See if I can energize some discussion with the train wreck I have been fighting/working on this week.
Not all parts will fit up as imagined.
This barrel missed the slide upper lugs by .010 on lug #2 and by .001 on lug # 3.
The slide lugs are well within normal. But the gun itself, frame / slide dimenesions as for vertical stack is .010 larger than the nominal... soo, a custom barrel with minimal lower lug material, well not make the cut... such as the barrel I carefully selected and fit to the upper dimensions is not going to work... hmmmm.
Photo shows adjusting the radius and upper lugs on a barrel that has more lower lug material. The insert leaves a nice small radius in the bottom of the cut.
Jerry: How are you measuring the lug position on the slide? I have a tough time getting it very precise. I think EGW was workong on a gage for the barrel, but the slide is harder to measure. Do you have a picture of that set up? Nice lathe work!
Did you end up having to use a really long link?
Slide stop hole properly located?
pistolwrench wrote:
Slide stop hole properly located?
Chuck;
.454
Not super bad, but it didn't help.
The slide is also on the high side. Agg the two together with a barrel that was also on the short side, and it didn't come together.
Sometimes, you gotta play the hand you are dealt.
I hate compromises, but minor compromises are a part of every pistol I build.
Sometimes one gets 'lucky' and a pistol will shoot beyond expectations for no apparent reasons.
Greg Derr wrote:
Jerry: How are you measuring the lug position on the slide? I have a tough
time getting it very precise. I think EGW was workong on a gage for the
barrel, but the slide is harder to measure. Do you have a picture of that set
up? Nice lathe work!
Greg;
There are a couple of ways to get it. I use my lathe DRO most of the time, because it will go to 4 decimals with ease. Notice the DRO on the lathe reads .3244, and that's repeatable every time... Amazingly accurate.
The mill DRO will work also, but it is graduated in .0005, which is still quite close. Then there is an optical scope, which is also very good.
I wasn't sure when you asked, but it's finishing up at .286
I did what I hate to do, and avoid if at all possible... I welded up the lugs... juggled the angles... The barrel is just too good to scrap... fits like a million bucks... got lucky on this poker hand, Chuck..:):)
