Polish your ramp.

[41Dude]

I am putting this tip here in case some owners never look at the gunsmith section. If you semi auto shooters have jams once in a while check felt tips like the photo. Hand drill, some polish like Flitz, felt tips and a little time. A lot of YouTube videos on how to.
I have a much loved Glock 36 that very occasionally would not feed a hollow point. About 20 minutes of my time to polish ramp it is now 100% reliable
(After 600 rounds so far)

 

[RoninPA]

Good advice, I have had customers bring their gun(s) to me and tell me they don't feed reliably. I first look at the feed ramps/chamber area for any maladies and most of the time I find things that they never see. I clean the ramp and such and then polish them. They've never had a problem after that. But, many people just do not want to do maintenance like that to their firearms because they've never been "shown or trained" to do that or they know they just do not have the ability or the tools.

 

[Johnnu2]

For MOST people, it's best NOT to try most things "DIY'er"..... ))))
just sayin',
J.

 

[Johnnu2]

GREAT MINDS.......................

J.

 

[mirglip]

Just be careful where you polish your ramp ….


https://www.fox8live.com/2026/05/05...front-hotel-guests-police-say/?outputType=amp

"The Secret Service has placed Spillman on administrative leave"

 

[s4s4u]

When using power tools remember...what is removed cannot easily be replaced...

 

[Johnnu2]

"The Secret Service has placed Spillman on administrative leave"

Good thinking on the part of our government... !!!!

J.

 

[hittman]

Many don’t understand too much polishing is grinding, changing the angles, etc.

 

[41Dude]

Many don’t understand too much polishing is grinding, changing the angles, etc.

100% Go slow. It just takes a small amount of gentle polishing to slick things up.

 

[Jeepnik]

For MOST people, it's best NOT to try most things "DIY'er"..... ))))
just sayin',
J.

Thats the spirit that has caused a lot of American greatness to disappear. Whatever happened to just going for it? Yea, maybe you screw up. Maybe you screw up the second time. But eventually you get it right.

Think of it this way. The first time you kissed a girl, how'd that go. But with repeated attempts you got better at it. Well, we can hope anyway.

 

[TestEngineer]

Think of it this way. The first time you kissed a girl, how'd that go. But with repeated attempts you got better at it. Well, we can hope anyway.

Guys polish feed ramps.
Girls polish guys.

 

[Yaworski]

But, many people just do not want to do maintenance like that to their firearms because they've never been "shown or trained" to do that or they know they just do not have the ability or the tools.

I'll polish a feed ramp but I won't try to lower an ejection port.

 

[Yaworski]

"The Secret Service has placed Spillman on administrative leave"

It looks like the Secret Service is our country's premier law enforcement agency. Kennedy shot, two attempts on Ford, Regan shot, shots fired at the White House, one agent shoots another at the White House, three attempts on Trump, self fondling . . . What's next?

 

[Dan in MI]

Think of it this way. The first time you kissed a girl, how'd that go. But with repeated attempts you got better at it. Well, we can hope anyway.

Apparently you and I had very different experiences at that time.

 

[themousethatroared]

On the P Series, I use a dremel with the little stainless wire wheel. The barrel is stainless, so it's not exactly delicate, but you just go over it lightly until it's shiny and smooth.

The LC9s has a oxided barrel. I'm not seeing the wear on it, and I'd be afraid to burn through the oxide, though I have used perma blue paste to touch up the outside of the barrel.
If I have that one nickel plated that might make it indestructible, or it might throw nickel shavings everywhere.

 

[Boxhead]

Been using Cratex stuff for decades.

 

[41Dude]

Been using Cratex stuff for decades.

I had to look that up. Thanks for the info They have a nice site.

 

[peachhead]

Thats the spirit that has caused a lot of American greatness to disappear. Whatever happened to just going for it? Yea, maybe you screw up. Maybe you screw up the second time. But eventually you get it right.

