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Posted: 11/20/2015 11:18:05 PM EDT
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GSL... if you have not done a staking job before, use a small ball burr on a Foredom or Dremel to deepen the chamfer to the holes on the inside of the frame... to give the new plunger tube something to swage into... when installed, place a drop of oil under the new tube, and then try to wiggle the tube... movement of the oil will show you don't have it as tight as needed
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Posted: 11/21/2015 6:46:06 AM EDT
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http://www.blindhogg.com/gunsmith/plungertube.html
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Posted: 12/29/2015 2:55:22 PM EDT
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Quoted: I've got a Springfield Loaded that I was giving a detailed strip to check for fair wear and tear, and the housing came off on it's own. My question is, which is the best replacement out there to use? I'm just going to take the other one and chuck it in the trash, and having whichever one I get to be staked in its place. Are you in the PHX area? |
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Posted: 12/29/2015 4:50:34 PM EDT
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I've got a Springfield Loaded that I was giving a detailed strip to check for fair wear and tear, and the housing came off on it's own. My question is, which is the best replacement out there to use? I'm just going to take the other one and chuck it in the trash, and having whichever one I get to be staked in its place. Are you in the PHX area? |
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Posted: 12/30/2015 4:44:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Prescott area. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've got a Springfield Loaded that I was giving a detailed strip to check for fair wear and tear, and the housing came off on it's own. My question is, which is the best replacement out there to use? I'm just going to take the other one and chuck it in the trash, and having whichever one I get to be staked in its place. Are you in the PHX area? Honestly, if you are really into 1911s, get the Brownell's staking tool....I have yet to run into an standard production brand of 1911 where loose plunger tubes aren't encountered. Colt, Springfield, etc. At some point you will run into a loose tube. It's a good 54 dollar insurance policy. Say 64 with shipping. |
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Posted: 12/30/2015 10:31:09 PM EDT
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The best plunger tubes are name brand machined from bar stock.
You want one that has a slight web at the base of the tubes, not a sharp corner where the tubes meet the plunger tube. The sharp tube joints tend to break off where the webbed tubes won't. Good bar stock tubes are Ed Brown, Nowlin, Yost-Bonitz, and Wilson Bullet Proof. |
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Posted: 12/30/2015 10:38:50 PM EDT
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I've got a Springfield Loaded that I was giving a detailed strip to check for fair wear and tear, and the housing came off on it's own. My question is, which is the best replacement out there to use? I'm just going to take the other one and chuck it in the trash, and having whichever one I get to be staked in its place. I've had good luck with Ed Brown replacement tubes. Nice long legs. |
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Posted: 12/30/2015 10:43:38 PM EDT
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The best plunger tubes are name brand machined from bar stock. You want one that has a slight web at the base of the tubes, not a sharp corner where the tubes meet the plunger tube. The sharp tube joints tend to break off where the webbed tubes won't. Good bar stock tubes are Ed Brown, Nowlin, Yost-Bonitz, and Wilson Bullet Proof.  I took Hans for a Glock kind of guy but man he is all about that 1911.
My Loaded is going to end up almost all Wilson Combat or Ed Brown at this rate, with just a Springfield frame. |
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