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- The facility has a display of the sniper rifles it has built throughout the years.
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- The unit isn’t flush with CNC machines, but it has just enough to get the job done.
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- Parts are often designed and then produced at the USMC Precision Weapons Section.
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- After being trained and serving with a unit for a tour, the Marine machinists often come back, bringing with them a knowledge of what works, and what doesn’t. New designs are often the product of experience in the field.
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- Production Chief and Chief Instructor M/SGT Daniel J. Hanus shows one of the first things Marines will fabricate after joining the unit—a firing pin removal tool for a Remington 700.
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- It may have been lunch time during our visit, but at least one Marine refused to give up on this rifle.
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- You might think everything being used in the Section is the latest and greatest. This machine may have some obvious mileage, but it’s still being run regularly.
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- The Marines take great pride in what they’re doing and the systems they create and maintain for those deployed in harm’s way.
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- A log accompanies every gun, no matter where it goes. In it, shooters keep a detailed round count that tells the armorers when it’s time for an overhaul.
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- There may be plenty of digital gauges available, but the Marines measure trigger pull the old-fashioned way.
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- The “student” Marines are taught maintenance and repair on all small arms. By doing so, they can take care of everything encountered in the field.
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- The finishes are also applied to the guns at the USMC Precision Weapons Section on Quantico. You probably don’t want to take your lunch break in here.
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- There’s a whole lot of testing going on, so ear protection is always nearby….but camo?
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- Once a Marine enrolls, which they can’t do until they’ve signed up for at least a second hitch, they’re turned into a precision machinst the old-school way.
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- The engraving machine doesn’t see much use….but it’s there if something special needs to be added to a handgun.
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- It’s pretty obvious when you’re leaving the long-arm maintenance section and heading into the pistol unit.
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- There were quite a few handguns in for repair during the tour.
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- The facility isn’t overcrowded, but there’s enough gear in here to make any gunsmith jealous.
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- Production Chief and Chief Instructor M/SGT Daniel J. Hanus is seen here with one of the precision rifles back in for maintenance.
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- We never got to see any national secrets during our tour behind the facility’s barbed wire, although we were asked to delete certain photos.
Tags: Marine Corps, USMC
nice set up