[buzz_knox]

You folks ever have one of those days. Well, mine was a couple of days ago. I was cleaning my ANIB Delta Elite (rescued from the People's Republic of Mass.). Things went well and I was putting her back together. The plunger tube spring was sticking as I was trying to work the slide stop so I began to use a little more force and lever it. Can anyway see what's coming?

Yup, I miscalculated the angle, how close the slide stop edge was, and how much force. There is now what is probably a tiny mark but to me looks like a huge gouge showing the arc the slide stop took. And yes, it's through the finish.

Any ideas how to correct this absent a buff job and a refinish? Anyone want to own up to a similar error so I don't feel so bad?

 

[Shane1911]

I don't know how to correct it, but I sure know how to wreck them.....here's a quote from a post I made way back in the early days of this forum....

"Not too much that I haven't maimed, butchered, hacked, stripped, melted, gouged, burnt, scratched, twisted, snapped, crushed, bent, seized or (insert your own worst blunder here) over the years.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND YOUR GUNS TO ME. I am not a professional gunsmith. "

:smile: :smile: :smile:

 

[buzz_knox]

Note to self: never send or lend anything to Shane. :wink:

 

[Shane1911]

On 2001-06-15 09:12, buzz_knox wrote:
Note to self: never send or lend anything to Shane. :wink:

LOL buzz

 

[gyp_c2]

Wellll...Let me just say this....If the slide "thingee" points to 3:00. You can easily read the thing all the way to 4:30.

...I won't mention the part you can't even see...


...Does slashed, trashed, hacked make any "impression" with you?

Well...they certainly do if you're lookin' at my SA...


ps...I gave up after doin' it 3-4 more times...After I quit doin' stupid stuff, THEN I'll GET A REFINISH!!!
...from the look of things...May be awhile :wink:

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[mike357]

you did not mention if it was a stainless or blued gun, if it is stainless then you have a fairly easy fix but blue might be a problem.

 

[buzz_knox]

It's blue. :sad:

 

[Gunny6]

Try touching it up with 44-40 cold blue. Warm it up with a hair dryer first.

 

[rc]

<><>> i'm guilty also. how can stainless be fixed? <<>>> rc

 

[calthrop]

re For stainless steel you might look into the acid sold from Radio Shack. Its Chloro something used on circut boards. A pint or so costs about four dollars. I am told it has been used to blend the color after dehorning a brushed gun. No personal experance though it could be a start. Calthrop.

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[Gunny6]

Bead blasting will make any stainless gun look like a new one with a nice satin finish.

 

[slabsides]

Careful with the masking and bead blasting, unless you like that deluxe 'sandpaper on sandpaper' feel in the action of your fav. piece. (Been there and done that with a BHP a slew of years ago. Wound up repolishing and reblueing the whole thing.)
:sad:

 

[mike357]

well if it makes you feel better.. i've never done it, but i have seen a slew of them done that way. there for a while i was beginning to think that all used 1911's had the takedown scratch, i was wondering if the factories had started putting them on the guns when they were first built.

 

[popeye]

Suggestion: Some of my 1911's have slide stops that are tough to re-install. Remove the thumb saftey and it releases presssure on the plunger spring.
Buzz:try a blueing pen.

 

[apollyon]

there is special nylon tool made to ease reassembly w/o scratching the frame ..brownells might have it in their new catalog..

 

[gyp_c2]

That's a ...personal ID mark...that some of us use! LOL...

 

[David]

Phew. Glad to see you more experienced guys have done the ol' slide stop trick, too.:smile:

Hi, I'm Dave and I'm a frame scratching klutz...

Hi Dave!
:smile:

 

[Andy]

That's nothing compared to fighting to get recoil spring plunger into the front of a Commander and having the lower squirt out of your hands and onto your oak bench and floor; denting the dust cover.

Like the guy said when the Hindenburg went down: "Oh, the humanity!" Duh.

 

[wildbill]

On my Colt Gold Cup, I install the slide stop without the plunger on the spring giving the slide free movement. I align the notches and put in the stop and push it straight in till it hits the detent. Then I get a very small blade screw driver and push the detent in while pushing in the stop. Then I install the plunger onto the spring.