Well after tearing my Outlaw down totally I dropped it off with Striker for some refinishing. The upside is that the parts came back totally degreased, including the barrels (he complained it took three bakings to get all the grease out from between the barrels), and cleaner than before. The first thing you notice is the parts aren't as bad as the looked when the gun was disassembled, they seem alot better, and better fitting with the KG Gunkote on them, that said, who wants a puzzle:
I took my time reassembling them, taking the slop out of the original assembly, loctiting the pivot screw in etc, and making sure the safety worked properly, and was solidly in the gun. (I should make a note here, the rear trigger, if pulled firmly when cocked, with the safety on, would pop the safety off and fire. This was due to the rear tang screw being to tight when done at the factory, and while the first trigger was rock solid, the second was not. A little care on reassembly, and it works solidly).
That all said, reassembly of the sideplates is lots of fun, set aside a few minutes if you decide to tear them totally down.
For the colour scheme I was going to go Stainless, and bling the hell out of this gun, just for the grumpy old men on here, but Striker had tons of OD, so back to my favourite colour it was, with flat black accents, being the rib, the screws, cross pin, and the inside of the action release lever.
the front bead, I believe it was a 3mm, had to go, and a quick retapping to 6-48 and in went a dandy little tritium front (originally intended for another project, but for 30$s, it looks and sights really well).
Striker took the time to do the firing pin nipples as well, a few critical parts were left unfinished, and I used a spray moly to coat them separately.
Finished product, with a Brownells one size fits all buttplate now in place.
And with her big Dlask brother...
My final apologies to RobAK, I didn't get the bayonet lug on it... yet
Anyway, all going well I will get out in the next week or two, and get some real glamour shots
I took my time reassembling them, taking the slop out of the original assembly, loctiting the pivot screw in etc, and making sure the safety worked properly, and was solidly in the gun. (I should make a note here, the rear trigger, if pulled firmly when cocked, with the safety on, would pop the safety off and fire. This was due to the rear tang screw being to tight when done at the factory, and while the first trigger was rock solid, the second was not. A little care on reassembly, and it works solidly).
That all said, reassembly of the sideplates is lots of fun, set aside a few minutes if you decide to tear them totally down.
For the colour scheme I was going to go Stainless, and bling the hell out of this gun, just for the grumpy old men on here, but Striker had tons of OD, so back to my favourite colour it was, with flat black accents, being the rib, the screws, cross pin, and the inside of the action release lever.
the front bead, I believe it was a 3mm, had to go, and a quick retapping to 6-48 and in went a dandy little tritium front (originally intended for another project, but for 30$s, it looks and sights really well).
Striker took the time to do the firing pin nipples as well, a few critical parts were left unfinished, and I used a spray moly to coat them separately.
Finished product, with a Brownells one size fits all buttplate now in place.
And with her big Dlask brother...
My final apologies to RobAK, I didn't get the bayonet lug on it... yet
Anyway, all going well I will get out in the next week or two, and get some real glamour shots
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