Sprog #4 cleaning the Franken-15

She LOVES the new pull through I ordered.  It made a 45 minutes job only take20.  That Academy Sports, Monarch ammunition isn't as dirty as Brown Bear, or blank ammo, but it's still dirty enough it is a pain to clean.  Using a combination of CLP and Hoppes #9 on the pull through makes the bore mirror bright and clean as a whistle again.

Me putting some rounds on target with my Franken-15

My conversion and editing software is starting to annoy me greatly.



That's 30 rounds of Monarch steel cased .223 Remington from Academy Sports at 25 yards, with the Franken-15, which is a New Frontier Armory Polymer Lower with a Surplus Ammo and Arms Upper with 1:8 twist 5.56mm NATO barrel, containing a Palmetto State Armory BCG, topped with a Leaper Optic.

I'm cheap, I know. But it works for me, for now. until I can afford something better.

Oh, and that Silver Bear Steel cased 12 ga with #8 Shot doesn't work for a damn in a pump action shotgun.  Next time, we'll take the Amadeo Rossi SXS Double with us.

Ladies and Germs I present to you

my entry to the Dark Side.

The Franken-15

A New Frontier  LW-15 Polymer Lower with a 6 position collapsing buttstock.

A Surplus Ammo and Arms upper with FDE hand guard

A Palmetto State Armory BCG

NG-Arms folding front BUIS

Magpul FDE Folding Polymer Rear BUIS

Top of the SAA Upper Receiver showing the Picatinny Rail markings and you can see the shell deflector and dust cover.

Surplus Ammo & Arms 1:8 twist 5.56 chamber

The whole deal

I really need to get a decent inexpensive optic for it.  As long as I can put all my rounds inside the 10 ring at 125 yards I'm happy.

I need a new turkey fryer pot now

aka I hate Cosmoline.  I picked up my Chines Type 53 aka M-44 Mosin Nagant from my Sooper Sekrit Gunstore today, that I ordered from J&G Sales.  Since this is an old surplus rifle it is "packed" with cosmoline.  I got it home and ran through an entire can of brake cleaner and over 20 patches run through the bore with my jag on it, kept pushing out cosmoline.  Finally I said the heck with it and got out my turkey fryer pot, filled it with water and fired up the stove.  After the water came up to a full boil, I put the magazine/trigger guard housing in the water with the bolt and stirred it around.  After just 8 minutes the top of the water was layered in floating cosmoline.

After I got the magazine housing and bolt out and dried off I put the receiver into the pot and propped it up.  In just a few minutes even more cosmoline came out.  I let it sit for a few minutes then grabbed a coffee cup and flipped the rifle over, over the top of the pot and started pouring boiling hot water down the bore.

After running about 9 cups of boiling water down the bore , the receiver was just too hot to hold anymore even with an oven glove.  So I laid it down on the counter then ran 2 patches through with my jag.  The first patch was just covered in cosmoline, the second was actually pretty clean.

Right now the action is sitting after being sprayed down with Breakfree CLP.  Tomorrow I will go back over it on a detail clean with my dental tools and tooth picks.

The stock is also just filled with cosmoline and it is getting it's own treatment.  It is now filled with kitty litter, wrapped in newspaper and is on the dahsboard of my suburban.  With our forecast for tomorrow saying we can expect 90 degree temps, it should get rather hot in the burn tomorrow to melt out a lot of that cosmoline which the kitty litter should absorb.

I'm hoping I'll have this rifle back together and I'll be able to shoot it this weekend.  I hope.

But we will see.

As long as it doesn't rain before this weekend, the other property should be dry enough for the kids and I to go over and get in some shooting.  I got them a hundred rounds of .22LR and I still haven't shot the Franken-15 yet and I have 200 round for it's initial test.

But now I need a new pot for my turkey fryer.

ETA: 2 pics of my cleaning earlier while the sun was still out.

The barreled action draining after half a can of brake cleaner

The magazine housing/trigger guard after the other half a can of brake cleaner.

I will be scarce the next few days

I am leaving for St. Louis in about 10 hours, where I have some personal business to take care of.  I will also be touring a Tactical Training facility just outside of the St. Louis Metropolitan area.  I'm not taking a course, but there was a video posted over at ENDO (Every Day, No Days Off), and after the comments on the video were rather disparaging, I sent an e-mail to the company in question.  I have received an invitation to actually try some of the training they offer, however my physical condition would make that a "Bad Idea".  So I will be touring their facility and they have offered to let me shoot a few of their firearms and actually will let me climb (They said they have a ladder) on top of their shoot house so I can verify how safe their wall filler is at preventing errant rounds from leaving the house.

So if everything goes to spec, Tuesday as I make my way back to Texas, I will stop at Asymmetric Solutions Farmington Facility, and I will get a tour.  I'm bringing an extra Kilt with me so maybe we can get a few more donations for Kilted To Kick Cancer.

And after I get back, I will be doing a write up of their facility plus I'm taking along a few of my cameras, so I will have video's as well.

Just don't expect me to try any drills.

Please seriously.  I'm worse than Rooster Cogburn.   I'm too old and too fat  :) 

Also as an aside.  Asymmetric Solutions has graciously offered to let me use their range so I can Zero the sights on the Franken-15, which will also be getting a write up after I have it Zeroed properly. So hopefully, by next Wednesday I'll be home and I'll have some video, photo's and a lot of words to post.

I had hoped Double Tap Defense, makers of the Heizer Double Tap, would have e-mailed me back, as I had an invitation from one of their reps at the Houston NRA Annual Meeting, to test their pistol.  As of yet, I still haven't received any word. I'm still packing an extra 100 rounds of .45 ACP in my range bag, just in case they do contact me while I'm in St. Louis.

:)