Posted: 9/25/2010 11:06:04 AM EDT
| I bought a Les Baer Concept VI from a local and it has a large idiot mark in it running from the slide release all the way down to the trigger. I've tried contacting Les Baer to see if it's possible to refinish that little area to remove it, but no response after a month. Should I worry about it and get it removed, or am I too vain? |
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I bought a Les Baer Concept VI from a local and it has a large idiot mark in it running from the slide release all the way down to the trigger. I've tried contacting Les Baer to see if it's possible to refinish that little area to remove it, but no response after a month. Should I worry about it and get it removed, or am I too vain? Are you saving it for investment purposes? If not, shoot the hell out of it and don't worry about something as silly as a scratch. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I bought a Les Baer Concept VI from a local and it has a large idiot mark in it running from the slide release all the way down to the trigger. I've tried contacting Les Baer to see if it's possible to refinish that little area to remove it, but no response after a month. Should I worry about it and get it removed, or am I too vain? Are you saving it for investment purposes? If not, shoot the hell out of it and don't worry about something as silly as a scratch. ETA: why would you buy it in the first place if the scratch bothered you? |
| If the pistol is stainless you've got a chance––there are numerous postings on mostly successfuly methods. I know––I've been there. If its blued, you're screwed. Frame refinish is the only way I know of to completely remove the scratch. You could try a little "cold blue" available in several brands, but don't think they'll do the job 100%. If its one of the plated, or painted finishes, just plain don't know. |
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One of my "buddies" convinced me he could buff out a scratch I had on the rear of the slide on my ss springer.
I had no idea he was going to try and use a FUCKING DREMEL to buff it out. No it looks like absolute crap. Where can I send it to get it properly buffed out? Gene |
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Quoted: If the pistol is stainless you've got a chance––there are numerous postings on mostly successfuly methods. Quoted: Where can I send it to get it properly buffed out? one of the methods is to use a scotchbrite pad. you gently pull the pad in the direction of the "grain" of the SS it kind of blends the scratches or just have the SS bead blasted. |
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Good luck convincing people it was the previous owner - I've given up on that for my Springer Loaded Park unit.
If it bothers you, start looking into a higher end coating for the whole weapon... but I'd say just leave it, and instead spend the money on ammo and give it enough honest wear elsewhere. |
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I don't know where the term idiot scratch was coined. If Browning thought it was really that stupid he wouldn't have designed parts that made those scratches.
It's like the selector on an AK47. The scratch will eventually happen unless you are a super anal person who puts the gun together with tools every time. I try to avoid scratching my 1911, and haven't yet but if it happens. Oh well. I don't use a mini screwdriver to depress my plunger I just put pressure on the slide stop and try to put it in right the first time. |
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I don't know where the term idiot scratch was coined. If Browning thought it was really that stupid he wouldn't have designed parts that made those scratches. It's like the selector on an AK47. The scratch will eventually happen unless you are a super anal person who puts the gun together with tools every time. I try to avoid scratching my 1911, and haven't yet but if it happens. Oh well. I don't use a mini screwdriver to depress my plunger I just put pressure on the slide stop and try to put it in right the first time. It is an idiot scratch...if you need tools to put your 1911 together without scratching it you should brush uo on you assembly skills. FWIW My old 1991 colt used to have one...my other ones are not scratched and I don't use tools. perhaps I'm just lucky. |
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One of my "buddies" convinced me he could buff out a scratch I had on the rear of the slide on my ss springer. I had no idea he was going to try and use a FUCKING DREMEL to buff it out. No it looks like absolute crap. Where can I send it to get it properly buffed out? Gene Bring it on over to my house. I have a Dremel with a buffing wheel and I will hook you up. 
I had a similar issue when I let a friend of mine reload some .50 Beowulf ammo for me. The guy did not use the reloading data I provided or the powder that was listed in the directions. I got some shit that would leave unburned powder in my bolt carrier group causing the bolt carrier to hang and not cycle in the upper. |
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I don't know where the term idiot scratch was coined. If Browning thought it was really that stupid he wouldn't have designed parts that made those scratches. It's like the selector on an AK47. The scratch will eventually happen unless you are a super anal person who puts the gun together with tools every time. I try to avoid scratching my 1911, and haven't yet but if it happens. Oh well. I don't use a mini screwdriver to depress my plunger I just put pressure on the slide stop and try to put it in right the first time. He didn't design it like that, unknowing, uncaring or lazy people who stuck the slide stop in at an angle and slid it up caused the issue. |