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Post by canadianguy57 on Mar 18, 2022 15:28:48 GMT
I haven't put mine on the scales for a while, but I know there is a lot to add to get to the real weight, so I have packed every space with lead and plasticine. One of the biggest things I still have do is to replace the barrel with a 0.177 steel item, leaving on as much material as I can in the available space. This is something I did on a Colt Python which got the weight right, so I am hoping it will do the same for my M29. The balance of the pistol isn't an issue for me, it will just have to be what it will be. I guess as long that it isn't sounding hollow, it will be what it will be, okay I'm good with that.
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Post by lukeypoodle on Mar 18, 2022 16:41:42 GMT
Got my 3" tacti-chode today!
Shoots quite well with smart shot, yet to try pellets.
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Post by Modski66 on Mar 31, 2022 20:29:59 GMT
Finally got released from covid confinement today, so spent the afternoon catching up on all the things I have been thinking about whilst incarcerated. One of them was the hollow grips and void packing. This is the right hand grip that is as packed as I can get it with dark grey plasticine and lead pellets. The other little job was to replace the nasty Philips screw near to the rear sight with a slotted style, as the original. It isn't quite the right size, but the nearest I could get. Also the challenge was to make the stainless steel look more like the blued mild steel of the other two screws I have already replaced. After a bit of experimentation with a gas blow-gun and various liquids, I found that dabbling cold blue solution on the surface while is was glowing red gave an acceptable result, sealed in with some Renaissance wax. It's not quite as dark as I would like, but as it is such a small area, I can live with it.
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Post by Doug Soal on Mar 31, 2022 21:32:26 GMT
With the possibility of wood grips from Shaun, any chance you could do replacement screw sets. I would be up to purchase for sure.
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Post by Modski66 on Mar 31, 2022 21:55:53 GMT
Only after Shaun has gone into production with the grips... 😉
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Post by lukeypoodle on Mar 31, 2022 22:07:54 GMT
Finally got released from covid confinement today, so spent the afternoon catching up on all the things I have been thinking about whilst incarcerated. One of them was the hollow grips and void packing. This is the right hand grip that is as packed as I can get it with dark grey plasticine and lead pellets. The other little job was to replace the nasty Philips screw near to the rear sight with a slotted style, as the original. It isn't quite the right size, but the nearest I could get. Also the challenge was to make the stainless steel look more like the blued mild steel of the other two screws I have already replaced. After a bit of experimentation with a gas blow-gun and various liquids, I found that dabbling cold blue solution on the surface while is was glowing red gave an acceptable result, sealed in with some Renaissance wax. It's not quite as dark as I would like, but as it is such a small area, I can live with it. Have you got the specs of the screws? Going to have to do mine that looks loads better.
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Post by Modski66 on Mar 31, 2022 22:57:39 GMT
Not really any spec's I'm afraid, the bigger ones started out life as some B&Q brass plated M3 pan-heads. As they were the wrong shape, I stuck them in the lathe and profiled the top with a file until they looked about right, finished off with emery, then fettled all the brass plated areas by hand. Then I cut them down to suit the original screws and finished them with cold blue solution and some Balistol, although I would use Renaissance wax now that I have a pot of it. The little screw is an M2 stainless from ebay, again the wrong size and shape, and trickier to get it to go dark. I was forced to use stainless steel, as mild steel in that size seems to be unavailable.
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 1, 2022 7:00:37 GMT
Not really any spec's I'm afraid, the bigger ones started out life as some B&Q brass plated M3 pan-heads. As they were the wrong shape, I stuck them in the lathe and profiled the top with a file until they looked about right, finished off with emery, then fettled all the brass plated areas by hand. Then I cut them down to suit the original screws and finished them with cold blue solution and some Balistol, although I would use Renaissance wax now that I have a pot of it. The little screw is an M2 stainless from ebay, again the wrong size and shape, and trickier to get it to go dark. I was forced to use stainless steel, as mild steel in that size seems to be unavailable. Those slotted screws look far better than the original ones ever did, you've convinced me to do the same. Unfortunately all my M3s are either allen headed or brass slotted, so I'll have to look into purchasing some.
