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by Dwight
September 13th, 2011, 8:33 pm
Forum: Modifications, Fixes, and Repairs
Topic: what can i use tp pain slide besides duracoat
Replies: 7
Views: 5621

Re: what can i use tp pain slide besides duracoat

WHEN YOU USE DURACOAT ON A SLIDE OR FRAME IS IT ROUGH LIKE IF U WERE TO USE KRYLON OR WHATEVER KIND OF SPRAY PAINT OR IS IT NICE AND SMOOTH AS IF U BOUGHT BRAND NEW GUN? It's all about the surface prep you perform. If you have prepared your surface so that it is nice and smooth with just enough &qu...
by Dwight
September 13th, 2011, 8:22 pm
Forum: General P-64 Discussion
Topic: my first gun will be a p64!!
Replies: 13
Views: 10473

Re: my first gun will be a p64!!

I fired my P64 for the first time with its new 18# mainspring on Sunday (9/11). What a difference! The DA pull is still plenty heavy enough to be an effective safety feature, yet I was able to pull the trigger without the late-travel hand-shake that I had the prior week with the stock mainspring. No...
by Dwight
September 7th, 2011, 5:34 pm
Forum: General P-64 Discussion
Topic: my first gun will be a p64!!
Replies: 13
Views: 10473

Re: my first gun will be a p64!!

You don't need to change the springs. Especially without ever handling it first. if you want DA to be usable, and want to not hate the pistol upon firing it, you do. i tried firing my pa-63 without a spring swap when i first got it, and it made me hate the thing so much, it sat unloved in my safe f...
by Dwight
September 1st, 2011, 2:39 pm
Forum: Other 9x18's
Topic: CZ-82 Disassembly
Replies: 28
Views: 27957

Re: CZ-82 Disassembly

I picked up 50 lbs at the local farm store today. The media you use for blasting depends in part on the finish you intend to apply. I just refinished a couple of CZ-82's using Duracoat. I used glass beads to blast them despite the Duracoat instructions that state that glass beads are not recommende...