Picked up a 97B on a consignment recently. The previously owner Crayon?ed the roll-mark, even the magazine couldn't escape the treatment.
I am the complete opposite. I prefer having nothing noticeable at all, so here comes the rubbing alcohol and a toothpick. It cleaned up nicely, but there is still some waxy residual on the polycoat which I will work on later.
The slide is missing the LCI, and the grub screw is loose. Used a 1/16? hex wrench to back out the screw, cleaned and degreased the loaded chamber indicator plate female threads and the screw. Installed the new LCI and applied blue Loctite to ensure that the screw does not walk up and out.
One thing I noticed while disassembling the pistol was that the left side of the trigger bar was not riding on the trigger bar spring. It was actually wedged against the frame. Proper spring tension (3-4mm above the trigger bar) and position will improve the trigger pull. Earlier I did a trigger bar tuning on a P-01 and noticed the difference immediately.
Improper trigger bar spring seating may explain why the trigger bar is only worn on one side
The barrel is pretty beefy at .591? OD
The trigger is pretty meaty too
Screw-on barrel bushing and the recoil spring plug
Guide rod. OEM is the plastic one on top. The stainless steel rod is a door hinge pin from Home Depot. I think I can trim it to make it work, though I need to check the tolerance.
Here are the rest of the tuning suspects
The sear cage is pretty cruddy (JoeL approves
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The disconnector "wings" appear to be worn only on one side
The DA pads on the disconnector
The area between the hammer stop and the hook is very rough
Familiar rubbing surfaces
Skid marks on hammer strut corners
Hammer is rubbing the frame on both sides
Time to get some elbow grease and go to work.
Got some light springs and a set of rubber grips for round 1.
"Let's get ready to rumble!"
