I just used the brightest orange nail polish I could find on the front site. Put a white paint base coat first for a finished brighter orange front site.
I agree with rugerguy there's no need to take the grip frame apart. A lot of work for very little benefits over just using brake cleaner... it works very well and it's cheap at Wallymarts.
George, I've tried the shimming route to take up the space. They all work to a degree and sooner or later they don't work as it get's worn or deformed from the frequent take downs and you need to re-fabricating the shim.
I'm from the school that cleans the gun after every shoot. Probably not...
I thought I'd follow up on the above procedure. After almost 2 years now and many many take downs and thousands or rounds the barrel is still tight to the frame.
On a secondary note while I'm here, my Mark III has not jammed or FTE at all on the 2 years. All I did was removed the metal tab in...
If your barrel is loose on the frame this procedure will fix it. It is reversible with a dental pick should you desire.
This procedure will fix a loose receiver to barrel fitting on Mark pistols by using putty epoxy to take up all the space worn by wear and tear between the square receiver...
All things being equal, and your barrel was tight from the factory, you could probably take your gun apart a gazillion times without a problem.
My gun got loose AFTER I sent it out for re-bluing. They polished the barrel down to bare metal as part of the bluing process. The polishing took...
It's held up for me for over 5K rounds so far. Longevity is not an issue since it's so easy to repair it and it's very easy to remove the epoxy if needed. I inspect the quality of the epoxy in the barrel after each secession to catch any problems. So far so good.
This procedure will fix a loose receiver to barrel fitting on Mark pistols by taking up all the space worn by wear and tear between the square receiver lug hole and the frame lug it attaches to.
Step 1. Break the gun down to receiver/barrel and frame.
Step 2. With alcohol or acetone clean out...
First I'm a Ruger fan have several of them... but a loaded Glock is as safe as a SA/DA revolver loaded. The firing pin is not in a firing state until you pull the trigger. Also the firing pin is blocked until you pull the trigger and there is a drop block in the frame that prevents the firing...
You can drop a Glock off the Empire State bldg and it won't go off. When in it's Stage 1 (ready to fire) status not only is the firing pin being blocked by the firing pin safety release pin, the striker is blocked to release by a drop safety block on the frame until the trigger is pulled with a...
All gun manufacturers with striker pistols that I know of recommend you DON'T lube the striker channel. There is no need to, oil in that tube will turn from lube to goop in a few rounds.