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    I guess everyone's gotta start learning from somewhere. Except some try learning on the deep end of the pool right away, which usually results in the pictures in this thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ASH556 View Post
    This is why you stake the castle nut instead of using Lock-tite. Here's looking @ you Rock River! Tube had already been twisted/threads crushed by the customer before he brought it to me:



    To add to this; what's good is when your local 'smith does this and doesn't tell you. Should have noticed it wasn't staked, my own fault for overlooking it, at least it never budged or loosened? Destroyed the old extension trying to remove it and thankfully only the lower threads were loaded with gunk and not damaged.

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    Thou shalt not use red thread locker on aluminum threads!

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    Quote Originally Posted by steyrman13 View Post
    It's a Lorcin
    Lorcin .380's come stolen from the factory as a standard feature. LE guys I worked with said every single Lorcin they came across was a stolen gun, over decades of LE experience across multiple officers.

    Hence the factory feature joke. Word was that if you ordered one from the manufacturer and pulled it from the plastic, it would already be involved in several crimes.

    This thread brings back the reality that there are many Dremologists out there who somehow escaped adolescence intact. Society is too insulated to allow this to happen.

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    This is kind of like letting someone else work on your car or buying a used car. You don't know who did what or didn't do what before the rifle came into your possession.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Don Nguyen View Post
    This is kind of like letting someone else work on your car or buying a used car. You don't know who did what or didn't do what before the rifle came into your possession.
    It's funny you say that. I don't work on cars, and I buy used ones all the time because I'm not willing to pay an extra 10k for new car smell. But I don't trust my guns to anyone. If I buy a used gun, then I have to be reasonably certain that bubba didn't so much as install a sling swivel. I don't even trust gunsmiths anymore. Maybe that says something about me...

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    Well, no one is perfect. We are all merely human, and therefore can/will make mistakes.
    It's what happens after that, which determines who you are.
    Have I made mistakes? Yes. However, I work hard to keep them few and far between. If I do make a mistake, I will fix it, whatever it takes. I treat them all as if they were my guns. If I would not accept what I want to do, I don't expect anyone else to, either.
    There are a lot of "parts changers" calling themselves gunsmith. Being a parts changer is not necessarily bad, just know your limits. Unfortunately, now a lot of parts for old guns long out of production are being made by a few aftermarket companies. About half the time, they apparently copied a worn out part. The new part then needs fitting, beyond many parts changers abilities.
    Everybody wants to save every dime. People come in regularly telling us they can buy "x" cheaper online. Often, it's a part listed, but not actually in Stock, which they didn't check. Or, they got a buddy does it part time that will do it cheaper.

    Go see your buddy. This is a business, I will do it right, or not at all. If something does go wrong, I make it right at my expense.

    Mostly, home worked guns are denied, but sometimes the truth is admitted.

    Often, the worst thing on a gun is its owner.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HansTheHobbit View Post
    Thou shalt not use red thread locker on aluminum threads!
    Rock River missed that memo, but they're sooo much better than mil spec, just ask the counter commando.
    I paint spaceship parts.

    Quote Originally Posted by Failure2Stop View Post
    Stippled Glocks are like used underwear; previous owner makes all the difference in value.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slappy View Post
    This is full of win.

    "It has been customized by the previous owner who is extremely skilled with a dremel tool. When you examine the pictured trigger guard you will agree that he is every bit as brilliant as the famed sculptor Donatello."

    http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=507283498

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    Can't believe it's at $375 with a couple days left on the auction. Are people that desperate? They could buy a pre-owned [un-bubba'd] one for not much more than that.

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    That's truly sad. It would have turned out okay if just hadn't done that to the trigger guard. All I want to know is why.

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