Loose shoes, tight holster and a warm place*

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To borrow a phrase, today’s First World Problem is that my new Tagua leather holster for the G 21 is very tight. And the thumb break won’t snap on.

First, the old standby – put the (unloaded) gun into a plastic baggie and jam as hard as possible into the holster. Make sure to push on the back of the slide; otherwise, you’ll just be pushing the frame in. (And, if loaded, you could end up chambering a round.)

After sitting a couple of days, it was better, but the thump break still was not close enough to snap. Solution – per good interwebs feedback, apply 90% rubbing alcohol to inside surface and then try again. Caution: the alcohol will loosen up the black leather dye.

After two applications, some direct attention to the break strap, and some pulling, the leather stretched enough to snap.

I’m going to let it set for a day. Then break out some LPC black shoe polish.

*Anyone remember the butt of that joke?

A Walk in the Woods

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Or, more accurately, snowshoeing in the snow.

At least a foot of snow in the back 40. And the deer are all over the place, foraging.

And some get spooked – 8 foot bounds here, 12 feet further down the trail.

They probably need some traffic signs. Except that they ignore the existing ones.


All in all, a good day.

Having fun with my G21

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Putting new sights on DILIT’s G44 got me focused on Glocks for a bit. There just may be a little order coming in from Midway. In the meantime, I thought I’d strip the 21 down and do a little cleaning and trigger work. So pop out the three pins and here is what you get:

These are the parts we will be polishing to remove friction in the trigger assembly.

Post-polishing:

Reassembly:

Where metal meets metal.

Reassembly into frame:

And, finally, testing trigger pull weight:

4 to 4.25 pounds. If it was just for targets, I’d put a 3.5 pound trigger bar in. Having it go into the carry rotation, I’ll keep it firm.
Yup, winter is for projects. I’ll be looking for that Midway package.

And a Happy New Year to You!

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DILIT got Hi Viz sights for Christmas for her G 44. Yesterday I installed them.

Very helpful to have a rear sight tool. Old sight out, new sight in:

Couldn’t find my front sight tool to get the little screw head turning, but Bubba got it out.

Voila!

DILIT is D-Lighted!

Day before Christmas

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What to do, what to do?

Why, go to the Range, of course! (Word of explanation – due to family schedules, we celebrated Christmas a week ago. We are all done, even the wrapping paper clean-up.) And Santa did bring that new guide rod and spring. So:

Fresh powder! 25 degrees! Looming gray skies!

Good day for UpLula loading!

Yup, she works. 80 rounds of LRN and FMJ with nary a failure. Firmly into battery each time and no schmutz in the striker pin channel.

Life is good. And Merry Christmas to all!