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First off, please forgive me if these questions sound stupid, but I'd rather do the right thing and sound stupid than do a wrong thing. Free Man mentions using polishing compound on the fire control parts. What polishing compound is he talking about? What is it and where can you buy it? Is it the same stuff you use on car paint?
Also, I hear people use the term "sear" also. Is this the same part as the disconnector?
Thanks in advance for the info, jason
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Not the same as car polishing compound, but ya get some "tool" polishing compound at the auto-parts store or just pick up some "Flitz" at the gun store, it'll work....., used it on mine.
As to sear, see item 23 here, [img]http://www.ar15.com/content/parts/lower.gif[/img], located on the AR15.com "Homepage", lower left menu area....., here:[url]http://www.ar15.com/content/parts/lower.html[/url]
Believe the sear comes into play in FA/3 round burst/select fire type weapons not semi-autos although I may be wrong, but what's described above (in Fruit-of-the-Looms' post) as sear is actually the disconnector. Notice in pic above there are 2 types of disconnectors, believe one is semi-auto only and other works w/ sear in FA or 3 round burst type M16s.
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
Mike