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Question: I've read here several times that one reason the factory doesn't make a lot of blued pistols is the frames are cast and there are imperfections in many of them that blueing won't cover but the polycoat hides.
Did you see any pits/dark spots in the frame metal on this one?
And, trigger pull? Could it just be a geometry thing with the way the parts fit together causing it to take more force to move the sear/hammer in position to fire? Like the camming issue seen with some of the pistols where even though it's cocked pulling the trigger far/hard enough to fire the gun results in the hammer moving backwards against the hammer spring before releasing/firing?
I think it’s luck of the draw, nothing terrible usually, there is usually a matte texture to the back strap of grip and muzzle of slide. Requires some sanding to smooth. Also the rear curved part of the frame where the hammer pin goes in sometimes has a coarse line, crease in the metal that takes a lot of sanding to smooth out.
This Massada had the back strap texture, and two dark spots without pitting that actually disappeared during bluing. One small pit developed on the side of the frame that was barely noticeable but I sanded it down and reblued.
Some of these older frames have had metal repairs from the factory from defect in the casting and you can see them from the inside of the frame before stripping. One example is on GB now which is a nice preB with enamel finish but there are spots where the enamel has peeled off there the repairs were done. I think that is the case in this photo.
Those are not going to do well with a bluing since the metal composition is different and I think will show.
For the trigger pull, I couldn’t resist the deals lately and got a p-01 and the DA pull on that is much less than on the Massada. Massada is consistently heavy in DA prior to full hammer cock so it’s not a sear engagement and SA is smooth and easy.
I don’t think it’s a geometry issue, just wondering if it is because I am using a full size hammer spring in a compact, but that’s the only one offered. I could try to swap to the original spring but it was so hard to get the mag brake in I don’t want to have to do it again.
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