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Gunsmithing (no politics)
pwhodges:
I apologise for the lack of clarity; but as the result of a discussion among the mods, we have decided that within this thread which is specifically about guns, I was being stricter than necessary. This thread is about guns - those who don't wish to see guns can safely avoid it because the title clearly says what it is, so I will not insist on spoilers.
Thanks to you both for being prepared to cooperate, though!
indiespy:
Lately I've been playing with the idea of a compact version of the Tokarev pistol as a back up to my carry pistol which happens to be a Yugo Tokarev. My only problem is finding a shorter barrel, slide and recoil spring. The recoil spring and slide would be the hardest from a engineering point. Any suggestions or ideas? I'm planning to use a standard Romanian or Polish frame and just matching them to the shortened upper.
Caspian Sea Monster:
My first thought is to cut and weld the slide in the middle, to remove material between the locking lug recesses and the bushing track. I don't think there's enough meat to machine a new bushing track if you just shorten the slide from the front end. Shouldn't be any problem shortening the guide rod to match, but you'll have to bump up to a stiffer spring to account for the lighter slide. That's a pretty ambitious project though.
indiespy:
--- Quote from: Caspian Sea Monster on 05 Nov 2013, 19:17 ---My first thought is to cut and weld the slide in the middle, to remove material between the locking lug recesses and the bushing track. I don't think there's enough meat to machine a new bushing track if you just shorten the slide from the front end. Shouldn't be any problem shortening the guide rod to match, but you'll have to bump up to a stiffer spring to account for the lighter slide. That's a pretty ambitious project though.
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The slide shouldn't be a problem then. My father can do the welding. The spring however is what I'm concerned with. I don't know what the standard spring is rated for and what I will need for the new slide.
GarandMarine:
Yeah that's a serious piece of work. I concur with CSM in general, I'd have to look at a Tokarev in person and think about it before I had any concrete thoughts on the project.
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