Armorers Kits

[lfid]

would reamers / drill press drilling be required to fit the oversize pins correctly to the holes in slide and breechbolt/center link/toggle parts ?

seems like original holes would be somewhat oval and thus use of the new pins as-is would misfit holes too loose / too tight

perhaps the original armorers kits included such reamers ?

thanks
Bill

[Dick Herman]

Can anyone describe an armorer's kit or post a picture of one?

[Edward Tinker]

Originally Posted by Dick Herman

Can anyone describe an armorer's kit or post a picture of one?

There is a picture in Sturgess or one of the other books, an armorers kit would cost around 10K years ago.

Here is an original one (could not get my IPad to change it last night)

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by lfid

would reamers / drill press drilling be required to fit the oversize pins correctly to the holes in slide and breechbolt/center link/toggle parts ?

seems like original holes would be somewhat oval and thus use of the new pins as-is would misfit holes too loose / too tight

perhaps the original armorers kits included such reamers ?

thanks
Bill

Bill,
I think these close tolerance holes would have to be reamed to achieve the correct size. A drill would not be accurate enough, JMHO. And you would be right about "oval" wear!

Tom,
I ordered two toggle axles from Numrich recently, one was std. size, the other over size, but not worth sending one back at $5.70 or there about.

I would surely like to see an armorer's kit also.