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NOT an auspicious start for this G&P M14. I was to pick up the M14 from the gundoc/local retailer this afternoon, after a spring-change to a more sane M95, due to personal concerns of safety and reliability at 430-450 fps, of the CDN import modified version spring that was inside - and the gearbox wasn't even up to the task of the M95 spring. The sector gear spun off of it's axle, fourth test shot in at ~366 fps.

Oh well, shiite happens i guess. At least it broke in the hands of a retailer that is affiliated with the business, that the rifle was purchased from - so warranty work should be fully covered. He's going to handle the direct communications himself, to get the warranty work handled - he's not too happy that it would break literally out of the box like that with a down-graded spring, while in his hands. I never even got to fire it yet - just fondled it for a 1/2 hr, before i took it in for the spring change.