Videos of R9 ass'y/dis'y

[R9SCarry]

Well - here we go - I am not over pleased really and hope to do much better with another attempt.  Even this lot took way too much time!!  Sorry not better.

Camera is old analog and frankly - it's time I got a better one and a dig' at that.  AGC cuts in to a silly extent and auto exp not good either.

Oh well - let's see what feedback I get - remembering too I have tried not to make these too darned long and - quality of course unless monster files - cannot be that great.  I'll say too - this is only ''my'' way of doing things and sure as heck - hardly definitive.  Not sure if they'll help at all to be honest.

I have low res and higher res versions - take the higher res if your connection good enough.  Right clcik on links and ''save as'' then view from your hard drive at your leisure.


Takedown, lower res, 1.4Mb

Takedown, higher res, 3.2Mb

Reassembly, lower res, 2.0 Mb

Reassembly, higher res 4.6Mb

[EdMan]

Chris,
Great job with the videos! I went for the HiRes as I have a high speed connection. I especialy like the X-Files music on the re-assembly clip. I detect a slight British accent in your narrtive. I see you are now in PA. Where did you pickup the accent?

EdMan

[Richard S]

Chris:

BRAVO!

EdMan is right about the accent.  At first I thought I was listening to Pierce Brosnan.  

Great job!

[harrydog]

Almost sounds like a South African accent to my untrained ear.

[Rocnerd]

That was very good.  I was amazed at how easy your pin went back in.  I have to tap it back in as well as out.  As for the accent I believe he said we would hear his "limey" accent, so I am assuming English.

[Michigunner]

Well, that was just wonderful, Chris.

Thank you for generously sharing the images at no cost.

You are the man, indeed!

Bill

[Michigunner]

As for feedback, I  believe many viewers will not possess your level of hand strength, or the ability to control that strength.

Those unfortunate souls may have to use Channel Lock pliers to compress the spring, in order to insert the forward end of the spring assembly into the frame.

None of us wish to use metal tools against the inner parts, but Channel Lock pliers may be the only commonly available tool to get the job done.  It is possible to find pliers made from plastic, as mentioned elsewhere on the forum.

Even without revision, your video is a great success.

My hat is off to you.

[R9SCarry]

Thx guys for your gracious comments - tho I would like to do better.  I think too maybe I should try later to do a version where hand strength is bypassed - channel lock pliers, maybe even make up the jig someone concocted.  I am fortunate that (knocks on wood) despite most of my old body creaking and groaning, my hand strength is still very fair - at least for short term manouvers.

As for accent - to the uninitiated, while now an American citizen, I am an ''import'' - born English thru and thru - and at my age, heck - not gonna lose all that accent;D

I will hope tho to make another effort sometime.

[eblackhawk]

Chris, Thank you, thank you, thank YOU!!!  You really made my day with this video.  After viewing them I saved them to my hard drive as you suggested as I can tell that I will be referencing  them  many times!  Great job and I hope that you will soon  be making alternative ones for those whose hand strength is diminished.  Once again...Bravo!
                                                                          Eric

[EdMan]

Chris,
As I said before, you did a great job with your disassembly and reassembly Videos. I didn’t mean to criticize your (very slight) British accent. In fact I like it, and I think it adds an extra air of sophistication to an already great presentation. In fact in today’s trend to be politically correct I would be considered “British American” as my mother’s maiden name is Churchill, and my last name is of equally British origin.

I also do not use channel lock pliers to reassemble my R9s. I do it a little different than you demonstrate, but my technique is very similar to yours. Thanks again for sharing your videos with us. I’ve also saved them to my hard drive.

EdMan  

[R9SCarry]

Ed - no criticism taken

As far as the old accent goes - as RJ might say - ''I yam what I yam" !  

I have another small suggestion/tip which I have taken some pics to try and show - wasn't time to go into it within vid stuff, it would have stretched running time too much.

I will post new thread on it before very long once I have pics tweaked and anotated.

[Brenden]

Chris,
I look forward to viewing your hard work VERY soon-I am in the process of downloading the low res vids..

D_ _ N dialup..

I am sure this will be a great help to fellow owners!!

Thanks-and so quick!!!

Brenden

[R9SCarry]

Brenden - hope qual' adequate - as ever I try to squish things down to help dialup - which is indeed a PITA of first order - I did away with that but now pay a high price for my better connection.

My ''suggestion'' is now posted - on this new thread

http://www.rohrbaughforum.com/YaBB.cgi?board=Gunsmith;action=display;num=1134771431;start=0

[MountainMan]

Chris,

Well done! We realize you spent a lot of time on this and it will help many - it did me.

Thanks!
Dave

[Brenden]

Chris,
 
Bravo!!  

I think it was great!!

You did make it look easy..

You are able to deal with the recoil assembly unit much better than most..I see your heads up in the other thread,and that does' most likely help with it..

I too use my fingers but it is a B----!!
I may look at the tool to help..

May I ask-what was the brass tool that you used to "pop" the pin back in?

I know this is adding more to your work,but could you show the lubrication "regimen" as an "inbetween" video??

It would be a great help to many I suspect..And it would cover questions that arise on that front..

I  do have to admit, that I think I heard that first sound track on a movie that I accidently tuned into, on a channel that I accidently saw,for a brief moment,on a hotel room TV..

Brenden