Last edited by Drang; 07-10-2019 at 03:55 PM.
Recovering Gun Store Commando. My Blog: The Clue Meter
“It doesn’t matter what the problem is, the solution is always for us to give the government more money and power, while we eat less meat.”
Glenn Reynolds
Got the parts in earlier this afternoon and was home a little early. So I managed to get the slide stop fitted, but didn't have enough time to hit the range, today. I settled for a very vigorous dryfire session. I didn't have a single unintentional lockback when running ST action pro dummies in the mags. No orange plastic shaved off on the lobe of the stop, visual inspection shows plenty of clearance from the bullet to the stop. Solid lock back on empty mags. Should be good to go, but of course, shooting guns is different than dry-firing them, and could reveal something. But it looks and feels good.
FYI, the 10-8 slide stop is awesome. Slightly oversized on the pin to fit through the frame without excessive pressure, so I had to use a frame and slide fitting file to thin it. Took maybe three passes around the pin before it slid in and out perfectly, requiring only a modicum of pressure to remove when indexed. It's also angled where it interacts with the slide-stop plunger. Allowing it to be "wiggled" back into place with just a little bit of pressure. As opposed to trying to cram a GI slide stop into place (or worse, getting the "idiot" mark. No need for a 'Widget' or flat head screwdriver, or cursing. Just a little wiggle back and forth and it will slide right in (that's what she said?). Only thing I don't like it about it, the pad itself is a little sharp. Some light stoning and cold blue should resolve that.
Once I had the cast slide stop back out, I took a look at it with my magnifiers at 10x, I could see it was actually starting to get lightly deformed around the casting flaw. Nothing that screams, "I'm gonna fail right now!", but still, nothing good.
"True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost." -Arthur Ashe