Milling work on a blemished S&W 1006 slide

[frodriguez78]

I've got a S&W 1006 with a slide that the previous owner butchered by denting some letters onto it. I would like to know if there's a gunsmith shop (perhaps S&W's own) that could do some machining on the slide to get rid of these stamped letters and perhaps make the slide more "tactical". Here are some pics:

 

[Jeffytune]

Wow, some people children should never touch a pistol.


That is a damn shame, yes you could sand the slide down and remove it, but that is going to be allot to remove.

Just a thought, you could talk with a metal engraver and have the slide done enough to hide it....and it would look cool.

 

[bigggbbruce]

All I can say is I hope it was cheap.

 

[Jeffytune]

I would really worry about sanding it off, being that this is a 10mm.
Any other round I wouldn't but in it's full throttle version, it is a really hard pounding round.

 

[nocents]

*** was he thinking??....I can't even wrap my head around what could someone be thinking that gouging that slide was a good idea..........I'm no expert but would bet there is enough "meat" on that slide to remove those markings with no ill effects...good luck

 

[Big Cholla]

Any full service machine shop could take that stripped slide and surface grind off both sides to the point those marks are removed. It would be necessary to do the off side an equal amount so as to 'balance' and make symmetrical the appearance of the slide. I too am somewhat concerned about this being a 10 mm and having a substantial recoil action in that slide.

Another way to do it would be to take a small very sharp mill cutter and make a pass just long enough and just deep enough to take out the unwanted lettering. Then have a gold or brass metal plate made that just fit that cut and solder that in place. Then have an engraver engrave wording of your choice. It would be cheaper to go the first way.

Before I did anything to that slide, I would watch all the 'parts' suppliers on the Internet for a replacement slide. But, I think the best solution would be to just shoot the heck out of it and ignore the 'Bubba' marks.

 

[colt_saa]

That does not look very deep, the amount of metal removed would not alter the slide mass by any significant amount.

You could always go to a spring with a slightly higher rating if you were truly concerned over the issue.

Since paying someone to machine the slide clean would remove the factory markings as well, I would have the slide engraved and make it a little prettier.

 

[triaxle]

That can be fixed .

 

[SAFireman]

Easy fix.....a machine shop with a surface grinder could do it in a single pass most likely.

If you were really brave - you could put some very fine sandpaper down on a granite block or glass plate and sand it off by hand.

S&W probably would re-finish the slide and return it to a factory finish, but I don't know what they would do to make it 'more tactical'.

 

[Hill_Country]

I've cleaned up a rusted 457 slide using a granite tile and sandpaper. The rust wasn't that deep, but it only took about an hour to do three sides. Doing only one side, that should clean up in an evening. I'd start about 180 grit until the dents disappear. Then either polish it using 300 and 400 sandpaper or have it beadblasted. There's some great threads around here that discuss the blasting media to use.