does polishing the feed ramp really help ? if so what does it do for the gun....plz any and all info will help...........scott

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Scott from Canton Ohio

Help what?
Which gun?
1911?

You can ruin a 1911 by *polishing* it's feed ramp incorrectly.
(Well, just the frame - the other parts won't necessarily have to be replaced, but some will need to be fitted to the new frame)

Many have killed a perfectly fine 1911 by trying to fix something that wasn't broken in the first place.

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If your pistol feeds properly there is no reason to polish the ramp except for cosmetic purposes. If it just has to be shiny, you can put a dab of Flitz on a soft paper tissue and polish the metal with your finger. That kind of polishing won't harm anything.

Charlie

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Unless, of course, it's Lightweight Model with an alloy frame.

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I had the ramp on my Gold Cup polished and the barrel throated over 30 years ago. It still works just fine. I sent it to a well known 45 smith at that time.

I had a Systema that a prior owner polished the "step" (1/32" transition from frame to barrel) to non existance. I took the gun to to a smith known here for his 1911 work. As I watched, he removed 1/32" from the rear of the barrel. That restored the "step". Before I could stop him he milled a "smiley" throat in the barrel. I never trusted that gun after that. It seemed to function well but I was afraid of the obvious problems. I've had a lot of autos in the past. Most feed ramp problems smooth themselves out after 500 or so rounds. Polishing before that count seems like jumping the gun.

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