r/canadaguns • u/looloopklopm • 29d ago

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Wife not home so guns go in the kitchen.

12.5" MRA Renegade Mk2 in 223 wylde with furniture upgrades, a romeo 5x and hm3x, and my brand new 24" Bergara B14 HMR in 308 with a Bushnell Match Pro ED 5-30x56.

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u/Even-Somewhere-9554 29d ago

Are you dowel pins stuck?

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u/looloopklopm 29d ago

On the renegade?

Not that I've noticed. The pins holding the charging handle are a bit of a pain to remove. The pins holding lower to upper come out very easy.

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u/Status_Ticket5044 28d ago

Not having any experience with an AR form factor, I now know all about the pins and springs hiding under the pistol grip. F'n ingenious nonetheless.

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u/looloopklopm 28d ago

Guess what flew across my unfinished basement and took me over 30 minutes to find!

I had no idea there would be a spring in the.... Grip?? WHY

Anyways I know now!

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u/Status_Ticket5044 28d ago

You too, huh? I now have a plastic "parts capture bin" for the next time. I still need a turn on the worm screw to take a little more swing out of the lower. It's been a little bit of a process to get that right. The worm screw was actually missing when the rifle arrived. The good folks at MRA had it in the post the next day.

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u/looloopklopm 28d ago

Hold on, worm screw? I haven't heard of this!

The lower rattling around is slightly annoying - are you saying there's a way to remove that play?

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u/Status_Ticket5044 28d ago

Yes. Like ARs, there's a nylon tipped worm screw that threads in under the pistol grip. It passes through the lower and abuts the upper to take the slack out. Too much and the two halves won't mate. Too little and the lower swings. I bitched about this in another renegade post about the lower swinging loose a bit and learned this. It's much improved but still needs another half turn in. Don't forget the blue Loctite.

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u/looloopklopm 28d ago

Omg thank you. Had no idea this was a thing.

I'll have a look at mine when I get home!!

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u/Status_Ticket5044 28d ago

Sigh... also, when you remove the buffer tube and recoil spring, you might find it packed in viscous pink marine grease. It's not for lubrication. It's to quiet the spring down from going "doing!" right beside your ear. I removed it all not knowing this and if it's noisy next time I'm firing it, it's gonna get repacked. BATS888 tried a "super silent" 3rd party spring and plunger set to quiet this down, to no avail.