Liberty Sanders
Master
Ayup...had a buddy a few years back who got a Colt SAA from their custom shop. It was a POS. A trip back to Colt did not resolve the issues of poor workmanship. He took the thing to a gun show where a rep for American Western Arms traded him THREE new SAA's for his Colt.
My delighted pal announced he was going to do an "action job" on one of them. The next day he came in and said that parts were breaking on the gun.
I said, "By any chance did you use your Dremel on those parts?"
The look on his face answered my question. I gave a brief explanation of heat treating and that his use of the Dremel had turned the affected parts into metallic potato chips. I advised him to send to Brownell's for replacement parts and to order a set of hand hones if he wanted to monkey with "action jobs".
I don't even allow my Dremel in the same room with my guns.
My delighted pal announced he was going to do an "action job" on one of them. The next day he came in and said that parts were breaking on the gun.
I said, "By any chance did you use your Dremel on those parts?"
The look on his face answered my question. I gave a brief explanation of heat treating and that his use of the Dremel had turned the affected parts into metallic potato chips. I advised him to send to Brownell's for replacement parts and to order a set of hand hones if he wanted to monkey with "action jobs".
I don't even allow my Dremel in the same room with my guns.