u/Schizo_Postin

Ok, context: I am a small business owner. I have been in business for over 20 years. I primarily sell furniture and bedding. The business is successful enough that I can regularly compete with box stores in my city. I regularly win out on pricing, and on the rare occasion I don’t, I price match. I offer free delivery within a 30 mile radius and am overall proud of what I’ve been able to achieve.

I have a friend who I’ve known since I was a small child. Not best friends, but we talk weekly if not daily. I knew this person had started talking about starting their search for a mattress for themselves. Knowing a lot about the subject, I of course said “come on down I’ll show you a bunch of them and hook you up with a good discount and deliver free.” A couple weeks go by and out of the blue my cell phone rings and it’s said friend. They say “hey we’re over here at (competitor store) and we got us a mattress. They don’t have a delivery service and I have no way of getting this mattress back home. I know you said you’d deliver us a mattress if we got one.” For a second I thought they were joking given the ridiculousness of the request and I said “well I said that under the assumption you’d come to me, but regardless no I can’t help you today my drivers are at max capacity with deliveries today.” To which they replied that maybe he could come pick up one of my delivery trucks that require a CDL to drive (they don’t have a CDL) and again I told them no for that reason. At which point they abruptly hung up.

I have since been told by a mutual friend that the person mentioned in this post wants to no longer associate with me because I wouldn’t dispatch a truck to pick up their mattress from a competitor store. So, AITAH?

Ok I’m stumped. Gun passes function test. Still annoyed with the gritty, heavy trigger pull in ARC mode. Semi is a light, crisp, 3-4 pound trigger.

ARC is a long takeup, gritty wall, and a heavy break. Honestly feels like 8-9 pounds.

Ive sanded and polished the left side of the trigger where it is radius’d.

Things ive noticed:
The trigger is significantly better with the upper off.

When the selector lever isnt fully tightened the trigger is leaps and bounds better. No grit, no heavy takeup, just a light crisp pull.

Other things to note: this is a low shelf lower. No issues with clearance. The ARC was lubed before install just to make sure that wasn’t an issue. This is the trigger included with the kit as well.

I’m gonna go mow and try your alls suggestions when I am done🫡

I have pretty much decided that I want to buy an M1 expert in .308. This will be my first Garand. I have owned several M14 pattern rifles in the past, so I’m atleast somewhat familiar with the gun already.

My question is: Do these expert rifles need TLC to run out of the box outside of the obvious lubrication when you get the gun?

I mainly want the gun as a shooter. Seldom have I bought a surplus gun, especially a WWII self loading rifle that just works when I get it. I understand these guns being surplus are a *little bit* of a roll of the dice at the outset. I want a rifle that works, and is fun to shoot.

I wanted the 13” pistol, but I already have an MR762A1…

I can get the upper for a whole ~1200 smackaroons less than the pistol costs. And I don’t typically duel wield large frame .308s…. So I can’t see why I just wouldn’t keep a spare upper for my A1 lower. Especially considering I may not have to engrave my A1 if I form 1 after ATFs rule change regarding adopting manufacturer markings… if that’s true.