Issue with CW45 Slide Wear ???

[45_Aficionado]

I recently took my CW45 to the range for the 1st time and ran #100 rounds of Remington through it. Functioned perfectly other than consistently shooting low at 10 yards, although some of that is probably user error with lack of practice of a good trigger pull.

After shooting, I noticed that the inside of the slide where the recoil spring rides is very thin and subsequently burred while shooting. I scraped the copper cleaning brush over the area and a lot of metal came out. I realize this may not impede function, but it still concerns me. I also wanted to post some pics of the frame to slide gap and the barrel alignment in case this is also an issue.

What do you guys think?

image by sean_devillain, on Flickr

image by sean_devillain, on Flickr

image by sean_devillain, on Flickr

image by sean_devillain, on Flickr

[yqtszhj]

Welcome to the forum. That notch is there intentionally. As a matter of fact it's a bit bigger on some guns and if you want to smooth it out that will be fine. Provides room for the barrel to tilt during loading and ejection I believe. Smooth out any rough edges if you like and shoot it like you stole it.

I'm glad it functioned well for you and after 500 rounds you wont believe how smooth it gets.

Happy shooting.

[45_Aficionado]

Welcome to the forum. That notch is there intentionally. As a matter of fact it's a bit bigger on some guns and if you want to smooth it out that will be fine. Provides room for the barrel to tilt during loading and ejection I believe. Smooth out any rough edges if you like and shoot it like you stole it.

I'm glad it functioned well for you and after 500 rounds you wont believe how smooth it gets.

Happy shooting.

I really appreciate the info. I thought that was odd since I couldn't really find any wear marks on the barrel or guide rod. I really like the gun! Just ordered a fiber optic front site from Dawson Precision that is 0.160 in height and should raise the POI at 10 yards by 2". Thanks again!

[CJB]

There are a good many folks that have taken dremel sanding drum to that area, or sandpaper wrapped on a dowel... and made the half mood not such a knife edge. That spot serves as relief. Its a sort of after-cut, that allows barrel assembly to the slide, and tilting during the firing cycle. Just clean it up some and thats all ya really need. If it bothers you, you can clean it up _and_ make it pretty with a dremel.

Hate to say take dremel to new gun, but ya know... sometimes ease and expediancy being what they are, ya gotta.

[45_Aficionado]

Well I'm pleased to say that I used CJB's idea and used a very small wooden dowel wrapped in 600 grit paper to finish the area after using a small set of hobby files to knock off the majority of the rough edges. I thought about using the Dremel as suggested, but that had disaster written all over it for me, lol!

Thanks for the help!


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