EricW Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I'd like to start shaving down my Capsian slide (for various reasons). Is it possible to knock off the rear cocking serrations back to the rear of the slide without affecting the extractor? By my calculations, the serrations are about .025" deep and I have about .050 of metal between the outside of the slide and the extractor hole. Is .025" left over sufficient? I'm betting that doing any lightening around the ejection port is a no-no. Any other "danger" areas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Looking at Benny Hill's Fat Free guns.... Appears that he has done just what you are saying on pictures of his guns posted here on the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny hill Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I take about .027 off & never had a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 I had some of the serrations of my STI slide taken down (a la SV "panel cut) without trouble. They are about the same depth as Caspian serrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMC Posted February 16, 2004 Share Posted February 16, 2004 Dan Ruff removed the serration on my Caspian slide without issue. I had another smith add GI style serration to the small remaining area at the rear of the slide, it helps on the open gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Depending on HOW light you want to go, there are many areas where weight can be taken off safely.................. I am quite confident that Mr. Hill is aware of ALL of them............ Hell, he probably pioneered some of them. I am sensitive as to WHERE the weight is taken off the slide as to how it effects the "feel" of the gun to me. Think it through carefully BEFORE removing metal!! Good luck, Jeffro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 Is it possible to get a Unique slide as light as a Classic slide? I think a Classic slide on a full length frame just looks wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 You can easily remove the cocking serations. Just don't go any more or else you will lose the notch the thumb saftey goes into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 SS, I haven't weighed it, but the area from which material was taken out around the hammer/disconnector rail of my Unique slide is about the same, or more, as the stirrup cuts of a Classic slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted February 24, 2004 Share Posted February 24, 2004 trying to post my pic http://home.comcast.net/~limited40/wsb/htm...ID-1369433.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Dan Ruff removed the serration on my Caspian slide without issue. Dan did the same to my Caspian top end for my limited Para. Perfect for a couple pieces of grip tape, which is more secure for me than the serrations for racking the slide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 Dan did the same to my Caspian top end for my limited Para. Perfect for a couple pieces of grip tape, which is more secure for me than the serrations for racking the slide. Exactamundo. Since I have paddle safeties, I put grip tape ahead of my ejection port to grab to rack my slide (I'm not hip to grabbing the muzzle of a loaded gun). No comparison in ease of use. I'll never go back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Safely hand-cycling with front serrations: with thumb and index finger of weak hand, make a U shape; from underneath the dust cover, grasp front cocking serrations by pinching slide with above fingers I hate seeing people load and unload with their palm and wrist over the ejection port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 There are plenty of meat to take off the slide. You can do it on both side, especially in the front, the recoil spring plug housing, on the top of the slide, on the back, you can flat top itand so on... On my last project, I cut an inch off the regular slide and took off 45 grammes (sorry, you'll had to convert I can't retrieve my software to do it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 I hate seeing people load and unload with their palm and wrist over the ejection port. I have video that shows why this is a bad idea. I actually caught an ejector fire on video. Not pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 Safely hand-cycling with front serrations: with thumb and index finger of weak hand, make a U shape; from underneath the dust cover, grasp front cocking serrations by pinching slide with above fingersI hate seeing people load and unload with their palm and wrist over the ejection port. I'm hip. My only point is that with the grip tape, my hand gets nowhere near the muzzle. I'm always on the underside of the gun - never over. For whatever reason the grip tape is 10X more secure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric nielsen Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 FWIW, putting grip tape over the (rear) cocking serrations of a Glock also make that 10x more secure. I put it on all my semiauto slides - 3M Pool & Patio Tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 It happened to me once My left thumb still has a little scar and I kept the case and the bullet to always remind it. Now, all of my guns have a squared ejector, don't care about where the cases go as long as it has no sharp edges able to fire the primer. It's kind of disturbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 from underneath the dust cover, grasp front cocking serrations by pinching slide with above fingers Am I the only one who physically can't do this with more than about a 7# recoil spring? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted February 26, 2004 Author Share Posted February 26, 2004 from underneath the dust cover, grasp front cocking serrations by pinching slide with above fingers Am I the only one who physically can't do this with more than about a 7# recoil spring? I couldn't do it w/o the skateboard tape. Hence the skateboard tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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