Do you polish your feed ramp

[DonVoigt]

Much ado about nothing.

Proper polishing removes an un-measurable amount of metal.

Look at the ramps on 10 or 50 different lugers, they are all different- and some would benefit from a little polishing. As always, JMHO.

[Chickenthief]

Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Much ado about nothing.

Proper polishing removes an un-measurable amount of metal.

Look at the ramps on 10 or 50 different lugers, they are all different- and some would benefit from a little polishing. As always, JMHO.

Maybe so, bot most noobs dont know when to stop and i have seen many a 1911 barrel scrapped because a novise would try to improve what JMB has perfected.

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Chickenthief

Maybe so, bot most noobs dont know when to stop and i have seen many a 1911 barrel scrapped because a novise would try to improve what JMB has perfected.

I thought we were talking about lugers?

If JMB was building all the 1911s, I might agree, but he is not. The 1911 benefits from polishing if one wants to shoot anything other than ball ammo.

As far as noobs go, someone can screw up anything, and has- sometimes over and over again.

[Olle]

Originally Posted by Chickenthief

Maybe so, bot most noobs dont know when to stop and i have seen many a 1911 barrel scrapped because a novise would try to improve what JMB has perfected.

There's a difference between polishing and the ramp adjustment you probably saw on the 1911s. A careful polish removes a minimum of metal (in the 1/1000" range), so it's not detrimental to the function. You can really get in trouble if you change the geometry though, not to mention a ham handed throating of the chamber.