Smoothing
it all out.....
My general
principal is.. if it rubs.. then
polish the hell out of it... That being said,
it's a lot easier to polish the parts if you have the right tools.
For Polishing I used a Dremel tool with white rouge, as well as a
stand up wheel polisher (self built). The Idea is to put a mirror
polish on any parts that rub to reduce the friction, as well as to
make cleanup, and wipe down a lot easier
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| Mag Well |
| | Remove the grips, and the magazine well from the frame. Using a dremel, polish the bottom of the mag well until you get a nice mirror finish.
You also want to polish the front and back face of the inside of the grip where the magazine rubs.
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Feed
Ramp |
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Most
feed ramps have a have decent polish on them, but I find the 10 minutes
with a dremel, and you get a way better shine, and flatter surface.
It's way easier to clean it as well! Just use the bullet shaped felt
tip you get with the Dremels.
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Front of the Barrel |
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I
got tired of scrubbing the residue off the front of the barrel,
so 10 mins on the wheel polisher, and presto.. no more elbow grease
required! residue wipes right off
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Slide Rails |
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It's
hard to get all sides, but the guides cut into the rail can be polished
up to give a nice smooth action.
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Firing Pin (EGW) |
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The
EGW firing pin comes with a pretty good finish, but again, 5 mins
on the wheel, and it's now a mirror finish.!!
Old Tanfoglio Firing Pin New EGW Firing Pin
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Trigger Bar |
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This
one is pretty obvious if you've put enough rounds through your gun.
you can see the wear marks start on the side and bottom of the trigger
bar. I polished the bottom, top and sides of the trigger bar to
get smoother movement.
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Trigger
Bar Guide |
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The Trigger
bar guide, came with a pretty good polish, but after looking at how
much contact and rubbing was happening with every pull of the trigger.
I decided to give it some special attention, and get the mirror polish
on the trigger bar guide, as well as the channel it fits into on the
trigger bar. Make sure you also polish up the cylinder portion as
well, as it rubs the frame, where it fits into it.
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Recoil Spring Rod |
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After
about 6000 rounds I noticed a few wear marks on the recoil spring
rod, and decided to give it a polish, you can see the before and
after pictures.
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Locking Lugs |
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One
of the first signs of wear, is on the locking lugs. Again, the Dremel
was calling!
you can see the wear marks before polishing
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