I tore down my old Hunter this morning at the request of a member to see what the wear looks like on the parts. The slide locking lugs and ejector modification has some interest. This after several years, a frame hard chrome job and several thousand 10mm bombs through it.
This is where the guide rod sets in the frame channel. Basically why the cone guide-rod was created. It still looks pretty new there and also on the slide landing area on top. Original spring, etc...
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Here is the ejector and I cut it to a bloody knub :P This is light work with a Dremel and small half bastard file.
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Original slide stop that has also been hard chromed. I did file the spring retaining notch down some early to keep it from popping out. It's probably fine as-is in other calibers... not so much in 10mm. Considering I busted one in my Dan Wesson Razorback and CZ's eat them after some rounds... that's saying something! I don't see much wear here at all really.
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Original two-piece guide-rod end that anchors in frame channel. Not much wear at all.
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The factory pin holding the two-piece rod busted a while ago. I fixed it with JB Weld and a peened pin of my choosing. I also somewhat polished the rod end.
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The slide rails show a little wear, but nothing crazy. Some of the original black slide color still shows on them in places. Original extractor and spring assembly. I have never touched it!
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Original barrel with the locking lugs and ramp still looking good. I did polish the feed ramp one time since new. I found a deal on a spare barrel that I have kept squirreled away.
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The Peanut/Kidney barrel cam still looks good. Saw a post this week about a busted CZ piece.
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The barrel locking lugs. The locking lugs still look to have defined edges. Some shiny wear on the slide contact areas. I don't know the original meat measurement of how tall they were and know it varies some from slide to slide. I will find the lug picture of my Limited 10mm when it was new and post.
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Slide contact area, firing pin block, firing pin and flat bottom retention block show very little wear.
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Here is the Limited's locking lugs just past new.
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Still looks pretty good today
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I forgot to mention I purchased it used and don't know exactly how many rounds the prior owner put on it. If it goes another 3-4 years before something major goes, I got my money's worth out of it!
Thanks for the pics! Dang, mine had more wear on the front edges of the locking lugs than yours and I had 500 rounds through it and only about 200 loaded like real 10mm. Yours is wearing fantastically!
Maybe yours had some kind of abnormality or fitment issue causing wear there. I wonder if sending it in to EAA wouldn't have been a good option?
Quote from: Intercooler on December 11 2017 01:52:47 AM MST
Maybe yours had some kind of abnormality or fitment issue causing wear there. I wonder if sending it in to EAA wouldn't have been a good option?
Might have, and I probably should have at least tried. I have just heard so many horror stories about their customer service that I didn't want to deal with all of it.
I think it's still lifetime warranty. I think at some point I would have.