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**Rustynuts** · 05-16-2007, 04:46 PM

When everyone is talking about polishing the ramp, is it the large ramp integral to the barrel, or the small ramp section of the block attached to the frame?

stroker · 05-16-2007, 04:57 PM

The Barrell! Take a soft Part of a t shirt About 1 inch wide & 2 inches long. Get a drill with a 3/16 drill in the drill and rap the soft cloth ENTIRELY aroun the drill. Use it as fast as the drill will go . Don't put a lot of pressure on it at all., let the weight of the drill rest on the ramp , move it at the same angle as the ramp in & out. The object is to make it slick as glass without taking out material OR as least as possible . If possible put the barrell in a vise. USE A RAG TO PROTECT THE BARRELS FINISH ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT. TAKE YOUR TIME THIS IS NOT HARD TO DO!

**Rustynuts** · 05-16-2007, 05:30 PM

I've already polished the barrel part with my dremel and a small felt polishing "drum" bit. I was wondering about the melonited "entry" ramp on the frame?

chupacabrachus · 05-16-2007, 06:32 PM

I polished mine with lots of .40 S&W FMJ.

DNM · 05-16-2007, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

I polished mine with lots of .40 S&W FMJ.

Thats a true homemade polish job. Roughly how many?

Gunzzi · 05-16-2007, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chupacabrachus

I polished mine with lots of .40 S&W FMJ.

+1

chupacabrachus · 05-16-2007, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DNM

Thats a true homemade polish job. Roughly how many?

I have no idea how many it took to get it to the mirror polish it has today. It's a slow process, so I didn't ever really notice anything happening. It's the whole frogs in boiling water thing... anyway, I've got thousands upon thousands of rounds through my XD40, so you can say it took more than I'd guess 500 rounds, but less than 2000

CSA · 05-16-2007, 09:21 PM

Mine's mirror polished after about 500 copper jacketed rounds

bountyhunter · 05-17-2007, 03:20 PM

One of the nice surprises on my XD was the fact the ramp came perfectly polished and rounded going into the bore. I looked at it and decided that SA had done as good a job as was called for.

rtparso · 05-17-2007, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by bountyhunter

One of the nice surprises on my XD was the fact the ramp came perfectly polished and rounded going into the bore. I looked at it and decided that SA had done as good a job as was called for.

+1

05-16-2007, 04:46 PM	#1
Rustynuts XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,318	Polishing Ramp - Which Part? When everyone is talking about polishing the ramp, is it the large ramp integral to the barrel, or the small ramp section of the block attached to the frame?

05-16-2007, 04:57 PM	#2
stroker XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cypress,Texas Posts: 445	The Barrell! Take a soft Part of a t shirt About 1 inch wide & 2 inches long. Get a drill with a 3/16 drill in the drill and rap the soft cloth ENTIRELY aroun the drill. Use it as fast as the drill will go . Don't put a lot of pressure on it at all., let the weight of the drill rest on the ramp , move it at the same angle as the ramp in & out. The object is to make it slick as glass without taking out material OR as least as possible . If possible put the barrell in a vise. USE A RAG TO PROTECT THE BARRELS FINISH ON THE OUTSIDE OF IT. TAKE YOUR TIME THIS IS NOT HARD TO DO! __________________ *If you don't stand for something,you'll fall for anything*

05-16-2007, 09:21 PM	#8
CSA XDTalk Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 12	Mine's mirror polished after about 500 copper jacketed rounds __________________ XD-45 Service XD-9 Tactical Glock 23 Colt Govt. Model 70 Series Colt Python S&W Model 36 Eagle Arms EA15 Remington 870

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05-16-2007, 05:30 PM	#3
Rustynuts XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,318	I've already polished the barrel part with my dremel and a small felt polishing "drum" bit. I was wondering about the melonited "entry" ramp on the frame?

05-16-2007, 06:32 PM	#4
chupacabrachus XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,390	I polished mine with lots of .40 S&W FMJ.

05-17-2007, 03:20 PM	#9
bountyhunter XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nazifornia Posts: 1,651	One of the nice surprises on my XD was the fact the ramp came perfectly polished and rounded going into the bore. I looked at it and decided that SA had done as good a job as was called for.