midget Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I've now lost several pins and springs in my work area... Its hard wood... I swear there is a gremlin coming and picking them up... Time to order another .20$ part and pay 8$ for shipping...*Face Palm* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 While you are looking, see if my selector switch detent is in your house. I launched on in the kitchen and we never found it. Linoleum floor doors shut. If you find the Gremlins, kick their collective backsides for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitedog Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Yeah, smack them for me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powder Finger Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 They aren't lost, they get free and have a small part party and no big people are invited. after the new ones show up they will be done partying (slightly hung over) and you will find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Been there done that, bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuke8401 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I like lossing small parts while cleaning my guns right before a big match the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 True story. The DAY before the 2008 Bianchi Cup, full custom gun, one only like it in the world with new bushing system, gunsmith made new style bush early that year (original not working as well as it should) and said test it don't lose the old one as these are a cluster F%^$ to make. No problem. 4 months problem free. Decide to clean the gun before the big show, done it eleventy million times before. Bushing comes out with a piece missing! @#$#%$%$%$%$$%. Have to rotate bushing 180 degrees, not perfect fit, fine, drive it in test fire and don't touch it, simple??? Won't fecking fit. Need collar to drive it in, collar on bench back home 8000Miles away, OK need tube, only tube is tube in wardrobe holding up cloths that is close enough, no problem, make short section and fit. Now have neccessary "tool", luckily the house I stay at is owned by a shooter and is very understanding, once he found out it was for a good cause. 24 bottles of Heineken helped. Bushing remains in gun for another 5000 rounds until it coughed it all over the place back home. New bushing in range bag waiting for that. Plan J actually worked, plans A thru I were not so flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chills1994 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 I thought about a metal detector. UNTIL, I remembered the floor. Under the Lonoleum is a real wood floor. Nails every 24", on each plank, planks are 3" wide, in a 144 sq ft room that equals 240 pairs of nails. Mostly each nail 10 times the size of the piece of missing metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biloxi23 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Me tto. Try an LED light at a low angle with your head sideways on the floor. You won't see the part, but sometimes can see the shadow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiddler Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Paint the floor white. Bright shiny white. You'll still lose parts but they won't be on the floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 My favorite was launching a front pivot pin detent in the kitchen when putting together an AR lower. I heard it ricochet off the wall, hit the ceiling, but I never heard it hit the floor.... I looked around the room and the only soft landing spot was a basket of laundry... sure enough, it was on top of the laundry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlktheduk Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 We used to refer to it as the Armorer's crawl. Down on hands and knees on the floor, flashlight flat on floor, looking for the lost part's shadow. Also, sometimes a mechanic's magnet (on a telescoping handle) can be a big help. I hated how parts could VANISH off of a solid concrete and tile floor I really hated trigger group parts from H&K's and Benelli's. We kept PLENTY of small detent pins and springs for M-16's on hand. And back in the day, the rebound slide spring from a Smith & Wesson K-frame revolver could be counted on to escape your grasp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88penly Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Won't fecking fit. Need collar to drive it in, collar on bench back home 8000Miles away, OK need tube, only tube is tube in wardrobe holding up cloths that is close enough, no problem, make short section and fit. Now have neccessary "tool", luckily the house I stay at is owned by a shooter and is very understanding, once he found out it was for a good cause. 24 bottles of Heineken helped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Buy one of those floor sweeping magnets.... http://hand-tools.hardwarestore.com/67-414-magnetic-sweepers/magnetic-mini-sweeper-617214.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midget Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Lost another detent spring last night while working on a buddy's gun... Thank god I bought several of them last time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 This Hate rant has turned into a discussion, which is beyond the bounds of the rules for the Hate Forum. Thus, it must be closed. Please review the Hate Forum Rules: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 [note: this is a generic response] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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