Friday, June 02, 2006
SMITH WANTS ANONYMITY
I RECEIVED PERMISSION TO POST THESE PICTURES FROM A TOP RATED PISTOLSMITH THAT WANTS ANONYMITY AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE PICTURES ARE SUPERB. IF YOU WILL STUDY THEM YOU CAN LEARN A GREAT DEAL ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG AND HOW TO PREVENT THESE SITUATIONS FROM HAPPENING, PAY ATTENTION AS YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT.
Teddy
If the firing pin was the original, well heat-treated steel one instead of much softer Titanium, this gun may well have been a club.
This is the result of inadequate plunger lever rise.
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This pistol was sent to me for non-related work. I discovered a mis-fit thumb safety during my inspection. The thumb safety allows about .006" of sear movement. Approximately 30% of the total engagement.
Someone attempted to repair it by brazing a lump on it, but did not do so on the proper surface. They also filed several wrong areas.
It is compared to a properly fit safety. The sear contact pad is shown in red.
Due to the contact surface being filed on an angle and a radius, the last pic looks worse than it actually is.
I have another here that is even worse, and actually allows hammer fall.
This second one also had the series 80 firing pin safety so ill-timed that it beat the snot out of the safety plunger and firing pin.
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This one was sent to me by a cop in a major metro police department.
I did not have the guts to ask if he was carrying this on duty. I was afraid of the answer.
With the thumb safety fully on, when the trigger is pulled the hammer moves forward about 1/16". Then when the safety is moved to 'off', the hammer falls to half-cock.
Note the differences in the shape of the lug. I can't tell if the safety was manufactured incorrectly, or just filed on by someone with no clue.
Teddy
If the firing pin was the original, well heat-treated steel one instead of much softer Titanium, this gun may well have been a club.
This is the result of inadequate plunger lever rise.
.......................................................................................
This pistol was sent to me for non-related work. I discovered a mis-fit thumb safety during my inspection. The thumb safety allows about .006" of sear movement. Approximately 30% of the total engagement.
Someone attempted to repair it by brazing a lump on it, but did not do so on the proper surface. They also filed several wrong areas.
It is compared to a properly fit safety. The sear contact pad is shown in red.
Due to the contact surface being filed on an angle and a radius, the last pic looks worse than it actually is.
I have another here that is even worse, and actually allows hammer fall.
This second one also had the series 80 firing pin safety so ill-timed that it beat the snot out of the safety plunger and firing pin.
......................................................................
This one was sent to me by a cop in a major metro police department.
I did not have the guts to ask if he was carrying this on duty. I was afraid of the answer.
With the thumb safety fully on, when the trigger is pulled the hammer moves forward about 1/16". Then when the safety is moved to 'off', the hammer falls to half-cock.
Note the differences in the shape of the lug. I can't tell if the safety was manufactured incorrectly, or just filed on by someone with no clue.
