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Posted: 1/1/2017 8:27:04 PM EDT
| I turned my Sp1 into a half decent 601 clone. I have a beater set of black furniture. You reckon it will be okay to play with the 601 furniture on it? I get tired of swapping parts when I go to the range, but I don't want to tear up something that took me 3 years to track down. |
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Yep. I have decent green furniture and take it to the range all the time. The only thing I worry a little about is that Edgewater letting go... My edgewater is an original head and internals with *I think* a JT made body. I'm honestly more concerned about the bolt, but those were easier for me to run across than another left handguard, so I let it ride. |
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I mean it's yours so of course do what you want but I don't like owning things I can't shoot. Even if I only shoot it once I want to feel like I can if I want to.
What are you doing at the range that you're worried about? You low crawling around or running a bayonet assault course or something? 
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You're talking original black painted 601 furniture? If it's beater grade, then, yeah--shoot it as is! Like banshee said, that old paint is some very tough stuff. You aren't likely to do any noticeable damage through normal use.
If you were talking about pristine original furniture, I'd probably still take it to the range, but I might be a little more careful where I lay it to avoid any scratches. But I take out my black and green-furnitured rifles fairly regularly and have never noticed any damage to the paint. FWIW, I also continue to run the Edgewaters in all my early riles--including the original 601. I don't fire it a lot on full-auto, but when I do, it still works as designed. Of course, I've also collected all critical spare replacement parts, just in case. |
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