To mate the bearing surfaces of the tangs to the inside of the beavertail, the first step involves removing the pivot and grip safety and applying a lapping mixture to the tangs. (Authors Kuleck and Oldham recommend a 50/50 blend of JB Bore Paste and either oil or valve-grinding compound, neither of which I could locate.) However, the setback helped me to finally discover a use for my container of fine-grit lapping compound, which, until this point had remained unopened. (I blended it with the with the Mil-Comm TW25B Synthetic Grease to form a makeshift mixture of my own.)
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