I Should Work for NASA!!!!!!**&$@@#

[Shanghai McCoy]

I wonder how they differentiate between detents and 32acp and 10mm brass.

Blip diameter...

 

[doubleh]

I have gone into the shower, covered the drain and put of safety glasses before to assemble some things that seem to enjoy launching small parts great distances.

You beat me to it. The only thing I can add is to hold the part where the launch will be downward and not over the shower door or curtain.

 

[Tommygunn]

Of course, this begs the question, why did Uberti change from the original design? My 1889 '73 constrains the movement of the dust cover with a simple little piece of bent spring steel maintaining friction on the underside of the cover. It still works well after 132 years.

While in my possession, no parts have ever attempted escape.

I don't know. It seems to me the way your rifle is designed is both superior and cheaper. A spring & BB may be dirt cheap, but a simple spring metal stamping ought to be cheaper, plus, you don't have to drill a specific diameter hole a specific depth into the receiver, which saves a step along with $$.
I have a Miroku 1873 I believe has a dust cover held the same way. But, I refuse to check.

The only possibility is maybe the wizards at Uberti thought their was better. I beg to differ.

 

[JT-AR-MG42]

Spring and a BB might be tough to find using my method for lost parts.

Remove shoes and socks.
If the missing part has any edges my foot finds it in a matter of days - every time.

JT

 

[Tommygunn]

Spring and a BB might be tough to find using my method for lost parts.

Remove shoes and socks.
If the missing part has any edges my foot finds it in a matter of days - every time.

JT

The room I lost it in has a rug. So, uh, I don't think so ....

 

[RainDodger]

Wow. I applaud your honesty! It took guts putting that in print. I say that lightly, as I have often accomplished launches myself.

 

[stillquietvoice]

I have done similar. Most recently with a Charter Arms revolver. Those little detents fly so far and so fast that they exit the home without even leaving a hole in the wall. I jokingly suggested to my wife that I get a small greenhouse for the crawl space to do my gunsmithing in. Her response was that within a years time it would pay for itself in avoiding replacement parts.

Is that so you can grow new parts instead of ordering them.

The room I lost it in has a rug. So, uh, I don't think so ....

Could try a high strength magnet or metal detector.

 

[Shanghai McCoy]

The room I lost it in has a rug. So, uh, I don't think so ....

I'd vote for a magnet as well. There are magnets on a stick at the HD that might be handy to have.

 

[JCooperfan1911]

Do it inside a plastic bagglet.

 

[Riomouse911]

Sounds like things I've done a bunch of times.

Just this past Sunday I sent the extractor spring and pin from a Ruger Mk II across my garage trying to install a new Volquartsen extractor into the old bolt. The pin and spring flew out at warp speed about seven feet, ricocheted off of my new tool cart with a metallic "ping", then travelled another six feet and clipped the rear hatch of my Toyota SUV before coming to rest on the mat by the side door.

MAN was I lucky I found that little pin/spring set. Like an old western movie I followed the sounds with my eyes as it bounced off of stuff and then traced the path until I saw them. I'll admit it was like finding a needle in a haystack for sure.

Stay safe.

 

[Phantom 309]

Like many have posted a clear bag is the hot ticket for this sort of thing.

If it's the sort of thing that one does often make a containment box. Basically a cheap homemade laboratory glove box. Take a cardboard box that your parts fit inside. Cut two holes in the side of the box that your hands will fit through snugly and use a piece of clear lexan for a lid. Then when the operation goes sideways the parts stay in the box instead of low earth orbit.