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sheepherder · 11-07-2018, 10:49 PM

I'll be waiting four to six weeks for the 'Swedish Luger' to come back and I can start assembling it. Until then, I have a shelf full of projects.

One was a 1911 parts kit with an FN M1911 slide in 38ACP that was so tight it wouldn't slide on the receiver. I've lapped slides in in the far past [80's] and still have the three grades of 'lapping compound' left. So, I made up a handy slide attachment and a magazine well reinforcement and lapped the FN slide in. (In those halcyon years of yore I would use my bare hands. I still have the scars). First valve grinding compound, then polishing compound, then rubbing compound. You 'saw' the tool back & forth like sawing wood. Now the slide glides as slick as grubs through a goose.

(I've had to do this with a parts Luger too. Same principle).

I'll function test this one when I can get some range time again.

11-07-2018, 10:49 PM	#8
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,199 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Waiting to Exhale... I'll be waiting four to six weeks for the 'Swedish Luger' to come back and I can start assembling it. Until then, I have a shelf full of projects. One was a 1911 parts kit with an FN M1911 slide in 38ACP that was so tight it wouldn't slide on the receiver. I've lapped slides in in the far past [80's] and still have the three grades of 'lapping compound' left. So, I made up a handy slide attachment and a magazine well reinforcement and lapped the FN slide in. (In those halcyon years of yore I would use my bare hands. I still have the scars). First valve grinding compound, then polishing compound, then rubbing compound. You 'saw' the tool back & forth like sawing wood. Now the slide glides as slick as grubs through a goose. (I've had to do this with a parts Luger too. Same principle). I'll function test this one when I can get some range time again. Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter... Last edited by sheepherder; 11-08-2018 at 05:15 AM.