Classic! You can hand tune a piece of metal from the 1800's but can't figure out a phone made last week. Lol! I think it looks great and applaud your work. I think you figured out the hard part the rest is just a matter of time/finishing.
After reading the posts and my own, humble experience I'd say that "to ____-tite or not tite" is a combined measure of modern manufacturing and metallurgy specs, your current level of experience and your willingness to try different methods.
For example, I've noticed that pro and anti...
You're right! But I think it's cause the American market is TOTALLY foregoing the "what if..." factor more than we value the "cool kid" element. I can't lie, I'm ok with both guys with big bank accounts who can order the supposedly latest, greatest piece of kit cause social media says so AND...
Sounds crazy and don't make sense. But dang it if Bubba don't learn something new everytime he fudges something up. All that matters is, did that melted Glock still work...kinda!?! Lol
"Smithed"...I love that! And I appreciate your sentiment. I hope I get older but not so grizzled that I turn my nose up at new innovations in the firearms community. There's always a need for the old and new just have to keep both concurrent. Even at the gun range/store I work for I clarify...
Sorry for the delay. I let my buddy have it to see if he can work his magic but no luck. I have one more idea I haven't tried yet. But in any event here's the pics
So, I had a philosophical gun debate with my 14 year old son. I admit, that's a bad scenario off the bat. Every high school freshman boy is Spec Ops-level stupid, or as my mom would say, "Starting to smell his own funk". But I indulged the Convo anyway because I hear the word "customized"...
The slide on my P95 is stuck. It's it's 2/3 of the way racked back. My son was reassembling the gun, pulled the slide to do function test and the gun locked in place. I already lowered the extractor but that doesn't do anything. Gun isn't seized up, it rattles a little. It's just mechanically...
Yeeaaahhhh...this is gonna have to go to a gunsmith or Ruger. I have a sinking suspension that this is gonna involve popping out some frame pins at least in order to reverse disassemble. No big deal except that I've never done a full disassembly on it so I'm clueless as to how everything links...