A test fit showed it to be a tad long
A touch with the belt sander and the fit is flush
Here is my homemade buffer next to one I bought earlier.
To install the KIDD rear tang, we had to machine the back of the receiver and drill a hole for the screw
I did not take pictures of the process, but here is the end result....
The current 10/22 receivers are powder coated, so I needed to remove the powder coating before I could polish the metal.
Before polishing the receiver I wanted to fit the rear tang to the receiver. The rear tang was designed to match the flat rib on the top of the KIDD receiver.
Also if you are wondering why the hole is low in the recess, it is to make room for a the cleaning hole that many people put in their receivers (hole is inline with the bore).
The different contours left a high spot on each side
A little filing cleaned it up and made the transition in-perceivable to the touch
Now it is time to remove the factory powder coating so we can start polishing
I am using Aircraft Paint stripper....weird coincidence that the newspaper used is an article on Boeing's 100th anniversary
After scrapping off the old coating with a plastic scraper we can see what the bare metal looks like
A close up, you can see the metal is just "brushed", not very smooth.
Before going too far, I clean out the lettering with a sharp pick, don't want to risk scratching the metal after I polish it.
I found the metal to be REALLY soft. I could not use anything coarser than 320 grit and I could not use hard pressure. Doing so resulted in the metal "balling" up like a snow ball in the sand paper and gouging the metal
Scratches from the metal in the sand paper
After sanding to a 600 grit finish, I installed the scope mount screws to prevent dishing out the holes, plus they are stainless and will polish up nicely.
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TINCANBANDIT on Mon Aug 22, 2016 8:15 pm, edited 1 time in total.