I bought some ammo, Turkish, Diamond Dogs it’s called due to being brass cased 124 grain at a
great (for these times) price. A couple of my Glocks and my Beretta M9 shot it no problem, but a couple other Glocks had issues with the primers, so I decided to swap out the striker springs for 6 pound Ghost springs I just happen to have. Semper Paratus.
Anyways, having assembled complete guns in the past, I found this assembly to be the biggest pita going, tiny spring cups, everything is small, lot of compression yada yada…ya…da.
Decided to think this one out before assembly, and digging through my tool chest…I found a fork… this fork will henceforth identify as a Glock, as for this job, it is indeed…perfection…
I further brainstormed and used a punch to keep pressure off the plastic liner. One down, no swearing, one to go.
Still required surgical skill I do not possess, hence doing this in a box with white paper to help visibility. Nice to keep those cups in an enclosed area when they try to make their spring assisted break for freedom.
Edit to add, did the second assembly without the fork, just used my fingers, with the punch against my stomach, and fortunately over the box. Third time was the charm, and the fingers were fresh as they hadn’t had to deal with the tension on the first assembly. Nice to have extra strikers ready to go, a project I’d planned to do in 2019