saltydog452
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1. Going back through prior posts by various contributors I found mention that a replacement slide stop cross-pin may need to be 'dressed'.
Assuming that this is correct and that the contributor meant that the diameter of the cross-pin needed to be reduced, how do you go about doing this accurately w/o a lathe?
2. I have a rather long drill rod with cutting tips on both ends. Its use is to drill a slight detent into the slide stop/release or the thumb safety. Its OD is the same as the ID of the plunger tube. Using the plunger tube as a guide, the drill bit is inserted through the plunger tube untill it contacts the slide lock or the thumb safety, whichever needs the 'detent' deepened a bit. A little rotational twist and forward pressure cuts a slight detent into whichever part you're working on, either the slide lock or thumb safety.
How deep should the detent be on the slide lock/release?...and how do you/or should you cut the 'teardrop' shape divot?
3. With aftermarket 'drop in' or 'E-Z Fit' replacement barrels, it would seem that the end user would have no idea what the diameter was assumed to be on the cross-pin portion of the slide stop/release.
With that in mind, I guess what I'm really asking is just how do you install/fit an aftermarket slide stop/release when its to be used in conjunction with an aftermarket barrel whose radius on the lower lug has allready been cut by either the prior user, or the barrel manufacturer?
I'm just trying to understand how to fit one of these dang things so the slide lock don't 'lock' when it isn't supposed to...and for the slightly oversize cross-pin not to break either itself or the 'legs' on the lower barrel lug.
Thanks,
salty.
Assuming that this is correct and that the contributor meant that the diameter of the cross-pin needed to be reduced, how do you go about doing this accurately w/o a lathe?
2. I have a rather long drill rod with cutting tips on both ends. Its use is to drill a slight detent into the slide stop/release or the thumb safety. Its OD is the same as the ID of the plunger tube. Using the plunger tube as a guide, the drill bit is inserted through the plunger tube untill it contacts the slide lock or the thumb safety, whichever needs the 'detent' deepened a bit. A little rotational twist and forward pressure cuts a slight detent into whichever part you're working on, either the slide lock or thumb safety.
How deep should the detent be on the slide lock/release?...and how do you/or should you cut the 'teardrop' shape divot?
3. With aftermarket 'drop in' or 'E-Z Fit' replacement barrels, it would seem that the end user would have no idea what the diameter was assumed to be on the cross-pin portion of the slide stop/release.
With that in mind, I guess what I'm really asking is just how do you install/fit an aftermarket slide stop/release when its to be used in conjunction with an aftermarket barrel whose radius on the lower lug has allready been cut by either the prior user, or the barrel manufacturer?
I'm just trying to understand how to fit one of these dang things so the slide lock don't 'lock' when it isn't supposed to...and for the slightly oversize cross-pin not to break either itself or the 'legs' on the lower barrel lug.
Thanks,
salty.