Think of it this way. The first time you kissed a girl, how'd that go. But with repeated attempts you got better at it. Well, we can hope anyway.

Well hopefully at that point the girl didn't cost you as much as a good 1911

 

[Jeepnik]

Well hopefully at that point the girl didn't cost you as much as a good 1911

Was a time I got a 1911 for free, including all the ammo I could use. But the girls did cost some.

 

[eveled]

The problem with using a rotary tool is you are going across the ramp. The same direction as the factory tooling marks.

You might make it shine like a mirror but the factory lines are still there to some extent. You polish the highs and low spots and make it wavy instead of sharp lines, which is an improvement, but not perfect.

If you want it perfect and are patient you can do it by hand up and down the ramp. So any microscopic lines are in the direction the bullet travels.

Best practice when polishing metal is to go in the opposite direction with each grit change. You go until the old lines are gone, then change grit and direction. This gives you a flat surface.

My point is the rotary tool is the good enough shortcut. It is not the best way.

Sometimes the hobbiest can take their time and do things right and achieve a level the factory can’t achieve.

Your elbow grease is free, paying for someone else’s elbow grease is expensive.

This knife blade shows the principle. The factory lines go across. My lines go the long way. The blade appeared flat until I went the opposite way, now you can see it wasn’t

Again I’m not dissing the rotary tools, I just don’t think they should be viewed as the best method.

 

[blume357]

Well hopefully at that point the girl didn't cost you as much as a good 1911

the ones that charge don't want to be kissed... at least that's what I heard... also only ex-reality TV stars and modern day robber Barrons can afford the ones that cost that much or more,,, what was it... a hundred grand and then try to make it tax deductible?

Oh and when I read the title my comment was going to be ... "I thought this was a family channel?"

 

[GrumpyOldMan]

So, lemme get this straight. The OP is advising new, untrained, inexperienced gun owners to take a Dremel to their guns? Dangerous, very dangerous. Adult supervision is advised.

 

[41Dude]

So, lemme get this straight. The OP is advising new, untrained, inexperienced gun owners to take a Dremel to their guns? Dangerous, very dangerous. Adult supervision is advised.

Wrong. The suggestion was to use SOFT felt tips and POLISHING compound to shine up ramp. Nothing was said about grinding.
If a person cannot figure out the word polish can they be trusted with firearms?

 

[41Dude]

Wrong. The suggestion was to use SOFT felt tips and POLISHING compound to shine up ramp. Nothing was said about grinding.
If a person cannot figure out the word polish can they be trusted with firearms?

PS eveled had a great suggestion to polish in the direction of bullet travel.
Good stuff

 

[jav]

I am putting this tip here in case some owners never look at the gunsmith section. If you semi auto shooters have jams once in a while check felt tips like the photo. Hand drill, some polish like Flitz, felt tips and a little time. A lot of YouTube videos on how to.
I have a much loved Glock 36 that very occasionally would not feed a hollow point. About 20 minutes of my time to polish ramp it is now 100% reliable
(After 600 rounds so far)

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I use the same tips they are great I do a little mag polish on them

 

[NoOneYouKnow]

Wrong. The suggestion was to use SOFT felt tips and POLISHING compound to shine up ramp. Nothing was said about grinding.
If a person cannot figure out the word polish can they be trusted with firearms?

Found it.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D2D2XG3F

 

[41Dude]

What company for the soft tips?

I found mine on Amazon. Maybe also at any hobby store.

 

[jav]

I found mine on Amazon. Maybe also at any hobby store.

I got mind at Amazon also

 

[RugerForMe]

I bought a similar kit and practice the polishing on certain parts.

 

[Paul B]

I did my Colt Commander with a Dremel and Cratex tips. It was a nice easy job. The fun came when I got rid of the factory grip safety and replaced it with a beavertail. It too worked out just fine although I didn't use or need the Dremel for that job.
Paul B.