srfl
07-20-2005, 23:02
A few months back I mentioned on the Steyrclub that I purchased an older M40 on Gunbroker. It had the older-style trigger and extractor. It also had night sights that were butchered by the previous owner (or the *insert expletive here* he hired to install the sights).
I had the gun refurbished, albeit not completely.
I managed to get a new recoil spring, extractor and night sights from USASteyr but failed to get a new trigger assembly. After that, off to my local gunsmith, Accurate Plating & Weaponry (AP&W) in Safety Harbor, FL.
I asked to have the sights installed and slide and all frame externals hard chrome (HC) plated (save for the barrel and night sights).
Well, the job was done very nicely; however AP&W failed to do the slide plate and frame subassembly. They did plate the extractor. Bob Cogan admitted that they had a problem removing the (new) extractor after they bead-blasted the slide....as a result they drilled a small hole to facilitate removing the extractor. He assured me that the hole was drilled in a non-stress bearing part of the slide.... ;g
Regardless, I didn't get on their case about it or the other parts they failed to plate since the rest of the gun looked nice as these photos show:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/DSCN0063.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/DSCN0065.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/.DSCN0068.jpg
After gawking at the gun for what seemed to be hours, I cleaned and took it to the range.
The gun's first range trip was pure frustration. I took a few boxes of Speer 165 grain Gold Dot JHPs and Winchester WINClean 165 grain BEB rounds only to have about 10 FTEs and FTFs...including one cartridge case that was wedged tight in the barrel's chamber....oh well...so went range day one.
After that failure, I realized that AP&W may have failed to open the e-mail I sent them with the on-line Steyr disassembly tutorials URLs....as such, they probably had the extractor reassembled in wrong position.
I cleaned the gun, took out (and reinstalled) the extractor and took the gun and 250 of the aforementioned rounds to the range.
SUCCESS! Woo Hoo!! ;f
I only had (mercifully) one FTE which was easy to clear.
I hope the gun breaks in and gives me little problems....other than the occasional person that can't tell the difference between this M40 and a S&W Sigma (one of the range employees thought my M40 was a Sigma!!!)..... ;g
After getting my M40 at AP&W, Cogan and I chatted about guns in general.....I noticed his carry gun was a ported Kel Tec P10 converted to 357 SIG.
I plan on sending him more plating work in the future....but he is moving from FL to AL...or was it GA?
I had the gun refurbished, albeit not completely.
I managed to get a new recoil spring, extractor and night sights from USASteyr but failed to get a new trigger assembly. After that, off to my local gunsmith, Accurate Plating & Weaponry (AP&W) in Safety Harbor, FL.
I asked to have the sights installed and slide and all frame externals hard chrome (HC) plated (save for the barrel and night sights).
Well, the job was done very nicely; however AP&W failed to do the slide plate and frame subassembly. They did plate the extractor. Bob Cogan admitted that they had a problem removing the (new) extractor after they bead-blasted the slide....as a result they drilled a small hole to facilitate removing the extractor. He assured me that the hole was drilled in a non-stress bearing part of the slide.... ;g
Regardless, I didn't get on their case about it or the other parts they failed to plate since the rest of the gun looked nice as these photos show:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/DSCN0063.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/DSCN0065.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a47/srfl/Steyr/.DSCN0068.jpg
After gawking at the gun for what seemed to be hours, I cleaned and took it to the range.
The gun's first range trip was pure frustration. I took a few boxes of Speer 165 grain Gold Dot JHPs and Winchester WINClean 165 grain BEB rounds only to have about 10 FTEs and FTFs...including one cartridge case that was wedged tight in the barrel's chamber....oh well...so went range day one.
After that failure, I realized that AP&W may have failed to open the e-mail I sent them with the on-line Steyr disassembly tutorials URLs....as such, they probably had the extractor reassembled in wrong position.
I cleaned the gun, took out (and reinstalled) the extractor and took the gun and 250 of the aforementioned rounds to the range.
SUCCESS! Woo Hoo!! ;f
I only had (mercifully) one FTE which was easy to clear.
I hope the gun breaks in and gives me little problems....other than the occasional person that can't tell the difference between this M40 and a S&W Sigma (one of the range employees thought my M40 was a Sigma!!!)..... ;g
After getting my M40 at AP&W, Cogan and I chatted about guns in general.....I noticed his carry gun was a ported Kel Tec P10 converted to 357 SIG.
I plan on sending him more plating work in the future....but he is moving from FL to AL...or was it GA?
