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Posted: 4/7/2007 12:57:33 PM EDT
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I picked up a forged lower in a trade for an Beowulf upper. Function is perfect except for the "tab" that the trigger guard goes into near the grip. The guy broke it changing out a large guard with a flat one. He got the pin through the broken piece and guard into the other side. When he was doing the final setting it broke (that's why I like the vice grip trick with some CLP). Anyway, I've heard of this happening before, but have never heard of a fix. The piece fits flush and except for the silver line in the finish you can't even tell. Is there a way to epoxy or fix this back into place? No biggie, if not I'll knock the other side off, sand it and refinish with duracoat. TIA |
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Send it back to the manufacturer and see if they will make you a new lower with the same serial number. You will probably have to pay for this. Any other option is not worth your time and money. If the manufaturer won't replace it, chop the lower in half, toss it in the garbage and get a new lower. |
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Thanks for the suggestions, I had though of JB weld as I've had luck with it in the past. Never thought of the magpul miad, good idea. Why would I want to toss it or even send it back to manufacture, when I essentially got it for free? It was a last minute addition to a trade for a beowulf upper that I had $400 in and got a Springfield XD 45, YHM free float rail hadnguard and the lower. Thanks for the suggestions will do a JB weld, then cover with the MIAD. |
| Yeah, I wouldn't throw it away, it's just a friggin trigger guard tab. If JBweld doesn't work, the Miad full kit or magpul's winter upgrade from PKfirearms will do the trick by avoiding any pins through those tabs altogether. Either way- don't throw out the lower just because a small tab has broken. |
| the same thing happened to me i brought it to a welder who did aluminum and had him weld the ear back on . then i filed down the excess weld with a file by hand and i still have to send it back to colt to get it refinished (about $225.00). it came out perfect though. |
That looks like a really good way of repairing it except I would add one pin or two to prevent it from rotating around the screw and I would also use a good metal bond epoxy and cure it at an elevated temperature, also red Loctite the screw. |
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