Question about spare parts

[JTinIN]

Originally Posted by HK23E

Hi John,

Where did you get the containers? I have never seen such a variety in small sizes of plastic containers? I need something like that to hold/catalog my spares!

Thanks in advance!

Harbor Freight has the larger container full of ONE size of the smaller containers, thus I just got one box each of the small square and larger rectangular boxes ... for some reason my AR kit looks very similar :-).

The unfilled space is where larger items can fit (I am still carrying the spare bolt assembles in medium worn clean white gym socks, which go into the HK tool box ... the one with a black dot, the M16 has blue ;-).

[JTinIN]

Originally Posted by Shattered Mind

Not bad... I've just been buying spare guns... if it screws up, case it and break out another one. I'm getting really lazy lately.

Now days I am paying more for a barrel that when I got the whole HK guns ($385 for the HK91 and the P7M8 was nearly free).

[Steve Z1]

Hi Guys,

Sorry I have not posted back, I've been out of town.

great info, I'll start my parts collecting soon.

Steve

[Shattered Mind]

Originally Posted by JTinIN

One you start getting spare parts, then need something to hold the little parts.

That's a nice system. I have way too many parts to take out to the range like that, but that would work well here on the bench... Horror Freight, you say?

[JTinIN]

Originally Posted by Shattered Mind

That's a nice system. I have way too many parts to take out to the range like that, but that would work well here on the bench... Horror Freight, you say?

Side question, what do you tend to take for a range kit for a local one day shoot and for a multi day out of state shoot?

Myself found most of my parts were for fixing friends guns (I learned a lot and got my standard fee of one diet coke - found that a lot of people can't accept a "don't worry about it" but are happy if they pay something, besides at the next shoot an cold coke is always good ;-).

For one day local shooting, the easiest option is toss a few extra extractor springs in the HK 9x series cleaning kit, which already has a small punch to rotate the extractor spring), this with extra host of the same caliber or a bolt carrier assembly if traveling light, works for me 98% of the time (besides not shooting as much ;-(

[Shattered Mind]

I tend to take parts that are more easily lost than broken, such as ejector springs, ejector axles, firing pins for all calibers, take down pins, small stuff. Anything big goes down I case the gun and use another one.

[Steve Z1]

Hi Guys,

Thanks again!

Here's a picture of my MP5.I got most of the parts you guys recommended from HKParts / Adam Weber.

I got a plastic box like others are using and will stock my parts, I figured it out, this stuff is priced like gold :-)



Thanks again for all the help.

Steve