Poly 80 problem?
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StantonCree
Watch your beer
- Jan 23, 2011
- 23,932
You’ll be fine assemble the lower
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,983
Is this with a barrel and guide rod installed? If not, then I wouldn't worry until they are and it looks like that. The slide front should be flush with the frame. You look fine.
It might fool some libs, but you aren't going to trigger any of us with it like that...
Tungsten
Ultimate Member
sights are backwards.... ok really it looks like the slide is 3% too short.
randomuser
Ultimate Member
Sorry you messed that frame up. Don't waste any more time on it. I'll destroy it for you so that you can buy another one. Pickup tomorrow morning.
It looks short to me
Slide is assembled.
StantonCree
Watch your beer
- Jan 23, 2011
- 23,932
Install the lower parts and it will lock into place. There is nothing wrong
HonestFool03
Active Member
- Feb 24, 2009
- 786
What slide is that?
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randomuser
Ultimate Member
I tell people (once all rails are in) to put some fine sandpaper, like 800 grit down on a table...Turn the gun upside down. Give some good smoothing to the tops of the rails.
Alot of people will tell you to build it and cycle it a few hundred times to get it smooth.
I have a friend who did it both ways. I like the sandpaper way better. Then polish everything up real good with some metal polish and make it slick.
Make sure you have a good clean cut where you spring runs down the center of the cutout so you don't get any hangups.
If you take your time, you can have a gun that will never have a malfunction unless you limp wrist it intentionally to test.
They are pretty fun builds!
Good luck on yours.
Alot of people will tell you to build it and cycle it a few hundred times to get it smooth.
I have a friend who did it both ways. I like the sandpaper way better. Then polish everything up real good with some metal polish and make it slick.
Make sure you have a good clean cut where you spring runs down the center of the cutout so you don't get any hangups.
If you take your time, you can have a gun that will never have a malfunction unless you limp wrist it intentionally to test.
They are pretty fun builds!
Good luck on yours.
- Jul 29, 2014
- 49,983
This^^^Don't worry, you will have plenty of other problems to troubleshoot before you are donethat is the fun of it. HAHAHA
OP, your frame has no guts in it. Put the guts in it and then worry.
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- Jul 29, 2014
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Make the front of the slide exactly flush with the front of the frame. Now how does the rear look?
Magnumite
Ultimate Member
That's normal? Does it hurt to blend it with the back of the slide?
You may be able to blend it a bit to reduce the small sharp corner - but that portion that juts out is about half the width so I would say be very careful. I'll see if I can take a picture to show what I mean....
