I'm going to order some right now. Thanks Scotty

FB- Doug "If It's Mil-Spec, It *Has* To Be Good" King


The early M-16s were Mil-Spec. LOL
Mark E. Williams

I wrote:
When changing the rigging I have used a hacksaw to cut the wires
(1x19
SS), and
that worked quite well in the workshop with a vice when you have the
time, but on a boat moving about and a mast threatening to damage
and
possibly hole the hull, I think a hacksaw would be next to useless.

This should be read in the context of cutting wire. A hacksaw might
come in very handy, if you have to cut the mast or make a jury-rig.

Peter S/Y Anicula

On 09 Jul 2004 15:43:55 GMT, (Bobspirt) wrote this
crap:

by ''cheap masts'' I mean 'wooden masts'.

Scotty


Wood masts are most certainly not cheap, unless you make it from an old
telephone pole yourself.


Are you nuts? Use a NEW pole, not a rotted-out used one.





Pathetic Earthlings! No one can save you now!

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
The early M-16s were Mil-Spec. LOL

There's an exception to every rule.

Actually the early M-16s were fine... they just weren't designed to be
used in a jungle, or any place else where there's dirt

DSK

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:07:47 -0400, DSK wrote:

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
The early M-16s were Mil-Spec. LOL

There's an exception to every rule.

Actually the early M-16s were fine... they just weren't designed to be
used in a jungle, or any place else where there's dirt

DSK

Dirt wasn't the real problem. The Government/Military brass decided
to use up a bunch of powder they had laying around and after testing
were warned by Colt the rifle would have a high rate of jamming with
the powder the military chose to use.
Guess who won the argument? LOL
Mark E. Williams

The problem was the chamber was no chrome plated.

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 22:07:47 -0400, DSK wrote:

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
The early M-16s were Mil-Spec. LOL

There's an exception to every rule.

Actually the early M-16s were fine... they just weren't designed to be
used in a jungle, or any place else where there's dirt

DSK

Dirt wasn't the real problem. The Government/Military brass decided
to use up a bunch of powder they had laying around and after testing
were warned by Colt the rifle would have a high rate of jamming with
the powder the military chose to use.
Guess who won the argument? LOL
Mark E. Williams

Maynard G. Krebbs wrote:
Dirt wasn't the real problem. The Government/Military brass decided
to use up a bunch of powder they had laying around and after testing
were warned by Colt the rifle would have a high rate of jamming with
the powder the military chose to use.
Guess who won the argument? LOL

Ah, so.... never heard that before but I'd believe it. I've gotten the
impression, though, that the Mk 1 M-16 still jams a lot with any ammo.
That .223 blunt stuff is terrible anyway. For a while I had a .270 and
fired a lot of saboted .223 out of it, that worked OK. Ballistics is not
an exact science

DSK

DSK wrote:

Nav wrote:

Well you know me - BIG. Haha! Actually big enough to chomp a 316 bolt
easily in a test I carried out. They are about 1m long. They are
stored with all the other emergency gear and have a lanyard on them.
They are also bright red and their head is in a plastic bag
with lots of WD40 in it.


Ever heard of cosmoline?

No -that's a brandname?

Actually a compound called No-Ox is better for
long term storage of parts. WD-40 is great for cleaning & drying off
tools once they've been used, especially if they've gotten wet or
already acquired a spot or two of rust; but it's too thin & volatile to
be a good surface protection for storage of metal part.

OK but it seems to work inside a plastic bag -4 years so far.


... I also store my emergency saw blades (set of 20 with handle) the
same way. No rust was evident on last inspection.


Regular inspection is good, but if they are sealed up you shouldn't open
them just to inspect.


Yes, I agree that's why we use clear plastic bags.

Cheers

Way you get off cosmoline is soak the part in heated gasoline. It's almost
as hard to deal withas beef and shrapnel or ham and m .. . ...urr uhhh C
Rations.

M.

"Nav" wrote in message
...


DSK wrote:

Ever heard of cosmoline?



Nav wrote:

No -that's a brandname?


It's a jellied petroleum metal protectant, formerly used by the military
(and it may still be used by them for some things). It forms a perfect
barrier against corrosion but it is not friendly to lubricants and it's
the devil to get off.

You hear people talking about buying up WW2 era army surplus stuff and
saying "it was still covered in cosmoline."



.... WD-40 is great for cleaning & drying off tools .... but it's too
thin & volatile to be a good surface protection for storage of metal
part.



OK but it seems to work inside a plastic bag -4 years so far.


I've seen the stuff eat through plastic bags... maybe yours are made of
a better grade of plastic?


Polythene.

Cheers

Ever heard of cosmoline?


Nav wrote:
No -that's a brandname?

It's a jellied petroleum metal protectant, formerly used by the military
(and it may still be used by them for some things). It forms a perfect
barrier against corrosion but it is not friendly to lubricants and it's
the devil to get off.

You hear people talking about buying up WW2 era army surplus stuff and
saying "it was still covered in cosmoline."



.... WD-40 is great for cleaning & drying off
tools .... but it's too thin & volatile
to be a good surface protection for storage of metal part.


OK but it seems to work inside a plastic bag -4 years so far.

I've seen the stuff eat through plastic bags... maybe yours are made of
a better grade of plastic?

DSK