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Posted: 9/2/2005 10:47:52 AM EDT
I just received a new AR15 upper from Model 1 Sales. This is my third upper from them, and all have worked OK, but they have all smelled funny when new... a sweet/flowery aroma, a bit like fabric softener. My uppers from other suppliers did not smell like this. Could this be something they apply to inhibit corrosion or facilitate assembly ? Something else ?
And, no, it doesn't smell like fried chicken  .
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Posted: 9/2/2005 11:06:33 AM EDT
[#1]
This has to be most strange question i have ever seen. Do you want to smell my cast?
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Posted: 9/2/2005 11:26:25 AM EDT
[#2]
You have lost a powerful ally.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 11:28:24 AM EDT
[#3]
I knew it was coming,it was just a matter of time.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 11:32:16 AM EDT
[#4]
Your upper smells of ELDERBERRIES!
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Posted: 9/2/2005 2:16:34 PM EDT
[#5]
I noticed it too. It smells terrible.....seriously.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 2:25:45 PM EDT
[#6]
MIne had the same thing. Almost like it was sprayed under the handguards with perfume. i thought I was the special one!
 
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Posted: 9/2/2005 3:24:36 PM EDT
[#7]
is it a type of douche?
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Posted: 9/2/2005 3:25:29 PM EDT
[#8]
 Sorry you don't like it. I don't particularly mind, but its a bit... bizarre 
Wow, and I thought I was the only one. I feel cheated  .
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Posted: 9/2/2005 3:36:43 PM EDT
[#9]
Man I know what your talking about. I got one a while back and every time I would pull the charging handle there it was. Oddly I also got a RRA Upper from M&A PArts that smelled the same way. Sprayed it down with Carb cleaner and re-oiled it and no more smell, its very odd.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 5:19:08 PM EDT
[#10]
My CMT upper had a funny smell when I first got it, finally realized it was coated in a thin layer of WD40.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 8:03:19 PM EDT
[#11]
Those rags that they are wrapped in when they get to you, look closely. They are not rags but dirty underwear
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Posted: 9/2/2005 8:12:46 PM EDT
[#12]
When I got my M&A Parts kit in January of '04 it had a........sweet smell to it also. I thought it was a little wierd. And NO, it wasn't WD40. That is Redneck cologne, and I would know if they used that WIZZO |
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Posted: 9/2/2005 9:07:54 PM EDT
[#13]
I feel left out! My Model 1 didn't come with that option.
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Posted: 9/2/2005 9:12:15 PM EDT
[#14]
I'll send you some: SCRATCH & SNIFF HERE >>>>> O <<<<<
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Posted: 9/3/2005 6:22:58 AM EDT
[#15]
I figured Denny was smoking a huge cigar while packing when I got that funky smelling CMT upper receiver, That thing smelled funktafied.
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Posted: 9/3/2005 10:13:17 AM EDT
[#16]
that's how some parts are greased before shipping- they are inserted into a pregreased orifice...
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Posted: 9/3/2005 3:30:39 PM EDT
[#17]
Does it smell like ............... VICTORY ???
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Posted: 9/3/2005 6:29:35 PM EDT
[#18]
They smell of crappy workmanship.
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Posted: 9/3/2005 6:52:39 PM EDT
[#19]
clenzoil
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Posted: 9/3/2005 8:33:18 PM EDT
[#20]
I won't argue with that. WIZZO |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 5:27:28 AM EDT
[#21]
LOL Damn I feel like I am being stalked by Wizzo and Mongo, oh stole someones little animated monkey. And oddly, I got to shoot my middy yesterday fuctioned flawlessly, and that damn smell came back though. I think it has something to do with the finish on the uppers or something cause I usually only smell it when charging the rifle.
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Posted: 9/4/2005 9:16:23 AM EDT
[#22]
I usually click on the M&A threads because I've dealt with them at gunshows and got my first AR kit from them. The sweet smeel will go away. It must have something to do with the packing grease/oil. Maybe that's what Bravo Co. is talking about above. WIZZO |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 10:25:03 AM EDT
[#23]
Good deal. Your barrel came with the gas port drilled in it. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 11:23:48 AM EDT
[#24]
LOL RRA having problems with not drilling the gas port hole?
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:10:41 PM EDT
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It's the new gun smell. Like the new car smell only more kick ass.
Why do guys like girls to wair leather?( i don't know witch wair) It's the new car smell. |
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Posted: 9/4/2005 6:55:50 PM EDT
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LOL Got a new colt once that didnt have that smell. dunno what kinda new cars you been getting. did they have dead hookers in the trunk or something?
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Posted: 9/5/2005 10:56:23 AM EDT
[#29]
After inspecting one of their lightweight assembled uppers earlier this year at the Indy 1500 show....that had the flashhider indexed 180 degrees off, I smelled something too.
Especially when I showed it to them, and they still put it back out on display.... |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 7:31:31 PM EDT
[#30]
ah, by the time I came along, there was no hope that I would be the first one to post that lol. |
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Posted: 9/6/2005 9:51:48 PM EDT
[#31]
I'm not gonna ask. WIZZO |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 6:54:23 AM EDT
[#32]
Monty Python, dude. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries. PLEASE tell my you know what I'm talking about
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Posted: 9/7/2005 6:56:24 AM EDT
[#33]
He's too young for that. He probably doesn't even know who Mongo is. 
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Posted: 9/7/2005 7:41:12 AM EDT
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Mongo but pawn in game of life |
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Posted: 9/7/2005 8:22:23 AM EDT
[#35]
A little too young for Monty Python, but isn't Mongo off of Blazing Saddles? Damn youngins WIZZO |
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