After field stripping a gun but leaving everything in the slide intact, then engraving the slide would that cause damage to anything in the slide? for example the firing pin or anything of that nature. I know this is a very newb question but I have looked in the tips archive and site search and could not find an answer....... and I am a newb.
Question: bad for the gun??
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Wew0001 No problem the firing pin is in a safe place in side the slide,show us some pictures of your engraving? J.J.
Southern Custom
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As long as you are not putting any pressure on a moving part with the vise you wont hurt a thing. The vibration of engraving is to slight to be of consequence. I generally strip completely, only because on most guns I do a lot of prep finishing and don't wan't dust finding it's way into the firing pin or other areas.
Layne
Layne
Thanks for the help guys. I don't have the gun yet, I was just trying to form a future plan. I will post pictures when I'm done though..... JJ Roberts here are a couple things I am working on now/ recently completed.
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Ed Westerly
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Looks like you're off to a fine start, just watch out for the backbone elbows, and make you shading lines in the leaves thinner and more numerous, and try a little crosshatching at the bases of the leaves.
you must be cautious when securing in your vise. don't use excess pressure, and pad the jaws with lead or leather. actually , just snug the slide a bit. a lot of pressure is not really needed.
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