Well I have wanted a 10 MM long slide for many years and last August my Dad helped me make it happen with some B-Day dollars.
I ordered a Storm Lake 10mm 6.02" barrel and a Lone Wolf long slide for a Glock 20.
The first challenge was getting my re-loads to squeeze into the match grade chamber. I ended up making the "red neck" chamber hone to allow my rounds to seat correctly and function as they should. I wrote it up as the "Bore Horny" thread. Link:http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/237427-Bore-Horny!?highlight=red+neck+chamber
I loaded up some 135 grain Nosler JHP, with 11 grains of AA#5, seated at 1.25 OAL that are good for nearly 1,500 FPS out of the 6.02" barrel. They make a nice show of force with water filled soda cans.
The slide needed minor fitting-a polishing of the breach face but otherwise was good to go out of the box which surprised me. The barrel took the most amount of work-initially. The suppressor sights were a bit of a challenge and required metal removal on both the slide and the sights to fit correctly or at all.
I wanted to go electric red dot with this project and CDNN had a sale on Docter 7.0 (MOA) red dot optics. I had researched red dots back in 2003-2004 and Docter made one of the good ones then. I should have gotten a Burris Fast Fire in hindsight (perhaps?).
Acmech who is a really cool gun dude and a great American offered me the use of his mill to recess the sight in the slide so that with suppressor sights they would co-witness with the red dot. The mill cut worked great and was so close I had to use a jeweler’s file to cut the radius to exactly 90 degrees as the sight would slide down but stop short due to the cutting bit's radius.
The slide mill cut being a great fit, I drilled and tapped it for the sight and went shooting. This is a very accurate pistol and stupid fast to acquire on a target. The recoil was moderate not over whelming for the 135 grain barn burners.
Well the Docter red dot has no off or on switch and has a sensor that in total darkness shuts down the sight. To turn it off put it in a box, case, safe that has no light and it turns off. It has a plastic case cover that is used to turn it off but due to very tight tolerances the cover would not fit. The mill cut needed to be enlarged forward less than 1/8". Easy a few minutes on the mill and done deal right?
Uh, nope!
The red arrow shows the spark of events to follow. The screw holes (blue arrows) for the sight had the old screws cut off and TIG welded so the red dot could be shifted back but new holes retain strength for new screws. More to follow in part II, dag nabbit, son of a biscuit!
I ordered a Storm Lake 10mm 6.02" barrel and a Lone Wolf long slide for a Glock 20.
The first challenge was getting my re-loads to squeeze into the match grade chamber. I ended up making the "red neck" chamber hone to allow my rounds to seat correctly and function as they should. I wrote it up as the "Bore Horny" thread. Link:http://www.theoutdoorstrader.com/threads/237427-Bore-Horny!?highlight=red+neck+chamber
I loaded up some 135 grain Nosler JHP, with 11 grains of AA#5, seated at 1.25 OAL that are good for nearly 1,500 FPS out of the 6.02" barrel. They make a nice show of force with water filled soda cans.
The slide needed minor fitting-a polishing of the breach face but otherwise was good to go out of the box which surprised me. The barrel took the most amount of work-initially. The suppressor sights were a bit of a challenge and required metal removal on both the slide and the sights to fit correctly or at all.
I wanted to go electric red dot with this project and CDNN had a sale on Docter 7.0 (MOA) red dot optics. I had researched red dots back in 2003-2004 and Docter made one of the good ones then. I should have gotten a Burris Fast Fire in hindsight (perhaps?).
Acmech who is a really cool gun dude and a great American offered me the use of his mill to recess the sight in the slide so that with suppressor sights they would co-witness with the red dot. The mill cut worked great and was so close I had to use a jeweler’s file to cut the radius to exactly 90 degrees as the sight would slide down but stop short due to the cutting bit's radius.
The slide mill cut being a great fit, I drilled and tapped it for the sight and went shooting. This is a very accurate pistol and stupid fast to acquire on a target. The recoil was moderate not over whelming for the 135 grain barn burners.
Well the Docter red dot has no off or on switch and has a sensor that in total darkness shuts down the sight. To turn it off put it in a box, case, safe that has no light and it turns off. It has a plastic case cover that is used to turn it off but due to very tight tolerances the cover would not fit. The mill cut needed to be enlarged forward less than 1/8". Easy a few minutes on the mill and done deal right?
Uh, nope!
The red arrow shows the spark of events to follow. The screw holes (blue arrows) for the sight had the old screws cut off and TIG welded so the red dot could be shifted back but new holes retain strength for new screws. More to follow in part II, dag nabbit, son of a biscuit!
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