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    But keeping it looking that good would be a pain in the ass.

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    Gunsmithing Hall of Shame Thread

    Thanks guys. Fingerprints were a nightmare, but other than that, no issues. Five years with nothing more than wiping it with a cloth and it never rusted like some said it would. I'm just not a shiny gun kind of guy so I had it, along with another G19.2 Cerakoted.

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    Quote Originally Posted by teksid View Post
    Thanks guys. Fingerprints were a nightmare, but other than that, no issues. Five years with nothing more than wiping it with a cloth and it never rusted like some said it would. I'm just not a shiny gun kind of guy so I had it, along with another G19.2 Cerakoted.

    throwing some of that cerakote clear over it would prevent rusting and probably solve the fingerprint issues

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    Quote Originally Posted by teksid View Post
    I did this several years ago. I bought a used G19.2 police trade in. Internals looked almost new, but the slide had a lot of holster wear. So I decided to see if I could polish it. I figured if I didnt like it I could always get it Cerakoted, which I did recently.
    It took about Eight total hours of work.
    shoulda done a hot salts blue, it already had a high polish

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    I had a local gunsmith cut/thread/pin & weld a Griffin Armament XM Linear Comp on a barrel for my XM177E2 project. This is what I got back...

    They tack welded the LC to the grenade ring after tack welding the grenade ring to the barrel.


    The gap looked suspicious, not to mention unsightly along with the tack welds.


    It was too 'wrong' for me to live with and I was also informed that it may not be legit as it was. I decided I'd cut it and do the proper pin & weld myself. (I had them do it because they were already there...)
    Here's what it looked like after I snapped the tack welds and pulled the linear comp off. As you can see, they just machined the barrel down to slip the LC over.




    Here you can see the grenade ring with the remains of the tack welds. I have a new one coming from Griffin Armament.


    For the full saga and follow ups, do here.
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    Nice crown job they did there... looks accurate.
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    Companies that do work like above should get a free mention. Company name, gunsmith's name, address and all.

    That way everybody else can avoid them at all costs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by halo2304 View Post
    I had a local gunsmith cut/thread/pin & weld a Griffin Armament XM Linear Comp on a barrel for my XM177E2 project. This is what I got back...

    They tack welded the LC to the grenade ring after tack welding the grenade ring to the barrel.


    The gap looked suspicious, not to mention unsightly along with the tack welds.


    It was too 'wrong' for me to live with and I was also informed that it may not be legit as it was. I decided I'd cut it and do the proper pin & weld myself. (I had them do it because they were already there...)
    Here's what it looked like after I snapped the tack welds and pulled the linear comp off. As you can see, they just machined the barrel down to slip the LC over.




    Here you can see the grenade ring with the remains of the tack welds. I have a new one coming from Griffin Armament.


    For the full saga and follow ups, do here.

    For the time and money you spent on this saga you could have filed a Form 1.
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    Not gonna lie, that's very true. At the time, it didn't seem worth it to save an inch or so in length.
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    Quote Originally Posted by halo2304 View Post
    I had a local gunsmith cut/thread/pin & weld a Griffin Armament XM Linear Comp on a barrel for my XM177E2 project. This is what I got back...

    They tack welded the LC to the grenade ring after tack welding the grenade ring to the barrel.


    The gap looked suspicious, not to mention unsightly along with the tack welds.


    It was too 'wrong' for me to live with and I was also informed that it may not be legit as it was. I decided I'd cut it and do the proper pin & weld myself. (I had them do it because they were already there...)
    Here's what it looked like after I snapped the tack welds and pulled the linear comp off. As you can see, they just machined the barrel down to slip the LC over.




    Here you can see the grenade ring with the remains of the tack welds. I have a new one coming from Griffin Armament.


    For the full saga and follow ups, do here.


    What they did to your barrel… It would have been hard not to beat that person about the head with it.

    Op, Good Luck.

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