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 1, 2022 15:13:42 GMT
Not really any spec's I'm afraid, the bigger ones started out life as some B&Q brass plated M3 pan-heads. As they were the wrong shape, I stuck them in the lathe and profiled the top with a file until they looked about right, finished off with emery, then fettled all the brass plated areas by hand. Then I cut them down to suit the original screws and finished them with cold blue solution and some Balistol, although I would use Renaissance wax now that I have a pot of it. The little screw is an M2 stainless from ebay, again the wrong size and shape, and trickier to get it to go dark. I was forced to use stainless steel, as mild steel in that size seems to be unavailable. Those slotted screws look far better than the original ones ever did, you've convinced me to do the same. Unfortunately all my M3s are either allen headed or brass slotted, so I'll have to look into purchasing some. Just ordered some zinc plated cheese head M3x8 and some M2x10 screws, I'll just pickle them once they arrive and remove the zinc plate and that should just leave the steel underneath showing through, which should hopefully (fingers crossed) take the cold blue solution. I'll use the same screws for my two 629s but I'll nickel plate them after the pickling process to match the finish on the 629s.
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 2, 2022 12:49:07 GMT
I've just measured the plate screws (for anyone that's interested)... large screw = M3x8mm small screw = M2x5mm The original screws are pan heads but I'm going to go for cheese heads. There's a total of five screws per side plate (three small screws and two large screws), two of the small screws are hidden by the rhd side grip but if you're going to replace one then you might as well replace the other two at the same time. These screws are identical to the S&W 629 version as well, I luckily managed to find a pack of M3x8mm stainless steel cheese headed bolts in my shed, so I've polished the heads and have fitted them to the 629s. I've still got the smaller screws to do but it's a start
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 2, 2022 19:12:38 GMT
Well thanks to Modski66, I copied his heat treatment method for the screws and ended up manually blueing them by holding the head of the screw over a flame until they went red, it gave the heads a lovely deep blued finish.... So I've just fitted them into both guns and the result is pretty well perfect.... They catch the light in a similar way to the gun, where depending on the light they either look silver or a very dark blue, almost black, so I'm very happy with that.... So I've still got to wait for the smaller screws to arrive and then finish all four guns off (2x 29s & 2x 629s), they look so much better with the correct screws fitted to them, why they use Philips/posidrive headed screws is beyond me ! Cheers Mark for the incentive to get mine done buddy
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Post by ifield on Apr 2, 2022 20:37:25 GMT
It should still be possible to insert the screws in to your drill and finish the side with a file and sandpaper that would be much nicer. is it not.
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 2, 2022 20:50:51 GMT
It should still be possible to insert the screws in to your drill and finish the side with a file and sandpaper that would be much nicer. is it not. They were polished with 600 grit emery paper before the heat treatment.
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Post by ifield on Apr 2, 2022 22:46:29 GMT
It should still be possible to insert the screws in to your drill and finish the side with a file and sandpaper that would be much nicer. is it not. They were polished with 600 grit emery paper before the heat treatment. No the finish is beautiful I meant round the sides It's just an idea, I certainly didn't mean to disapprove of your work. Sorry if that's what you thought I meant
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Post by HeadHunter on Apr 3, 2022 10:28:23 GMT
They were polished with 600 grit emery paper before the heat treatment. No the finish is beautiful I meant round the sides It's just an idea, I certainly didn't mean to disapprove of your work. Sorry if that's what you thought I meant The screws are a perfect fit for the hole in the frame, I did think about running them through the drill press and filing the head size down a bit but when I fitted them they seemed to be the right size so I just left them 'as is'. I didn't think that you was 'disapproving' of my work, lol. I misunderstood what you was saying about using emery paper on the screw heads.
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