PistolPete Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 Well, I guess it is time to add a racker to my slide. I'm not going to send it out until this season is over because I don't want to be without my gun. One other question, has anyone added a slideracker to a gun that has already been hard chromed? When talking with Brazos he said he would be able to blend it in or he would need to rehardchrome the gun. I hate to spend $500 to add a slideracker. I'm thinking of adding the racker and having him blend it in and see how it looks when the gun comes back. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radical Precision Designs Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Well, I guess it is time to add a racker to my slide. I'm not going to send it out until this season is over because I don't want to be without my gun.One other question, has anyone added a slideracker to a gun that has already been hard chromed? When talking with Brazos he said he would be able to blend it in or he would need to rehardchrome the gun. I hate to spend $500 to add a slideracker. I'm thinking of adding the racker and having him blend it in and see how it looks when the gun comes back. Pete If anybody can do it right? Bob can surely do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 I'm leaving my next blaster in the white! FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 If it can't be blended successfully, couldn't just the slide be redone??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Didn't somebody come out with a firing pin stop that was also a slide racker? (not sure how much I'd trust that...but it wouldn't require machining and refinishing, just fitting.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Besides the gold color, the racker is one of the few "I know improves my shooting modifications" on my new gun vs the old gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al503 Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Well, I guess it is time to add a racker to my slide. I'm not going to send it out until this season is over because I don't want to be without my gun.One other question, has anyone added a slideracker to a gun that has already been hard chromed? When talking with Brazos he said he would be able to blend it in or he would need to rehardchrome the gun. I hate to spend $500 to add a slideracker. I'm thinking of adding the racker and having him blend it in and see how it looks when the gun comes back. Pete I know it's easier said than done but I would order a new SC with slideracker and shoot what you got until the new one's ready. When you get the new one, use the current as a back up or sell it. You could probably sell it and take a less than $500 hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harmon Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 a racker cannot improve shooting, it improves the manipulation of the gun during loading and unloading. I personally find them useless for me...and ugly. For me there are more important things to spend money on besides a slide-weight thumbreaker. Buy ammo instead and practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 As a stage designer, I like the unloaded gun starts. With them, the shooters get a little out of their element. They know the clock is running, and they are used to the fact that they are normally shooting already. So, the delay is a distraction from the shooting...which can really bother some shooters. They rush. Shooting suffers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino_aki Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 All my Open guns except the Zap (Docter in the Bomar cut) have the back of the slide machined off as a lightening cut so rackers are not an option. I've seen them in use and they do make racking out a jam pretty quick. My newest blaster has an SV slide that has the wide and deep serrations machined at the very end of the sides of the slide making the "slingshot rack" a lot easier. I'm probably going to use some variation of that "rear grip" treatment on the others when I get around to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 PS You can always take it off if you don't like it but as you are discovering it is hard to put one on sometimes. I recommend them. By the way I used to use AL which is lighter than steel but wears too quickly and now have a Ti one that is light and durable. If I got a steel one I would go small although you can take out added weight in other places. Read Flex's post and know that smooth is usually fast so the faster you pick up the gun and the faster you load it the better your shooting is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted August 17, 2006 Share Posted August 17, 2006 if i add a racker, this will make me a Gm... mmm shooting with Todd j. and all Gm's? maybe i'll stay where im at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hey Bill- Where did you find the Ti racker? It would match my Ti comp nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Hey Bill- Where did you find the Ti racker? It would match my Ti comp nicely. Custom made by a friend Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted August 19, 2006 Share Posted August 19, 2006 Flexmoney may have been talking about a slide racker I made and posted in this forum a while back http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=35643. It is far enough back that it’s sure not to hit your fingers while the pistol cycles and it works great. It is though, after all, a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist in my humble opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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