Do you know how often you have to take the sear and disconnector out of a 1911 when you are rebuilding one? And then put it back in? Multiply that by me helping 6 student. It's a little tiny pin on your gun that has to go through a small hole on the sear, a big hole on the disconnetor, and maybe some Series 80 parts if that is what you brought, and they don't stay in one place.
Dozens of time. DOZENS
Then I saw Sam... He just jammed an undersized pin punch into the other side, wiggled it around, everything lined up, and the pin pushed through easy peasy.
Wish I had learned that a couple years ago.
But you learn something new every day.
And it's the little things... In this case little OBVIOUS things.
Kind of like using an ice pick to line up screw holes in sheet metal. But everybody knows that hack, right?
ReplyDeleteDummy pin. I use them all the time.
ReplyDeleteWhat?