steel1212 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Pretty simple. I'm trying to get a number of people that use one. If they do would you like a drilled and tapped on? They told me they won't do it but the material is either so hard or the hardening process so extreme I have 2 now that are junk trying to drill and tap them. I use them on my .40 SS as they work like magic getting those rounds in the chamber better. Anyway if enough people want them maybe they will change their mind? Edited April 26, 2011 by steel1212 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 What happened when you tried to drill and tap it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Drill bits and taps break :-) and it wasn't me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaGunner Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 (edited) Must be really hard material, I have drilled and tapped several. None were EGW though, I almost want to try now. I have to get another single stack now. Edited April 26, 2011 by Roy Hess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I have also drilled and tapped OTHER mag catches. If you haven't tried the EGW raised mag catch specifically, then you just can't imagine how freaking HARD these things are. See my avatar. 3 Hacksaw blades to cut through the hardened STI slide. That was pretty hard on the R scale but not even close to these. The EGW mag catches are unnecessarily hard. I've NEVER seen a match catch wear out. I've snapped a two flute carbide drill and 2 4-40 taps. Basically, these have to be drilled with the correct size end mill, not a drill bit. Or, chuck the drill bit and mag catch in a lathe and turn it slow. First the checkering has to be milled off of course. It would be fantastic if these were drill and tapped PRIOR to being heat treated. Or sell some that are NOT heat treated. Roy, if you can drill and tap them, buy 20. D/T them then sell them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeMartens Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 what is different in an EGW compared to an Ed Brown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 The EGW ejector is the same way. It's so dang hard I can't drill it to install it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 what is different in an EGW compared to an Ed Brown? Its .02 higher and its hard as wood pecker lips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
want2race Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I use a thin cut off wheel and delicate care to notch the ejector. If someone where to try and drill it without knowing, the drill will walk and cut into the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hello: Anneal the end of the mag catch to make it soft so you can drill and tap it. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Hello: Anneal the end of the mag catch to make it soft so you can drill and tap it. Thanks, Eric that was tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter_rob Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 I agree that they work great and solve alot of .40 SS issues. Some how my gunsmith managed to drill and tap mine, I am pretty sure he does it on a mill with carbid cutters. I will try to get in touch with him and find out how he does it. As for EGW doing them, I would rather buy them already done to save time and pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Guys the more votes we get that people want it I'll send a email to them letting them know. If not if you know a gunsmith willing to buy some from them and DT I'm sure there is at least 11 people so far that would buy some. I need several myself. They don't just work in .40s but .45s also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Pretty simple. I'm trying to get a number of people that use one. If they do would you like a drilled and tapped on? They told me they won't do it but the material is either so hard or the hardening process so extreme I have 2 now that are junk trying to drill and tap them. I use them on my .40 SS as they work like magic getting those rounds in the chamber better. Anyway if enough people want them maybe they will change their mind? I don't mean to hijack your thread but after I installed the EGW extra high mag catch on my STI Trojan the slide would not close and I could not seat some mags with the action closed. Anyuone have any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nheiny13 Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SV makes a raised mag catch which can be ordered drilled and tapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SV makes a raised mag catch which can be ordered drilled and tapped Not the same animal. The EGW mag catch lets the magazine sit .020"-.30" higher in the gun for better feeding. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 SV makes a raised mag catch which can be ordered drilled and tapped Do you have a link where I can find that part? Last time I looked on SV's website they didn't have mag catches. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) http://www.sviguns.com/1101.php?indx=9 About 2/3rds down the page. They have both the raised mag and the standard version. Edited June 9, 2011 by sperman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel1212 Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 SV makes a raised mag catch which can be ordered drilled and tapped Not the same animal. The EGW mag catch lets the magazine sit .020"-.30" higher in the gun for better feeding. Pat Per EGWs website it raises it .020. Problem is its harder than woodpecker lips and they won't DT them. Now if SVIs are the same 0.020 I'll be giving them a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 http://www.sviguns.com/1101.php?indx=9 About 2/3rds down the page. They have both the raised mag and the standard version. Hmm, those look like the ticket. Are they new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 SV makes a raised mag catch which can be ordered drilled and tapped Not the same animal. The EGW mag catch lets the magazine sit .020"-.30" higher in the gun for better feeding. Pat Per EGWs website it raises it .020. Problem is its harder than woodpecker lips and they won't DT them. Now if SVIs are the same 0.020 I'll be giving them a look. I've installed several of the EGW mag catches. Measured the gap between the bottom of the front strap and the front top of the magazine on the guns with feeler gauges. The max rise was .031". Helped feeding in all of the cases. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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