My slide stop is broken and not repairable. When I looked for a new one I see they are different than mine. Numrich # 185180c. That one has an integral pivot pin. Mine never had an integral pin but instead a stud in the frame and a hole in the slide stop. The stud in nicely machined, blued, and show no evidence of ever having been staked. It was always problematical. Did Colt ever make them like that?
IF not mine was probably a factory error where the slide stop was not properly staked to the pivot pin? IF so I will need to remove the pin from the frame. I was thinking of drilling (in a milling machine) tapping, and extracting with a socket head sap screw. Same idea as the RCBS stuck case remover.
If that fails I can drill the appropriate hole in the frame using the milling machine.
The pivot pin/stud seems pretty hard. Grabbing it with pliers did not mangle it.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
IF not mine was probably a factory error where the slide stop was not properly staked to the pivot pin? IF so I will need to remove the pin from the frame. I was thinking of drilling (in a milling machine) tapping, and extracting with a socket head sap screw. Same idea as the RCBS stuck case remover.
If that fails I can drill the appropriate hole in the frame using the milling machine.
The pivot pin/stud seems pretty hard. Grabbing it with pliers did not mangle it.
Any thoughts?
Thanks