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Posted: 6/17/2006 3:14:34 PM EDT
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Trying to break down my new SA Scout... All my diagrams show that the Op Rod should practically "fall away" from the receiver. This one won't budge - Op Rod all the way back, lift upwards and outwards - NADA Should I put some elbow grease into it or am I doing something wrong? Ranchitecture out. |
| Tannerite pretty much nailed it. Don't force it! Follow the manual, and when the op rod rear lug slides to the machined hole wiggle it out. I have more trouble with some than others but they'll eventually Chinese puzzle themselves out and next thing you know it's in your hand. |
| Alot of new SA op rods are hard to get out at first. It's good to a point as you don't want it to be loose anyways and come unhinged when you don't want it to. It will loosen up and be easier as more rounds go down range, but that's normallly after atleast a thousand rounds. You don't need to take out either for regular cleaning and the only reason to take it now is to pack the bolt roller with grease and grease the bolt path and receiver properly being a new rifle. After that the receiver is only going to get so dirty even after shooting a couple hundred rounds at a time. You'll need to clean your gas cylinder after so many rounds and different people have different maintenance schedules for doing it, but the rifle will run along time dirty. I normally take my rifle down, meaning the action out of the stock for a more thorough cleaning and regreasing about twice a year. I only clean my gas system every 800 to 1000 rounds, but run the barrel and wipe and swab the receiver out and regrease as needed after every shooting session, but that's nothing really. This is a very easy to maintain rifle system and very reliable too through a hell of alot of bad and dirty conditions. Congrats on the new Scout. |
The only way to get mine out was to use pliers and a small cloth around the lever to twist it out at the sweet spot. Now I wasn't appling much force to do it, I just needed a better grip. never pound on a rifle. unless you are absolutely sure of what your doing. adam |
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Good Photos Here: www.rifle-company.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=137 Sometimes I fumble with mine other times it pops right off. I've read they get easier as the rifle breaks in a bit. Maybe the rifle breaks the user in a bit too 
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Everything is ok now thanks everybody for the advice... found the sweet spot - handle aligned with the rear site, it was real tight so then I simply applied the smallest amout of finger presseure to the op rod at the connection between the flat piece that runs along the receiver and the tube portion that houses the recoil spring. - About 1/16" movement towards the barrel is all it took, she popped out nice and sweet. Everything was completly dry - greased her up and put her back together. Thanks again Ranchitecture out. |
| I have owned 3 SA M1As. All three have had a ledge in the op rod cut out on the receiver. This ledge made getting the op rod off very difficult. In the case of my current M1A, the ledge made removing the op rod impossible without extreme force. Once I did get the op rod off, I placed the receiver in my Bridgeport and milled that ledge even with the rest of the op rod track. Now, my op rod can be removed easily while still staying in track during cycling of the action. I suspect that all of you that have difficulty removing your op rods also have a ledge in the op rod lug cut out. |
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