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[chopper duke]

Originally Posted by dm6rocker

Did a little checking, and it seems that the 8-32 stainless insert I linked would fit PERFECT, at least on my duck. They're approximately 2.7mm thick, and the spot on the slide is 2.9mm.

I'd imagine it would be almost the same deal on a Redux. I really think this may be the best bet to fix things up. I'll take stainless over aluminum any day of the week.

I just need to find someone who could drill and tap the required 1/4-36 hole, because I absolutely do not trust myself to do it on a $2000 pump.

FloryPB?

[dm6rocker]

That's what I'm thinking. He's local to me, and I trust his work. I'll have to speak to him about it when I head over.

[Clearush]

let me know how it goes, I'm in the same boat of not being setup to trust myself to do it right. But the stainless insert would be more of an upgrade than just a fix in my mind.

[Chaos]

You could do what I did when I built my clone....Mine uses a 10/32 thumbscrew that is loctited in place so that it's at just the right spot to latch tight but,not too tight....then drill a small divot into the latch itself on the underside and drill another hole that lines up with that divot in the latch,tap the hole for a nylon set screw like the ones Phantoms use for the bolt, and put a small ball bearing on top of the nylon screw so that when the latch is in the closed position it actually locks in place. It'll make taking it apart a little harder and you have to make sure not to lose the bearing,but,helps prevent the screw hole from stripping out

[Clearush]

that's a reasonable ideal if the threads hadn't already come out with the bolt the last time i removed it

[Clearush]

Well Had Claudio work on it a bit and has it fixed, I haven't received it back from Rainman yet but I'll post pics when I do.

[dm6rocker]

Just out of curiosity, what did he do to fix it? My duck is currently with Mike at CCI, and we're trying to figure out a safe way to do it. He doesn't think the inserts will work to well for me.

[Clearush]

not entirely sure but I think he used a cci insert, I haven't gotten it back yet to see.

[Clearush]

Very clean steel insert fix, I will have pictures up later this weekend. I just got it back last night.

[dm6rocker]

Nice! Mike is going to do the same thing for my Duck, should be done this week. He's fixing my lower grip, too. I'm eager to see the picture, so I have an idea what to expect.