I buy things from a French site occasionally and automatically translate the pages. But this comment does not make sense using Google translate.
“Ceci est une critique, pas une question, à 180 balles, vous auriez pu faire fabriquer la lame ressort et riveter le verrou de chargeur au lieu de foutre un horrible écrou ! Si c’est ce que sait faire un armurier certifié, on est tombé bien bas.”
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What don’t you get? Is it “balles”? Slang term for money, so 180 euro. A bit like “greenbacks” or “quid”
Not the title but the text in the OP, I believe.
The gist is something like, “This is a criticism, not a question; for 180 bucks, you could have had the leaf spring machined and the magazine bolt riveted instead of sticking in a miserable screw! If that’s what a certified gunsmith knows how to do, we’ve fallen pretty low.”
I got it right! (Translated it in my head, but waited to see what DPRK would say.)
Thanks, DPRK. Here is the Google translation:
"This is a critique, not a question, 180 balls, you could make the blade spring and rivet-lock charger instead of fuck a horrible nut ! If this is what you know how to make a gunsmith certified, one fell down. "
I don’t really know that much about firearms, though. For example, what exactly is the “verrou de chargeur”? I think it’s actually the “magazine lock”? In any case, it is pretty clear what the French poster is complaining about.
Yes, it is the lever that releases the magazine from the rifle. Specially designed to be silent as it is for the FRF1, the French army sniper rifle. I’m attempting to assemble one part by part and this is the last part I need and it is damned hard to find. An old rusty one sold a few weeks ago but the seller would not ship overseas.
Also, if we are going to be accurate, the “horrible écrou” is a horrible nut or a nasty nut; I see I typed “screw” without thinking.
I see you also have a link with a picture. If it is nigh impossible to get that part, I wonder if you really could just get a machinist to turn one out for you; I assume the dimensions are not top secret.
The FR F1 was last produced sometime in the 1980s, but the FR F2 is just an improved version of it and is still in production. I know a bunch of things changed between the FR F1 and FR F2 but have you checked to see if the magazine release is the same?
The version I am building is actually the FR G1 that was made using a modified standard MAS 36 receiver. The original FR F1 and F2 used a unique forging. The mag release and many other parts are used throughout the range of models.
I have a blueprint for the part somewhere. I got it from my French connection about 20 years ago. I re-arranged my bookshelves a few months ago and can’t figure out where I put it. I could make one from the excellent photos that accompany the listing. That odd shaped bolt that holds it together would be a challenge to get right. I’ll probably just buy one although I like the idea of the commenter that he could make them for half the price. I also figured out a method to duplicate the round headed rivet that should be there instead of the nasty nut.