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Originally Posted by Angus46
Sorry about that, I didn't pay attention, typing too fast and forgot a zero. Pretty important one at that! .050 to .060 should be about what you get. I used a vice and a dial indicator on the front of the slide. If you are anywhere near .071 that is great. Look at the factory barell, it unlocks almost immediately.
I agree about the pad, If it goes into battery from slide lock with no issues you should be good to go. Sounds like it fits perfectly into the slide. Only other thing to check would be if it springs in the slide. So upside down, barrel in the slide no spring. Push down on the barrel and see if there is movement or it pops back. Shouldn't be any. If there is work with Apex about how to remove some of the material on top of the barrel. The key to this and all the fitting process is to slooooooow... which it sounds like you did based on how it fits.
It will probably loosen up just a bit after shooting, mine did. At first I had to push the slide forward from a striker reset when dry firing. Now will basically slide into battery with a little shake. Wish it would have been a tad tighter initially. However, accuracy is great and now about 500 rounds into new barrel and trigger set up, zero failures!
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Hi Angus,
To your question about the barrel. When turned upside down the barrel stays in place until I finger tap it. It then pops out. There does not seem to be any spring or push back.
Went out today and completed some live fire. 5 - 17 round magazines. Gun performed excellently. No failures at all. Slide went into battery each time, no FTE's or light primer strikes. The White box Winchester 124gr target ammo is pretty dirty though. I need to shoot 2 more boxes and then go to the Speer 115gr Lawman rounds I just purchased. So far, my favorite 9mm ammo is Federal 115gr.
I hope to shoot the gun off a bench rest this weekend, and check the sight alignment. I was hitting an 8 inch gong at 20 yards with good results, but hits seemed a little low for POA. My POA was 12 o'clock on the gong, but it could be just me. I then just started shooting at hanging tennis balls, my friends old car door, beer cans, and plastic water bottles. Really fun shooting the gun.
Take care and Thanks for all the help, :-)