Members Mactechbri Posted October 23, 2011 Members Report Posted October 23, 2011 Where is the tape you took off of the gun? In the trash??? Get it out of the trash and check it.. Brian Quote
Members woodandsteel Posted October 23, 2011 Author Members Report Posted October 23, 2011 Where is the tape you took off of the gun? In the trash??? Get it out of the trash and check it.. Wow...Why didn't I think of that? That is normal wear and tear on the barrel hood. More than likely someone touched it up and the tape took off the touch up. Painters tape should not damage any factory or properly applied finish. What you are seeing is the slight scrape you get when the barrel drops down to disengage from its locking lugs and the slide moves back and over the hood. This turns out to be correct! (WHEW!) I disassembled the gun and found this: The gun is an FNP-45 Tactical. It's a less common package with a threaded barrel and tall sights, to clear a suppressor. Because of those features, hardly anyone makes a holster for it. It's a big gun with very big mags! Quote
Members woodandsteel Posted October 23, 2011 Author Members Report Posted October 23, 2011 The customer is the owner of a local range and gun store, so I was really dreading the thought of telling him I messed up his gun, but was prepared to deal with it. He wanted just a basic slide holster and mag holder, and only requested that it not be molded too tight. It was only the second time I've attempted a slide holster and double mag pouch, and truthfully I'm not totally pleased with the result. But I'm my own worst critic. The belt slots turned out a bit too wide (I need a proper belt slot punch) , I botched the molding, and I just don't really like the mag holder design. (Sigh) Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted October 23, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted October 23, 2011 Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members evandailey Posted October 23, 2011 Members Report Posted October 23, 2011 Wow...Why didn't I think of that? This turns out to be correct! (WHEW!) I disassembled the gun and found this: The gun is an FNP-45 Tactical. It's a less common package with a threaded barrel and tall sights, to clear a suppressor. Because of those features, hardly anyone makes a holster for it. It's a big gun with very big mags! While wear on that part of the barrel is normal, the wear pattern in your picture is not. It looks to me like i can see fingerprint pattern in the removed portion, which would be consistent with you print putting pressure on the tape. However, that gun does appear to have been coated with an aftermarket finish which I can tell you from experience if the metal was not TOTALLY clean and properly warm before they applied the coating you can flake it off with you fingernail. The inside of the slide looks like this is going on as well. So you may have done it, but I would not say it was necessarily your fault. Quote
Members dbusarow Posted October 23, 2011 Members Report Posted October 23, 2011 While wear on that part of the barrel is normal, the wear pattern in your picture is not. It looks to me like i can see fingerprint pattern in the removed portion, which would be consistent with you print putting pressure on the tape. If you look closely in the lower right hand side of the hood you can see lines running both directions, roughly 60 degrees apart. I think those are tooling marks. Dan Quote Dan Busarow dan@fishcreekleatherworks.com http://www.fishcreekleatherworks.com/
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