Do you polish your feed ramp

[Olle]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

...And essentially non-existent on the Nambu!

Reminds me of all those Chuck Norris stories: "When other gun designers make their feed ramps longer, Kijiro Nambu makes it shorter!"

[Eugen]

I would never polish a collectible luger's ramp. As for shooters, including any of my "modern" guns in my inventory, i would rarely polish a feed ramp and only if absolutely necessary. Why, you may ask? Well, polishing removes metal and removing metal on the ramp may not be the correct solution to whatever problem. Removing metal tends to be permanent (Unless you have micro welding skills to go along with your Dremel polishing skills.)

I believe the popularity of polishing ramps has to do with its being an easy procedure and because it makes the ramp look much better. Highly polished metal is pretty. However, I have to wonder how much it actually helps. Heck, I know guys that buy a brand new auto loader and the first they do is polish the feed ramp...just because it looks pretty and because of the perceived value when there was no problem to be solved.

Can polishing a ramp resolve a feeding problem? Yes. But, in most cases the problem resides elsewhere.

I am an amateur and this is my opinion.