Labels: Heroes

All of the handguns i carry have different sighting systems. This has always bothered me to some extent, but lately it has gotten out of hand.

3 dot



Straight 8



Glock
                                       
                                        
Probably not a big deal in a stressful situation right? The way I see it, under duress your probably gonna be point shooting at something within toothpaste-smelling distance anyway.

Honestly, the Lenny Magill video is excruciating to watch. You keep hoping he will say "Fuck This"and start smashing shit .. or something.


Just chuck the slide in a padded vice (yes, that's a paper sack wrapped around the slide) and go to it. Adjusting the sight mover isn't difficult at all, at least for someone who routinely dismantled their toys as a child to see how they worked.




As Cap'n Mal would say ... "easy peasy". This tool also has a tapered edge on the other side (not pictured) for Glock sights. Yes, the Glock will be next since i've never been too crazy about their sights either. The Ruger has 3 dot, so it will be last. If ever. We'll see ...

Labels: Firearms

or The School of Hard Knocks ...

A while back a couple pair of ZippsGrips (Maple Burl) were won on ebay auctions. These were purchased for the pair of PT1911's my brother and I picked up on a 'deal'. While Zipp probably wasn't too happy at the selling price (around $40 shipped for both pairs), I personally was delighted. Unfortunately we don't like them much, since the pistols came with slim grips. These stocks make them feel like Glocks compared to the originals.



So a bit of sanding was begun on my set. Now being a very unaccomplished wood-butcher this was quite an undertaking for me (as can be seen by the poor fit in the pictures). After slimming these to 'almost' the thickness of the originals, they had to be fitted by re-cutting the ambi safety and plunger tube relief.



Since they are flat bottom stocks, an S&A Magwell Funnel w/Arched Mainspring Housing was ordered. This was done to make it match the stocks better, and because I tend to shoot better with an arched mainspring for some inexplicable reason.

This is my first 1911. I have absolutely zero, zip, nada experience with them. What turned out to be a relatively simple procedure to change out a MSH, became an adventure that was not only frustrating at first but highly educational. It can be done quite simply without tearing the pistol down, simply by capturing the grip safety with a plastic coated twisty-tie, like from a bread bag or something similar.

I didn't know this of course, having zero, zip, nada knowledge of 1911's. Pulled off the MSH and the sear spring came out ... OK. With a bit of difficulty it was wiggled back into place. Put everything back together, and sat there beaming in delight at my pistol, like a proud Father watching his kids first bicycle ride after pulling off the training wheels.

That's when things really got out of hand ...

The damn hammer followed thru when cycling the action. Sitting there perplexed, the google search began. Two-fold. After figuring out how to actually tear it down correctly, now armed with schematics, videos, gun forum advice etc., got the spring back in correctly. The spring had been under the sear instead of on top. Apparently that seems to be a common newbie mistake. My bad ... After re-assembling everything it worked fine.

Kinda. Now the damn thing will fire without the grip safety being depressed. Now WTF ?

So i fiddled with the sear spring tension a bit thinking that when it first came out, i had somehow reduced the tension. Or something. That didn't help at all. That's what i get for thinking for myself apparently. Just about doubled the trigger pull, and the damn thing still fired with out the grip safety being engaged. Dammit.

After more videos, gun forums and other related posts the problem was finally nailed down. The MSH had to be fitted to engage the grip safety correctly. There was approximately .040 difference in the mating surface of the two MSH's. Chucking it in a table top vice, enough of the MSH face was removed to get it back to the dimension of the original.

Now everything functions the way it should, except for the gawd awful trigger pull. Had to re-tune the sear spring to get it right. I hope. I'm a newb at this after all, having zero, zip, nada knowledge of 1911's. It's a little stiffer than it was, but i'm not about to lighten it any more till it's gone thru it's paces at the range ...



Welp, at least now I can tear a 1911 down to the frame and reassemble the entire pile of parts into a functioning firearm. That's certainely an improvement ...

Labels: Firearms

Apparently, after BofA stuck it's foot-in-it's-mouth the other day, there are now bending over and taking it in the A$$.

Labels: AssHats, Duct Tape

You may have noticed the new link in the left sidebar. Jenuinely Jenni has some awesometastic earrings and necklaces. Purchased some of this bling-bling for my Daughter as a Birthday gift.

This handmade jewelry is truly fantastic. Daughter is so impressed, she plans on purchasing more for a wedding she is going to be in.

As soon as we get some decent pic's ... I'll post 'em.

Labels: Awesomeness

Unfortunately, i was unable to attend the NRA Convention in St. Louis this year. However, reading the posts from other bloggers in attendance and viewing their pictures takes a bit of the sting out of not going.



It sounds like everyone in attendance is having a fine time, and i can't wait to read some of the after-action reports. Some of the rumblings i've been reading concern traditional media vs. internet media (bloggers).



LawDog seems to sum up the feelings that everyone seems to be sharing as well, and it makes my day ...



Paul Helinski eat your heart out

Labels: Awesomeness, Media

Excerpt from Buckeye Firearms Associations article:


[Once adopted, HB495 would eliminate hundreds of words from the Ohio Revised Code without making any material changes. This will make the law easier to read, understand, comply with and enforce – a win for everyone.

"This important legislation addresses real problems with Ohio law," said Jim Irvine, chairman of the Buckeye Firearms Association, a grassroots gun advocacy organization. "It continues the trend to remove problems and align Ohio law with commonly understood concepts."

In addition to that technical fix, the bill would make three changes to Ohio law. First, Ohio would join many other states in automatically honoring other state's concealed carry licenses, and allowing the Attorney General to sign more agreements with other states. Second, HB495 would also remove a vague and unenforceable "demonstrated competency" requirement, and third, the law would clarify the definition of a "loaded gun."]


HB495 in its entirety.

Labels: CCW, Legislation