- Location
- Burnaby, BC
After a month of waiting on BC CFO I finally received my NP29 from Frontier - AAA+ for quick shipping.
After wiping off the excess grease I dry fired it a couple of times and the trigger felt really rough and horrible - sort of like trying to pull a brick out of a wall after you removed some of the mortar. The gun is rough, the magazine and well are rough. Inside frame, slide, and dust cover - rough. Petting my dog backwards is smoother. Anyway I am learning a bit of home school gun smithing and this was expected. Pulling the mainspring off was a bit of a surprise because I actually had to pry it. Usually the hammer strut just pushes it out smoothly but the plastic back strap was being held in place by it's own friction and the sear spring - the sear spring was bet so so far at the base it held the housing in place even with hammer cocked. Did I mention the gun is rough? Sharp edges on frame where grip safety resides. Hammer feels like drum brake between frame. I know, by now you are thinking "what a POS!" Well I was surprised to find a very decent sear and disconnector behind the hammer. They are all blued parts internally, but made okay. Trigger bow / frame guide also blued and rough.
So while listening to Radiohead I enjoyed some filing and polishing of frame internals, grinding inside dust cover, and did a little trigger job with stock parts. I filed smooth the trigger groove, hammer and it's home on the frame, the sear, disconnector, and hammer. I replaced the trigger with a spare one I had with stainless bow. Changed the mainspring house with a steel mag well combo. I had tried to jig the sear but it was too low on the jig to take anymore off. I polished and bent the sear spring to proper proportions and feel. Then I cut the mag release spring for lighter mag release.
Put it all back together and had it at the range today - put about 50 rounds thru it. I absolutely hate the look of the rear sight and was looking desperately to change it - No need. Verdict: I love this NP29 - After a little home tuning she shoots very very well. Low recoil 9mm action, really good trigger pull - reset needs work but it does. Sights... gawd dang accurate (20 yards) - fugly, but accurate.
This gun looks like it fell off the top branch of the 1911 tree and over the ugly cliff landing in bat feces - but for $360 and a bit of TLC, it will perform as well as, if not better than any other 9mm for 2 or 3 times the price.
She ain't pretty but she tries hard in bed.
After wiping off the excess grease I dry fired it a couple of times and the trigger felt really rough and horrible - sort of like trying to pull a brick out of a wall after you removed some of the mortar. The gun is rough, the magazine and well are rough. Inside frame, slide, and dust cover - rough. Petting my dog backwards is smoother. Anyway I am learning a bit of home school gun smithing and this was expected. Pulling the mainspring off was a bit of a surprise because I actually had to pry it. Usually the hammer strut just pushes it out smoothly but the plastic back strap was being held in place by it's own friction and the sear spring - the sear spring was bet so so far at the base it held the housing in place even with hammer cocked. Did I mention the gun is rough? Sharp edges on frame where grip safety resides. Hammer feels like drum brake between frame. I know, by now you are thinking "what a POS!" Well I was surprised to find a very decent sear and disconnector behind the hammer. They are all blued parts internally, but made okay. Trigger bow / frame guide also blued and rough.
So while listening to Radiohead I enjoyed some filing and polishing of frame internals, grinding inside dust cover, and did a little trigger job with stock parts. I filed smooth the trigger groove, hammer and it's home on the frame, the sear, disconnector, and hammer. I replaced the trigger with a spare one I had with stainless bow. Changed the mainspring house with a steel mag well combo. I had tried to jig the sear but it was too low on the jig to take anymore off. I polished and bent the sear spring to proper proportions and feel. Then I cut the mag release spring for lighter mag release.
Put it all back together and had it at the range today - put about 50 rounds thru it. I absolutely hate the look of the rear sight and was looking desperately to change it - No need. Verdict: I love this NP29 - After a little home tuning she shoots very very well. Low recoil 9mm action, really good trigger pull - reset needs work but it does. Sights... gawd dang accurate (20 yards) - fugly, but accurate.
This gun looks like it fell off the top branch of the 1911 tree and over the ugly cliff landing in bat feces - but for $360 and a bit of TLC, it will perform as well as, if not better than any other 9mm for 2 or 3 times the price.
She ain't pretty but she tries hard in bed.
