Originally Posted by
Ex_Pat_Tanker
I wouldn't recommend filing the emitter down - at best you'll be unlikely to get a perfectly smooth (or square) surface and not get any improvement, and at worst it could be considered to be attempting to cheat.
I hear that this is standard practice in the land down under. Does anyone know of rules against it? I'm mainly interested in following the rules used at Danville, as I think those are a pretty standard set, but I'm still learning so if anyone wants to educate me it would be most appreciated.
As for making it square and holding a micro finish, come on now, Martin, my friend, you should know me better that that by now. I'll hold perpendicularity to plus or minus half a thou (.0005) at the end of the tube, and I should be able to achieve a finish under a 10 micro pretty easily on plastic.
I don't want to break any rules, but just like every G.I. that's ever gone into battle from the beginning of time I want my weapon to perform to it's
maximum capabilities at all times. Just like the gunslingers would file down the front sight on a Peacemaker just for that millionth of a second advantage it gave them. Like Josey Wales says, "It always pays to have an edge".