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Tight receiver on Mark III
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:20 pm
by lucam
I just picked up a parkerized Mark III. It's so tight I have to beat it with a mallet to remove the frame from the receiver. Same thing to put it back together. This doesn't seem right. Is there any way to get this to field strip a little easier?
Thanks.
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 10:34 pm
by Bullseye
That is right. They are tight at first, tight enough to need a mallet/plastic hammer to separate. Over time it will loosen up a little bit as you remove and replace the receiver. Someone may have tightened the frame a little bit too much before parkerizing it. Better to be too tight than too loose. There's no functional difference but some folks are disturbed by the feel of a loose receiver.
R,
Bullseye
Posted: Thu May 07, 2009 11:23 pm
by lucam
I agree; tight is better than loose. It came from the factory this way. The parkerizing, it's a special distributor edition or something silly.
It's so tight I have to take good 10 whacks to get it off!
Posted: Mon May 11, 2009 10:50 pm
by greener
The first one I bought was so tight I had to use a rubber mallet to remove it. The second one was loose and I thought something was wrong with it.
Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:46 am
by Bullseye
The more you remove the receiver the easier the it will come off the frame. It just takes some time to loosen up the fit.
R,
Bullseye