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CZ adding a Popple or two


Squirrel45

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Couple of questions on adding popple holes to my Czechmate, have any of you done this and did you think it was something you can actually feel? I was thinking this maybe beneficial with the loads I am using #7 / SWM / 3n38.

 

 

thanks 

Squirrel 

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kitestir, 

 

 

Did you do the drilling yourself?  I have a friend that was an engineer for 3M and has a number of milling machines is this something that a person of reasonable skills could accomplish? 

 

thanks 

Squirrel 

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5 hours ago, Squirrel45 said:

aanda, 

 

Did you drills these straight or some angle to them? 

 

thanks for the help 

 

Squirrel 

One closest to the glass got angled.  Second was straight up.  10 degrees if I remember correctly.

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Not on a CZ but I did my own on a small bench mill and it works / turned out great.  I used a ball mill for the ports to avoid a burr in the barrel. Biggest worry is being shire your slot is far enough rearward in the slide to insure you won’t later develop a crack in the slide.  You also have the option of a hole in the leading edge of the comp and in the slide..  

 

pic of slide / popples as well as how the gas angles forward with a port slightly angled

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On 5/12/2021 at 8:17 PM, Squirrel45 said:

 

 

kitestir, 

 

 

Did you do the drilling yourself?  I have a friend that was an engineer for 3M and has a number of milling machines is this something that a person of reasonable skills could accomplish? 

 

thanks 

Squirrel 

I had it done, but I am sure if your friend is proficient with their mill is is easy enough to do.  Mine were angled 10 degrees back. 

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1 hour ago, Squirrel45 said:

thanks for the reply Kite, I wish I had a gunsmith that was around me that was capable of this, so far iv had very poor luck on that front. 

Where are you located?

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