Thread: Bugger - Any bright ideas or she done

So my mate broke his Anschutz 520 using high velocity ammo. Feel a little guilty as i sold it to him but was all good when I did. Anyway want to help him out.

Any bright ideas, spares part out there or is she done?

Does it need to be registered as 2 firearms now

So the alloy receiver has broken?
@gundoc

Bugger alright.

Unfortunately the harsh reality of the fatigue characteristics of aluminium alloys. They have no limit where a force doesn't fatigue them. They will fatigue and fail over enough cycles no matter the load. Although, I'm sure in most designs and applications they won't be in service long enough to reach that point.
I'm not familiar with this rifle but it looks like the bolt group must of been shock loading the end of the receiver, perhaps the recoil spring had weakened or was too light duty to manage the loading.

I doubt it's fixable without a new receiver.

Originally Posted by dogmatix

So the alloy receiver has broken?
@gundoc

Yep snap clean off. Apparently a common fault and not made of the best materials.

chuck up some more photos if you can

Its stuffed.


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Din collings back in the seventys had nail boxes full of busted recievers in his workshop all replaced under warranty back then

Looks like you got yourself a parts gun

Can we see the other half of the break please

If the sides of the receiver have sufficient thickness, I imagine it would be straight forward to clamp the broken rear piece of receiver from the stock in position with the forward section and drill through both, one hole on each side, then tap a thread into the forward section and epoxy and screw both together with a high grade epoxy. Perhaps even making a steel cap on the rear section that the screws pass through and relieving and bedding it into the butt.

I had 1 like that, not fully broken- just cracked. Asked several skilled welders if it could be fixed, no dice. The 525 receivers will work and don't suffer the same problems, I could have got one at the time but a bit spendy at $350. I sold off the parts for around $200 and moved on. Italian junk to be fair.

He only dropped off this half unfortunately.

This was kinda my thinking, align, drill and tap with back up plate and possibly also fasten to back of rail. Need the other half to figure it out.

Originally Posted by 00buck

I had 1 like that, not fully broken- just cracked. Asked several skilled welders if it could be fixed, no dice. The 525 receivers will work and don't suffer the same problems, I could have got one at the time but a bit spendy at $350. I sold off the parts for around $200 and moved on. Italian junk to be fair.

I think your right. Any repair is not going to last long so probably not worth the effort.

He should just go buy new but i think the registration thing is holding him back.

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

If the sides of the receiver have sufficient thickness, I imagine it would be straight forward to clamp the broken rear piece of receiver from the stock in position with the forward section and drill through both, one hole on each side, then tap a thread into the forward section and epoxy and screw both together with a high grade epoxy. Perhaps even making a steel cap on the rear section that the screws pass through and relieving and bedding it into the butt.

This was my first thoughts, in construction we an expoxy resin; Hilti RE500, this stuff I use for all sorts of projects