chamber idea above- the gun jams much less when just cleaned, after 30 rounds or so it begins to jam 2 out of 3 tries. I have a few tommy friends nearby so far, i can check with about the barrell. hays
  11. Thanks for posting my pics. Does anyone know what the caused the 'stain' around the serial numbers?
  12. ok got a complete bolt assembly kit from r guns and have installed it today. I shot it last weekend aftering cleaning again, 2 3o round clips fired with only one jam, the third clip (and same one) jammed almost every bullet on the first trigger pull. bolt not closing all the way I guess, light pin mark on primer. now that i have replaced bolt group, the bolt slides well, except if i gently let it down it will not close all the way, about 1-2mm more after i push it, but with half force it will close. have not fired it yet. the bolt, actuator, and spring guide had no markings, except the actuator had a knurled knob. all 'new' parts in kit from r guns are marked 's'. pictures to follow of gun. well crap, how do you insert pics, it wants me to give an http address for pics????
  13. thanks, my computer is down, but hopefully my replacement will be in by tomorrow and i can post some pics
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