Guppy
Bearcat
I have been playing the SR's for a while not trying to devolp a good trigger job technique and smooth out any bad habits. I believe that with a good trigger the fit and flat profile of the SR is my perfect handgun for CCW and defense. This is how I have fixed minor peening and prevented further peening. Done on new guns it prevents peening completely.
I have taken fine grit #400 or finer sand paper and carefully removed the knife sharp edge at the top front of the barrel hood. Just break the edge not the vertical area that locks to the slide. Remove the sharp edge only. Do NOT remove enough metal to degrade the lock up of the barrel hood to slide. Remove the sharp edge inside the slide where the edge of the barrel hood would catch.
The sharp edge of the barrel hood catches the sharp underside of the slide when operating at speed. In extreme cases the metal that is displaced and catches more against the slide making the peening consecutively worse. Simply removing the sharp edges avoids this entirely. If you look at the inside of the slide you will see a slight relief cut Ruger has put where the front top of the barrel slides as it unlocks. Lightly polishing the sharp edges completely stops the peening by leaving a smooth surface for the oposing parts to operate without catching.
Fo what it is worth Glocks peen in a different place, the slide slams into the top of the slide block every time one is fired. If you look at the under side of a well used glock you will see the metal displacement on the inside of the slide. This is perfectly normal and if you dont believe google glock peening. I mention this so you won't lose faith in the SR, it is good from the factory but with a little polishing it becomes one hell of a gun.
When I get a little time I will put together a video of all the tweaks I do to the new gun As well as the 4.5 Lb trigger job............
I have taken fine grit #400 or finer sand paper and carefully removed the knife sharp edge at the top front of the barrel hood. Just break the edge not the vertical area that locks to the slide. Remove the sharp edge only. Do NOT remove enough metal to degrade the lock up of the barrel hood to slide. Remove the sharp edge inside the slide where the edge of the barrel hood would catch.
The sharp edge of the barrel hood catches the sharp underside of the slide when operating at speed. In extreme cases the metal that is displaced and catches more against the slide making the peening consecutively worse. Simply removing the sharp edges avoids this entirely. If you look at the inside of the slide you will see a slight relief cut Ruger has put where the front top of the barrel slides as it unlocks. Lightly polishing the sharp edges completely stops the peening by leaving a smooth surface for the oposing parts to operate without catching.
Fo what it is worth Glocks peen in a different place, the slide slams into the top of the slide block every time one is fired. If you look at the under side of a well used glock you will see the metal displacement on the inside of the slide. This is perfectly normal and if you dont believe google glock peening. I mention this so you won't lose faith in the SR, it is good from the factory but with a little polishing it becomes one hell of a gun.
When I get a little time I will put together a video of all the tweaks I do to the new gun As well as the 4.5 Lb trigger job............