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The moral of the story is to always ship via USPS. If they don't like the packing, they won't ship it.

I don't remember having any knobs, just the scope tubes. It will take me some time to find them. When/If I find them, I'll post some pics and you tell me what their value is.

If I remember correctly, I have two of them. Both have classic donut reticles. They were unscratched and came from destroyed law enforcement confiscations. I think I got them from a Massachusetts PD.

What is your target price? I think I have one somewhere around here.

Get American 180 drums from E&L Manufacturing in Oregon. Val Cooper is the man! https://elmfg.com/am180/accessor/drumlexan.html

Per a post on 1919a4.com: A couple guys set up a temp location for open talk. Kind of a weird link.... http://ebbses2.com/cgi-bin/bbs61x/index.pl? The url: http://Snugbus.com will redirect to this message board.

They're on eGhey all the time.

Payment just went out via USPS. Thank you.

I'll take it. It will be birthday present to myself.

My understanding is that 9mm semi auto bolt carrier assemblies do not have anti-bounce rods and springs installed. Only full auto bolt carrier assemblies have them installed. I've only run a factory full auto 9mm bolt carrier assembly in a factory 9mm full auto stock with a factory full auto 3RB hammer assembly. This setup worked just fine. I have not tried to install a 9mm semi auto bolt carrier assembly in a factory 9mm full auto stock.

Dolf Goldsmith called yesterday to let me know that Don Bell had passed away. It appears he had a fatal stroke. This is truly sad day for all of us who have known, and done business with, Don over the years. He will be missed.

The black/white tabs are the same between an AMT/510 and STGW57/PE57 so you should be able to find one. The purpose of the tab is to restrict or allow full auto fire. When the white side is visible on the outside, the interior black side will not allow the selector to be set to the full auto position. When the black side is visible on the outside, the interior white side will allow the full auto selector setting. So for the OP's weapon the tab should show black and not white. Here is a STGW 57 grip showing black tab: Here is a comparison of a grip tabs: Notice the size difference between the white side and the black side. The longer black side when on the interior will restrict the selector movement to the full auto position.

Is the FAL bipod painted black or phosphated?

Good luck with that. I got one of mine years ago at IEA in Germany. You may want to contact them to see if they can assist you.

Here are some pictures of a 550/551 sight adjustment tool: