Bought it used for what I think was a great price with 2 mags, plastic holster, and original box. Only thing missing was the cable lock key, and I'm not too concerned with it. It even came with some character already.
The manual says to only oil the barrel front and back, and one drop on each side of the slide. Its not that I don't trust the manual, but I was raised by my grandpa to keep any metal oiled that slides over another part, such as the spring and guiderod. What are your suggestions?
I'm also thinking of dumping the stock grips for a dark colored double diamond wood set. How well do you think it will look with the stock finish of this gun? Its almost a semigloss plastic coating, very slick feeling.
What about that bend in the spring? I dont see how that could hurt anything, but as stated its my first handgun and I'll be the first to admit I don't know near as much as I would like about these things.
I've put 150 rounds through it already though, with 2 rounds early on not loading, and one time the slide locked back with one round left in the mag. All the safeties work as best as I can test them. The only thing I think could be better would be the slide release, as its quite hard to release with just one hand. It does seem to be getting better the more I use it though.
The manual says to only oil the barrel front and back, and one drop on each side of the slide. Its not that I don't trust the manual, but I was raised by my grandpa to keep any metal oiled that slides over another part, such as the spring and guiderod. What are your suggestions?
I'm also thinking of dumping the stock grips for a dark colored double diamond wood set. How well do you think it will look with the stock finish of this gun? Its almost a semigloss plastic coating, very slick feeling.
What about that bend in the spring? I dont see how that could hurt anything, but as stated its my first handgun and I'll be the first to admit I don't know near as much as I would like about these things.
I've put 150 rounds through it already though, with 2 rounds early on not loading, and one time the slide locked back with one round left in the mag. All the safeties work as best as I can test them. The only thing I think could be better would be the slide release, as its quite hard to release with just one hand. It does seem to be getting better the more I use it though.