alamo5000
14 September 2016, 20:51
I have a CZ75B that I finally decided to give a go as a secondary suppressor host. About a year ago I bought a threaded replacement barrel directly from CZ. Believe me... it was a pain in the ass because for whatever reason because those specific threaded barrels aren't in stock very often (or at least weren't)... I had to get on a waitlist for quite a while to pick one up.
Well this evening to my dismay I dropped the barrel in but the slide would not lock forward. After examining and looking and comparing with a known barrel I finally figured out that my barrel wasn't seating all the way in the slide itself.
Anyway after more hunting and examining and looking I finally figured out where and how it was binding. Anyway long story short I took to google and this is one of the things I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb9HJMPF9v4
After about an hour worth of work with a file and a whet stone I can say for sure that my barrel now fits. The slide goes forward into full battery and the interference points are all gone. Everything seems perfect. Tomorrow I will do the final step which is to test fire it but all indications are good to go.
I will let you guys know if a CZ 75B is a decent suppressor host tomorrow. [:D]
Anyway that's a quick rundown on my first ever fitting of a pistol barrel. Every other time I just dropped it in and it ran like a champ... but this time I had to make it fit. I guess CZ has their reasons why their replacement barrels aren't truly 'drop in' but it's good information to know that it's all fixable.
Well this evening to my dismay I dropped the barrel in but the slide would not lock forward. After examining and looking and comparing with a known barrel I finally figured out that my barrel wasn't seating all the way in the slide itself.
Anyway after more hunting and examining and looking I finally figured out where and how it was binding. Anyway long story short I took to google and this is one of the things I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb9HJMPF9v4
After about an hour worth of work with a file and a whet stone I can say for sure that my barrel now fits. The slide goes forward into full battery and the interference points are all gone. Everything seems perfect. Tomorrow I will do the final step which is to test fire it but all indications are good to go.
I will let you guys know if a CZ 75B is a decent suppressor host tomorrow. [:D]
Anyway that's a quick rundown on my first ever fitting of a pistol barrel. Every other time I just dropped it in and it ran like a champ... but this time I had to make it fit. I guess CZ has their reasons why their replacement barrels aren't truly 'drop in' but it's good information to know that it's all fixable.