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Shop is Closed Saturday, 27 May 2017

All gave some, some gave all! Classic American Gunsmith knows that freedom is not free. Patrick & Virginia Heraghty wish to remember all of the men and women who have served in uniform and made the ultimate sacrifice. We thank you for our freedom.

The shop will be closed on Saturday, 27 May 2017 as part of our Memorial Day weekend observance.

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VSP Firearms VCheck System Is Down

All transfer customers wanting to come in and do paperwork need to know that the Virginia State Police Firearm VCheck system is currently down. The home page of the site (right after login) states

***ATTENTION FIREARM DEALERS – THE FBI’S SYSTEM IS CURRENTLY DOWN – ALL TRANSACTIONS WILL REMAIN IN A SUBMITTED STATUS UNTIL THE SYSTEM IS FIXED – THERE IS CURRENTLY NO TIME ESTIMATE FOR WHEN THE SYSTEM WILL BE BACK UP***

If you want to come in and do the paperwork, we will submit it at that time. As it says above, we do not have any timeframe for when it will be approved.

While it is out of our control, we apologize for any inconvenience. I will make another post when the system is restored.

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GLOCK Announces Limited Production Runs for Summer 2017

This morning marks the opening of the 2017 NRA Annual Meeting in Atlanta. To mark the occasion GLOCK announced some special production runs.

The summer specials include a number of pistols and features the GLOCK community has been asking for. These include G17 Gen4 and G19 Gen4 pistols with front serrations, steel sights, and extended controls. They also include a return of the G17L and the G24, as well as the introduction of Gen4 editions of the G17C and G19C. We are also producing the G17 Gen4, G19 Gen4, G42, and G43 with factory installed night sights. In addition to these pistols, we are producing a series of pistols with Olive Drab frames: the G43; G26 in Gen3 and Gen4 models; and the G17, G19, and G34 in Gen3, Gen4, and Gen4 MOS configurations.

These pistols will be available at GLOCK dealers beginning in June 2017.

GLOCK announces a limited run of pistols for Summer 2017.
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Random Knowledge: Trijicon Rear Sight Screws

A client came in to have a set of sights removed and replaced on a polymer semiautomatic pistol. He was replacing with Trijicon Bright & Tough Night Sights ⇒.

Thia client’s particular model requires a set screw in the rear sight. The new Trijicon sights didn’t come with the set screw. They normally don’t, but I have always just used the set screw from the sights being removed. It usually works out well. This time the set screw from the old sight didn’t fit in the new Trijicon sight.

I talked to Trijicon and all of the pistol sights requiring a set screw in the rear sight take a 5-40 x 3/16″ set screw. Good to know.

Rumor has it that Trijicon will start shipping the screw with all sights that require the set screw by mid-2017.

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Random Knowledge: Novak Front Sights

A client posed the issue of his Novak cut front sight coming off at the range no matter what he uses to attach it. There was a tale of woe where several sights have been lost and each time another sight was put on the gun using a progressively more aggressive version of Loctite.

When originally asked about this, I was thinking that I would tighten the wings of the dovetail and use Loctite 609 Retaining Fluid. After I thought about it for a few minutes, I decided to call Loctite to see what they recommended.

I called Loctite’s Consumer Division and after hearing the scenario they promptly transferred me to the Industrial Division. After some discussion on the issue, the Loctite representative suggested Loctite 380 Toughened Instant Adhesive (also known as Loctite 380 Black Max). It is a rubber-toughened super glue style adhesive that is well suited to the pounding environment of a semiautomatic pistol slide.

The data available to the Loctite representative suggests that this product would hold up for a carbon steel slide with an aluminum sight as well as a carbon steel slide and a carbon steel sight. The data supports the use of a hard anodized aluminum surface but there was no data available on a blued steel surface. Unfortunately, I forgot to inquire about stainless steel. I did ask if roughing up the dovetail and sight surfaces (that cannot be seen) would increase the strength of the hold. The Loctite representative said yes it would.

If you try this product in this manner, I would be interested in hearing about your experience.

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Shop Closed (Saturday, 29 Apr 2017)

There will be a Swap Meet at the Rivanna Rifle & Pistol Club on Saturday, 29 Apr 2017. The Swap Meet is not open to the public. It is for members of the Club and their guests only.

The Shop will be closed Saturday, 29 Apr 2017 so Patrick can attend the Swap Meet. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause our clients.