Polishing feed-ramps. Yay- or-Nay?

edzz · Sep 22, 2019

bbbass said:
What's Rule #9?

Gibbs' Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife.
First mentioned in "One Shot, One Kill" (Episode 13, Season 1)

bbbass · Sep 22, 2019

ma96782 said:
BTW, my son loves to do "modifications" to his Glocks.

Thread drift warning in 3-2-1:

I have done:
$0.,25 trigger job
New striker sleeve
Softer striker spring
Heavier trigger spring
Polished the safety button in the slide (dang it, what's it called???)
Zevo race disconnect... it's odd that i never noticed a diff
Used Tetra gun grease on slide parts and trigger parts

Would like to replace the trigger
Would like to find a zero "take-up" type trigger at reasonable cost.

My SR9c that has a Glock trigger system licensed to Ruger:
$.25 trigger job
3.5lb disconnect
Tetra

Sorry for the thread drift...

bbbass · Sep 22, 2019

edzz said:
Gibbs' Rule #9: Never go anywhere without a knife.
First mentioned in "One Shot, One Kill" (Episode 13, Season 1)

DING DING DING DING!!! We have a winner!!!!

KKG · Sep 22, 2019

If you are having feeding issues then it's something that may help. If you're going to be getting this done, you should take your Gun to a Pistolsmith and have both the Feed Ramp and the Barrel Throat Polished and Properly Matched. Doing one w/o the other just doesn't work.

Diamondback · Sep 22, 2019

bbbass said:
What's Rule #9?

Depending who you ask, either "Never go anywhere without a knife" (Gibbs) or "Always keep a spare" (Abby).

Pops1911 · Sep 22, 2019

I have had several of my hand bunnies' ramps polished by a 'smith. Took care of feeding issues. So, I am generally in favor of doing this.

bbbass · Sep 23, 2019

Diamondback said:
Depending who you ask, either "Never go anywhere without a knife" (Gibbs) or "Always keep a spare" (Abby).

A spare knife, a spare mag, a spare pair of reading glasses, a spare $100 bill, a spare tire, a spare condom, a spare friend that's uglier/fatter???????

Diamondback · Sep 23, 2019

bbbass said:
A spare knife, a spare mag, a spare pair of reading glasses, a spare $100 bill, a spare tire, a spare condom, a spare friend that's uglier/fatter???????

*Any* mission-critical item. There's a reason my briefcase-rig AR pistol has no less than *three* independent sighting systems on it...

EDIT:
1. Optic
2. BUIS
3. Laser

edzz · Sep 23, 2019

bbbass said:
A spare knife, a spare mag, a spare pair of reading glasses, a spare $100 bill, a spare tire, a spare condom, a spare friend that's uglier/fatter???????

Proper diet and exercise may help with that spare tire. :s0113:

bbbass · Sep 24, 2019

Diamondback said:
*Any* mission-critical item. There's a reason my briefcase-rig AR pistol has no less than *three* independent sighting systems on it...

EDIT:
1. Optic
2. BUIS
3. Laser

Mine has these plus a mounted tac light... shots go in the center of the spot at household distances.

bbbass · Sep 24, 2019

edzz said:
Proper diet and exercise may help with that spare tire.

Hasn't happened in the last 30yrs, ain't gonna happen now!!!

My brother is an exercise nut... all kinds of injuries requiring surgery and joint replacement and a number of diseased conditions. Now he's a vegan... this just gets better and better.

Diamondback · Sep 24, 2019

bbbass said:
Mine has these plus a mounted tac light... shots go in the center of the spot at household distances.

That too, once I get everything sighted in.

Grumpa · Sep 24, 2019

RangeRat83 said:
Thinking about polishing the feed ramps on some of my handguns, but heard dissenting opinions regarding the practice. Some say that creating a super-smooth surface will enhance reliability/shootability; while others say it will reduce my gun to an nonfunctioning dumpster fire. If anybody has experience with this please let me know.

Do NOT polish!

Velzey · Sep 24, 2019

All depends if the firearm, sometimes the ramp needs a good polishing, sometimes the throat.

I've seen throat polishing lead to very bad things.
Damaged barrels, replacements parts and other new things.