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ricchap wrote:"Fwiw, according to Larry Carter the 160 is the best 50-meter pistol Hammerli ever built."
What a terrible thing to say. Now I am going to have to buy one! As if I don't have enough free pistols already!
Reinhamre is definitely not one of those guys shooting over built heavy and bulky combat pistol !daotoys1 wrote:slofyr wrote:That sliding nut has enough thickness and is close enough to the parts under it so that it cannot drop out of the slot and misalign itself, or be intentionally misaligned. Even if it was machined without the guide flats it would still track inside the slot. The only way I can envision damage there is if the grip screw was torqued down with excessive force. Both the OEM and the Rink grips become firmly anchored by lightly snugging the screws, and they stay anchored, there is simply no need to tighten them more.Reinhamre wrote:Look at the right side, the nut for a grip screw does have a rim. Very small and thin, if it not a tight fit here you will be in trouble.....
The trigger set levers on the H160 and FP60 are indeed molded plastic and they flex if over-extended. I suspect Hammerli's engineers designed them to flex to prevent damaging the mechanism by too much force because there is only a few grams of resistance when moving them. You can feel the click of the mechanism setting itself after the lever travels about 1/3rd of its allowed motion, so why would you push it further? The levers can bend a lot, and they have been on my 160 and FP60 by new shooters unfamiliar with the pistols. To break a lever, it would have to be pushed way beyond the point of bending and hitting the stop. I just cannot see that happening because over-stroking the lever would be so obvious.Reinhamre wrote: ...He also managed to break the plastic lever on the left side one uses to set the trigger... .
Hammerli did upgrade the design of the set lever on the FP60. The 160 lever tended to feel flexy because it was thin. The FP60 lever has more ribbing and therefore has a much more solid feel under the thumb. The new lever is also slightly thicker; I got some lever drag when trying the factory H160 grip [a Nill] on the FP60. Rink grips made for the 160 seem to fit fine on the 60, though.
My thoughts exactly. People muscle things around and then blame the manufacturers. If people would just think before they act.
These free pistols are highly refined machines not your over built heavy and bulky combat pistol