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Let me see if this makes sense to anyone else.
You know that cutout, on the breech end of the slide, through which you see the hammer? I'm sure there is a better technical term for that part of the gun, but that's as good as I can do.
Well, I've noted that that is one of the first places to attract dust and lint. I thought of one way that I MIGHT be able to reduce that, and I wanted to see what you guys thought. What about a tiny sliver of plain scotch tape? I thought of this today, and I am in public and thus unable to examine the P3AT in detail right now, but does the hammer actually extend out past this slot when firing? I didn't think it did. So what if you just put a small bit of scotch tape over that open slot? It shouldn't be strong enough to cause any issues, as its not really touching any parts in motion during firing, that I can think of. It wouldn't extend down onto the frame. It might blow off during firing of course, but that's irrelevant...the idea being, just a temporary covering to prevent lint or dust building up in there.
Am I crazy? Has this been done before? Would it be helpful or harmful?
Cheers,
Nic
You know that cutout, on the breech end of the slide, through which you see the hammer? I'm sure there is a better technical term for that part of the gun, but that's as good as I can do.
Well, I've noted that that is one of the first places to attract dust and lint. I thought of one way that I MIGHT be able to reduce that, and I wanted to see what you guys thought. What about a tiny sliver of plain scotch tape? I thought of this today, and I am in public and thus unable to examine the P3AT in detail right now, but does the hammer actually extend out past this slot when firing? I didn't think it did. So what if you just put a small bit of scotch tape over that open slot? It shouldn't be strong enough to cause any issues, as its not really touching any parts in motion during firing, that I can think of. It wouldn't extend down onto the frame. It might blow off during firing of course, but that's irrelevant...the idea being, just a temporary covering to prevent lint or dust building up in there.
Am I crazy? Has this been done before? Would it be helpful or harmful?
Cheers,
Nic