Black Acetal (Delrin) bushings
Am I wrong…or is it that as long as it’s a stable material, bushings don’t seem to care what they’re made of. been running on home-made black acetal bushings for a month or two…no stability issues I can detect. IS there some future problem I’m unaware of?
Wish everything worked out this simple:
(Talong SS)
Increased barrel length by 36%
Increased energy by 18%
Didn’t expect it to be quite so proportional.
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ive been using that stuff for many years on all types of guns , and never a problem , some of my guns get use frequently and have parts of that in it . and some have air from 2 years ago still in so good for valve or anything .
it is a great wera material
Didn’t think there would be a stability issue…the stuff is rock hard and was fitted closer than the issue metal bushings (also made each a full 1″ long as well).
Barrel (.22) ended up at 16.3″. Added a 4″ frame extender and just added a 4″ spacer to jack the existing shroud internals foward.
Some say yes, others say no.
I think if you have the bushings fitted to the gun and they are not sloppy I feel you probably will not have problems with them.
I learned long ago. If it works not screw with it. Leave it alone.
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I think about the only place you might see trouble is over a fairly quick temperature change where you were set up for gnat’s ass at >30 yards.
The plastic will change size over a temperature swing differently than the aluminum. A lot.
Then again, it might self compensate with 2 bushings and you’d never even notice.
I love working with Delrin and good sharp tools. I’m running a custom hammer I made out of Delrin right now. Great stuff!