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http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/2483/img1596mw.th.jpg Cleaning out the man cave and found these spare parts to sell. $175 shipping included. My email is: blakeahlers(remove this)@sbcglobal.net. -complete bolt assembly -complete buffer/butt stock assembly -complete pistol grip assembly -pistol gr...

Thanks oakrodent! I will take you up on your offer. When I spoke to Brian he said they were making the entire sa bolts from scratch now and these wouldn't require any welding. They are still listed on his site @ $275 but this may have increased the price a bit.
Thanks again,
Blake

Well my m53 has sat dormant for 6 months waiting on a brp bolt. I really haven't had the time to mess w/it anymore until now so no big deal. I spoke with Brian today and I'm still on the list, along w/twenty others according to him, but I would like to get this build completed. Are there other bolt ...

I have the brp grip and its nice. I've been waiting on his semi bolt for the better part of 2 months now. Its all thats keeping me from testing out my build.

I have 5 8mm barrels and barrel extensions and I was checking the headspace on them last night. All the extensions are marked with a 5 digit seial number with a slash and a single digit i.e., 54281/1. I'm assuming the 5 digit number was the serial number of the gun but what does the last digit repre...

I got the gripstick to fit correctly. I only had to remove .030 of material from the cutout. I was just a little apprehensive about filing on a new gripstick.
Thanks,
Blake

Nobody has encountered this problem before or has used BRP's gripstick on a reweld?

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4104/img0995x.jpg http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/8562/img0996lh.jpg I'm having trouble getting my BRP gripstick to sit flush against the bottom of the receiver. As you can see in the pic, the front of the gripstick is hitting the raised portion on the bottom of ...

I got my gripstick in from BRP today and got the grips fitted and the fcg installed. I'm really pleased with Brian's setup. Its nice to be able to utilize the original grips. Hopefully, tomorrow I will have time to trim the slot in the recouperator for the gripstick and do the final dremel work on t...

Aw shucks...blushing while making a figure eight pattern with my toe...thanks guys!

MIG with co2/argon mix.

Thanks guys! The sa gripstick should be in the mail but Brian is out of the bolts at the moment. Should be about 2 weeks before the bolts are done. This will give me plenty of time to finish reading John's manuals.

Thought I would post a few pics showing my progress so far. Everything seems ok w/the receiver so far: seems to be in alignment, door closes as it should, charging handle works, buttstock attaches easily, bolt slides on the rails easily, locks into the camming piece and unlocks by pushing in on the ...

What do you wanna bet that he works for the shipping company that you used.

Thanks Doug. I plan on finishing the bushing today and then the receiver should be done.

I am also at the point of installing the front barrel bushing. I already had a wiselite bushing on order so this is what I will be using. When I use the 37 11/16 measurement (from the back of the receiver to the end of the bushing) the barrel door is hard to close also. The only two options I see ar...

So for the 4 cut kits that had the front end cut, will you still have enough length using the brp bushing?

Nice to see another fellow on here from Southern Illinois. Sorry I can't help much, I'm pretty new to the 42/53 as well. I'm in the middle of a m53 build. Hope you get her running.

Thanks for the help Oakrodent. I should have been more clear about my ratchet plate. I have since found the front portion of the ratchet plate for my M53. The front portion of my plate is profiled differently than the rtg plate. It does not have the leg that protrudes down by the cocking handle slot...