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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:00:01 AM EST
[#1]
Built a Poly 80--so yes.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:00:46 AM EST
[#2]
Yep on an AK for the pins on a FSP.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:00:51 AM EST
[#3]
Yes. Undercut my G19.
Does that make me a gunsmith? Nope. Not even a little. ETA pics from my IG showing off my mad skyllz:  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:01:24 AM EST
[#4]
Yes, and I'm about to again. Need to dremel off the finger groove on a MIAD.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:02:07 AM EST
[#5]
Yup, polishing wheel and the grinder/sanding drum. I also cut a fixed front sight down to fit under a FF rail on a barrel with a pinned muzzle device.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:02:28 AM EST
[#6]
I have, and I probably will again.
Hell, I couldn't have built my first G17 ghost gun without one. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:02:58 AM EST
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Yes. Undercut my G19. Does that make me a gunsmith? Nope. Not even a little. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:03:19 AM EST
[#8]
Poll is 87% yes right now!
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:03:33 AM EST
[#9]
The polishing bits, along with simichrome, are God's gift to kitchen table trigger jobs.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:03:39 AM EST
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Yes. Undercut my G19. Does that make me a gunsmith? Nope. Not even a little. 
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:05:59 AM EST
[#11]
Used it to polish a bolt shroud.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:06:45 AM EST
[#12]
I cut the muzzle device off an AK so I could put a proper brake on it.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:06:50 AM EST
[#13]
I had to remove a little bit of the feed ramp on a Rem 700 to properly feed mag-length rounds. I did a good job if I must say so myself.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:06:54 AM EST
[#14]
Numerous times and numerous ways.
Most recently to help inlet a wood stock for a rifle, and to grind the bottom of a revolver latch for speedloader clearance. John Paul of JP rifles fame jokingly refered to Dremel tools as “hand mills” on the 3 Gun Show podcast. One can only imagine the strange things a manufacturer sees and hears about customers doing with a Dremel. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:07:29 AM EST
[#15]
Not with a Dremel but I have a lathe and a milling machine and do most of my own gunsmithing for smaller projects.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:08:33 AM EST
[#16]
All the time. From undercutting to index points to polished ramps
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:08:36 AM EST
[#17]
put the trigger guard on backwards.
Dremel saved the lower, trigger guard not so much |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:09:52 AM EST
[#18]
Chopped a G22 grip to a G23 length and ground out the ejection port for my .450 Bushmaster.
Both went well. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:10:06 AM EST
[#19]
Cutting out delta ring, cutting down FSB and bayonet lug, cutting pinned gas block
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:10:19 AM EST
[#20]
I used only a dremel to carve out the fire control pocket in the JMT 80 lower for my AR57
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:10:44 AM EST
[#21]
See avatar.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:10:44 AM EST
[#22]
Used it to cut off the slip-ring on an M&P10 so I could put a freefloat (M-LOK) rail on it.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:11:21 AM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
put the trigger guard on backwards.
Dremel saved the lower, trigger guard not so much 
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:11:24 AM EST
[#24]
Colt Match Target, had to get rid of that stupid hunk of metal that sticks up from the lower receiver.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:11:37 AM EST
[#25]
Yes to polish a bolt.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:11:57 AM EST
[#26]
Once or twice
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:12:39 AM EST
[#27]
I've used mine to polish several feed ramps. Works like a charm.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:13:18 AM EST
[#28]
On glocks...sure all the time...got to get rid of those finger grooves that don't fit and I like a little more room under the trigger guard...
Dremel & sanding drums do just fine Also cut off wheels for those pesky front sight towers.... 
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:13:50 AM EST
[#29]
Jewler's rouge and felt to polish most of my pistol's feed ramps.
I just ground out the middle of my 7.62x39 ramp to make one single ramp and then polished it. (Works great BTW) I used it to grind a new profile on my 9mm ramps and got two out of three working so far. I have cleaned up tooling marks on 10/22 magazines and then polished them for rimfire matches. I couldn't live without one. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:15:23 AM EST
[#30]
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:16:14 AM EST
[#31]
I used a dremel and an angle grinder to open up the loading ports of a couple of shotguns.
Worked out well. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:17:27 AM EST
[#32]
Yes, I didn’t like how long my AR barrel was, so I chopped it to a length that looked better.
I’ve used the buffering wheel on various parts to smooth things. 
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:17:58 AM EST
[#33]
Why are people cutting off slip rings? You don't have to cut them, they disassemble in seconds.
