870TC wrote:Can't quite see in the photo....is the pin that sheared made of sintered metal?
ktech wrote:Well, apparently this disassembly pin can work itself loose with time and recoil, and then break when the slide hits it. I heard some folks speculating that the pin is MIM (for you machinists/engineers in the audience), so that would apparently explain its breakability (is that a word?).
Anyhow, word on the street is that I can contact Kel Tec for a new one, so I'll be doing that...
Still, doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the firearm.
grousemaster wrote:A plinker that jams like that won't be much of a plinker
Humphrey Bogart wrote:
On the Kel-Tec board there is discussion of what they call 'Tolerance Stacking' meaning that the essential parts are all within a good tolerance but when assembled ....
one part may be at one end of the 'tolerance' and the adjoining part may be at the other end of proper 'tolerance' and the gun will not function reliably.
An hours worth of final fitting may be needed to bring a gun with 'Tolerance Stacking' into ideal specs.
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