Here are a couple of my recent restorations. Both VMs were completely stripped down cleaned and every O ring, seal, spring and pin valve replaced.
Hand guards were trashed, so I stripped them and painted them with matte black Brownell's Aluma Hyde paint.... the same stuff that they use on AR15s, then baked it so it was hard set. I did the same to the AR15 upper handle lower rail and screw knobs, refinished those in original parkerized finish. All of the screws and bolts were replaced with new stainless steel ones.
First VM is set up for magfed, It can easily be switched back over, and the second has the black rain set up from Air America.
The second VM by far was my longest and toughest restoration in terms of time spent on it. The previous owner never took care of it and the whole expansion chamber was completely gummed up with the deposits and most of the threads had loctite on them. The center portion of the valve unscrewed itself so the valve tool couldn't pull it out. I had to gingerly slide the thread clockwise with a dental pick had it at length with my fingertips to seat it so I can use the tool.
Both fire as they should and have them chrono at 280ish... this seams to be the sweet spot and found the best result using Valken Graffiti paint.
Two work horses saved from the scrap heap and released back into the wild... I have several more projects to tend to.... all brass.
Hand guards were trashed, so I stripped them and painted them with matte black Brownell's Aluma Hyde paint.... the same stuff that they use on AR15s, then baked it so it was hard set. I did the same to the AR15 upper handle lower rail and screw knobs, refinished those in original parkerized finish. All of the screws and bolts were replaced with new stainless steel ones.
First VM is set up for magfed, It can easily be switched back over, and the second has the black rain set up from Air America.
The second VM by far was my longest and toughest restoration in terms of time spent on it. The previous owner never took care of it and the whole expansion chamber was completely gummed up with the deposits and most of the threads had loctite on them. The center portion of the valve unscrewed itself so the valve tool couldn't pull it out. I had to gingerly slide the thread clockwise with a dental pick had it at length with my fingertips to seat it so I can use the tool.
Both fire as they should and have them chrono at 280ish... this seams to be the sweet spot and found the best result using Valken Graffiti paint.
Two work horses saved from the scrap heap and released back into the wild... I have several more projects to tend to.... all brass.
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