felt like an idiot

[Lloyd Smale]

ive got 2 lcp's both first generation but one was older made in prescott az and the other was newer and i forget where it was made. i didnt remember even shooting the newer one, stripped them down and hosed them out and oiled them and shot them in the back yard. the old one ate anything. the newer one chocked on about everything even ball half the time. comparing them i saw the old one had a stainless barrel and the newer one was blued. feed ramps looked different too,. the newer one had a smaller ramp and sharp edges,. so i took the dremel to it and polished it up. no difference. still choked. so i swapped the old barrel in and it ran like a top. so i called ruger to see if i could get a barrel.  they said they wouldnt even sell me one and it would cost me 75 bucks to ship it in. told them to pound sand. i only paid 200 bucks for the gun. had to be something different so i pulled them both apart again on the kitchen table and went through them and saw the old one had 2 recoil springs and the new one only the small one. went out to where i cleaned them and what did i find on the floor? the spring, put it together and it ran like a top.

[Dee]

A few years ago my oldest son continually bragged about a commander 1911 he had. I suggested he bring it next time he came to visit.
I was sitting on my tailgate loading magazines when he fired his first shot. It jammed he cleared it, jammed again, cleared it. On about the 4th time he's getting frustrated saying its never done that.
I told him to shoot it again and bring it to me jammed. I looked at it and said: ejector is broke. He said no way. I pulled the slide off and he was right. The ejector wasn't broke. It was gone.
Seems he had cleaned it the night before, and the ejector had shot loose and fell out without his noticing it. Went to the house and I pressed a new one in, then drilled a hole and pinned it. Then it worked like penicillin used to.
S%&that happens.

[Land_Owner]

I made a roast beef on keiser roll sandwich once with pepperoni, because we were temporarily out of roast beef.  The sandwich tasted like **** because it was not loaded with roast beef as the tongue expected. 

In the end, one has to eat.  But, it was neither a pleasant experience nor was it one from which "great knowledge" was learned.  The disappointment was expected from the get go.

Glad you found your spring(s).  Before I learned the 2-gallon ziplock bag trick, my experience with springs was an unexpected "spoing" (lost in space), followed by my yelling the "S***" word, then to the Internet to Google Graf & Sons, and ordering a replacement part(s). 


Shout Out to Graf & Sons...

[Casull]

I fell ya.  Couple of weeks ago, I was replacing the blades and a belt on my lawn tractor.  Took the deck off, which requires working it between the front and rear tires on whichever side you pull it and then reversing those maneuvers when reinstalling.  Came off with not too much trouble, but had a bear of a time getting it back in.  Well, some cussing, a few bloody knuckles and about two hours later it's done.  Taking a shower after and I came to the brilliant conclusion that all I would have to do is take my floor jack, lift the front end and simply roll the deck off under the front tires.  Duh!  Well, at least I know for next time . . . assuming I don't forget.