UncleEd
November 1, 2013, 04:28 PM
Best money I've spent recently is to get some slotted Hogue grip screws for the 1911.
I was really getting mad that Remington used Star shaped screw heads, i.e., its Carry, while Colt used the Hexagon shaped screw heads, i.e. its XSE. Why, oh why!!!!?????
This current "problem"---I own a Gunsmith 36-piece bit set, which was a godsend--reminds me of the good old days with Colt, especially the Series 70.
Back then, Colt had a laughing gorilla in its employ, who would set the screw bushings at varying tightnesses, some loose, some rock solid. Then the laughing gorilla with a hydraulic screw driver would set the stocks in with loose screws and screws that would bind in the loose bushings.
Changing stocks was a pain. Sometimes the stocks, or the bushings were destroyed, not to mention the screw slots, in trying to extricate everything into different pieces.
Yes, methods for undoing the laughing gorilla's work did evolve, but each night he could go to sleep, knowing he had screwed at least some Colt buyers. :p
I was really getting mad that Remington used Star shaped screw heads, i.e., its Carry, while Colt used the Hexagon shaped screw heads, i.e. its XSE. Why, oh why!!!!?????
This current "problem"---I own a Gunsmith 36-piece bit set, which was a godsend--reminds me of the good old days with Colt, especially the Series 70.
Back then, Colt had a laughing gorilla in its employ, who would set the screw bushings at varying tightnesses, some loose, some rock solid. Then the laughing gorilla with a hydraulic screw driver would set the stocks in with loose screws and screws that would bind in the loose bushings.
Changing stocks was a pain. Sometimes the stocks, or the bushings were destroyed, not to mention the screw slots, in trying to extricate everything into different pieces.
Yes, methods for undoing the laughing gorilla's work did evolve, but each night he could go to sleep, knowing he had screwed at least some Colt buyers. :p