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Only a passing thought, but we already have one 50 to feed. rofl

Another UPDATE: Got the M8C cleaned up and painted but something does not look right.

UPDATE TIME...... My dad stops over yesterday morning with the spotter rifle. He took it to work and welded it back together, only thing was the bolt would not move. Today he came over with the dremmel and we did some grinding on the studs that go through. 10 minutes later it moves freely. the...

Well, today was a great learning experience. Took most of my family and went to see the LST325 that is docked in Pittsburgh for the weekend. On it they have a mule with a 106 on it. My dad loved seeing one up close. as well I enjoyed being able to take a long close look at it. I don't...

Yes, we are putting it back together. And yes it is only for display. Would love to make it live again, but like everything else, no money to feed it, and no room to shoot it. I am going out to my dad's today to do some more work on it.

A garage would be nice to have to build it but we don' t have the room inside the garage. so it is being done outside. For now... It doesn't look like they used much material to rebuild yours. And this wont be firing, except possibly to make in into a spud gun :grin::grin:

UPDATE: Today I spent some time at my dads. We learned a lot about this rifle, took a bunch of parts off, did some grinding to smooth out the threads a bit, got the bolt for the spotter rifle to slide in the receiver. Cleaned a bunch of grease off of it, some dirt. Still has the parkerization...

If you can find a sight box off of one, I would appreciate it. Wonder if customs inspector would have an issue with that? Guess I might have to find one.

I will make sure I have it up on my shoulder like how you shoot the 57mm version. :grin:

Frank, Do you remember off hand how long it took to get back together? I talked with my dad earlier and he got the bolt for the spotter rifle to slide, clean a bit of the slag off from the torch. I am going over tomorrow and try and figure out how to take everything apart. Since I don't have...

No, just a big dummy gun. Would not want to see the cost to feed it if it was live.

The crate measured 4' by 4' by 5 ' tall.

Frank, I can't wait to see yours done. The more info the better.

Spanish made and marked, all under license. Only difference I have noticed was the markings (obviously) and on the T and E. I don't really know how to explain it, but there is a "latch" on the elevator.

I searched through all his threads, he sent me a nice long message the other day. I printed out as many pics as I could ahead of time so I can see as much as I could. Biggest difference I can see right now, is his was made up from 2 different weapons, where ours was one. So the pieces SHOULD go...

I read a TM description, for the weight 251 pounds. And yeah now i can believe it. Saturday my arms will get more of a work out as we take the thing apart to clean it up.

Does anyone have a copy (hard or electronic) of FM 23-82?

So do I, but most of it does not look like it will be hard to put together again. The cuts on the spotter rifle look to be the hardest.

Patience my friend, forgot to add them the first time.

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