I've only ever used normal hand tools on guns, screwdrivers, punches, small hammers, I have filed on 1911 parts as you'd need to for fitting, barrel wrenches, Allen wrenches, that sort of thing. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:20:14 AM EST
[#34]
Bubba'd the shit out of a SKS i paid 35$ for.
Carried it on 4 wheeler and it lived in the Rhino for 20 years before someone looked at it and said "holy shit ... this is a 1957 russian made bla bla it was worth some money". Shot several deer, 1 coyote and scared away several tresspassers with it. Good memories ... |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:20:39 AM EST
[#35]
Yep. "Polished" the feed ramp on a Romanian AK that was stuffing the bullets down into the case. I was young and dumb in my execution, but it's been 100% since!
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:21:08 AM EST
[#36]
Most recent:
Drilled a cross pin for a Ruger Blackhawk front sight. Used a grinder bit to place a countersink bevel on a Rem 1100 hammer pin washer for staking. Cut a Commander length Wolf spring 3/4" shorter to install in a Kimber HDII. Older: Used a sanding drum to do initial removal to round a few 1911 frames for a beavertail. Polish Dillon powder measure funnels. Burned up a Dremel modifying a bunch of 9mm Sten mags for .45ACP. Lots of other stuff I can't remember.
My Dremel is battery operated so I can do my gunsmithing right at the shooting range.
I just bought a lifetime supply of polishing buffs and sanding drums off Amazon. I think I am going pro now.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:22:53 AM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted:
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Yes. Undercut my G19. Does that make me a gunsmith? Nope. Not even a little.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:25:02 AM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Once or twice  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP0kRKYNEpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY9ZMGrm1e8
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:25:27 AM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Glad I'm not the only one who has done that Quote HistoryQuoted:
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put the trigger guard on backwards.
Dremel saved the lower, trigger guard not so much seemed right at the time Brain fade. 
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:25:49 AM EST
[#40]
I did. polished the hammer on a Uberti 1860 Henry
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:26:16 AM EST
[#41]
Cut down a FSB
Removed some material from the carrier plug on a LAW folder knockoff
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:28:10 AM EST
[#42]
Sure have. $0.25 glock trigger job.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:29:00 AM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Not with a Dremel but I have a lathe and a milling machine and do most of my own gunsmithing for smaller projects.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:30:53 AM EST
[#44]
Yes.
Opened up the loading port on my Benelli M2. I did all the major cutting by hand with a course file. I had to radius the corners to make them smooth with a moderately aggressive sandpaper wheel in the dremel. Then I did the final polishing with a felt wheel and some flitz. Success because I took my time and went slowly. You can't quad load any shotgun with the way the ports are cut from the factory. Roth Performance now has complete replacement receivers for Benelli and Breda shotguns, so you can replace it if you totally fuck it up. But that wasn't an option when I was working on mine. Grinding finger grooves off of a $20 AR-15 grip isn't quite analogous.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:33:00 AM EST
[#45]
Bobbed the hammer on a Sistema Colt with my Dremel, that actually turned out really well.
Also self-engraved an SBR lower. That turned out...well, it turned out. |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:34:52 AM EST
[#46]
Lots of times.
Its a must have when de-milling kits, cutting barrels, ect. And I'm a professional, even have a diploma.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:35:26 AM EST
[#47]
Yep.
Removed those stupid finger grooves on a G17 and under cut the trigger guard. Worked perfect |
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:36:48 AM EST
[#48]
I had to take some material off a Geissele mk4 for it to mate properly to a Mega upper.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:37:12 AM EST
[#49]
Yup. Cut the delta ring off with one once.
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Posted: 7/30/2018 10:38:46 AM EST
[#50]
We had to take the dremel to a friends FSB to put a low profile gas block on. The FSB pins wouldn't budge, and yes we were hitting them the right direction. Tried heat from a torch, tried cold in the deep freeze for an hour, tried penetrating oil, even made up a jig and tried to drive them out with a bench vice, wouldn't budge at all it was like the pins were welded in. Ground the block off pretty easily and only had a tiny scratch on the barrel.
I also used a power drill with a wooden stick cotton swab in the chuck to polish the chamber on my Beretta Neos that had a super tight chamber and wouldn't feed and eject consistently. Polished the chamber and feed ramp to a nearly mirror finish using some mag polish and that sucker ran 100% from then on out with every ammo even when dirty. The dremel was pretty handy for fitting the beavertail to the frame and some other misc blending on my 1911 build. Turned out pretty damn good for some idiot in a cramped apartment.
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