D Crockett
New member
Dear Interested Readers,
While most of my pistols are fairly high-end,
I could not pass up a PA63 w/ 2 mags for $100.
Just wanted to pass along a few things I did that didn't cost anything and helped make it a good little carry piece.
The double action pull was a litle stiff so I cut one coil out of the hammer spring(hoping it wouldn't affect ignition), smoothed and polished all parts of the internal mechanism, and reasembled it w/ a good dry lithium lubricant on all working parts. This greatly improved the trigger and has not affected reliable ignition at all.
While apart, I also polished the sear and hammer contact points which improved the already decent single action trigger pull.
I then took my dremel tool and rounded and polished all the sharp edges on the frame(the slide didn't really need it). I also opened up the top rear of the grip area as it bit my hand a little when shooting.
While I had it apart, I took the frame to a friends shop who rebuilds starters and alternators. He has a bead-blasting cabinet he uses to refinish alternator tops. He let me use it to bead-blast the alloy frame which gave it a beautiful finished look.
I tried to find new grips for it but couldn't,so I ground down and smoothed the sharp edge of the thumb rest on the left grip panel and this makes it more comfortable to carry IWB.
The pistol looks great now and shoots well w/ no jambs and good accuracy. It's a great little $100 piece that carries well and if it
gets stolen from a car, you haven't lost much.
The last thing I want to do is put some better sights on it. I'm thinking of putting on an Ashley Express front bead and
bevelling the existing rear sight into a V.
Has anyone had any experience w/ adding sights to this pistol?
Just wanted to let other PA 63 owners know it's not hard to improve this little piece w/out much trouble. Hope it helps someone.
Dave
While most of my pistols are fairly high-end,
I could not pass up a PA63 w/ 2 mags for $100.
Just wanted to pass along a few things I did that didn't cost anything and helped make it a good little carry piece.
The double action pull was a litle stiff so I cut one coil out of the hammer spring(hoping it wouldn't affect ignition), smoothed and polished all parts of the internal mechanism, and reasembled it w/ a good dry lithium lubricant on all working parts. This greatly improved the trigger and has not affected reliable ignition at all.
While apart, I also polished the sear and hammer contact points which improved the already decent single action trigger pull.
I then took my dremel tool and rounded and polished all the sharp edges on the frame(the slide didn't really need it). I also opened up the top rear of the grip area as it bit my hand a little when shooting.
While I had it apart, I took the frame to a friends shop who rebuilds starters and alternators. He has a bead-blasting cabinet he uses to refinish alternator tops. He let me use it to bead-blast the alloy frame which gave it a beautiful finished look.
I tried to find new grips for it but couldn't,so I ground down and smoothed the sharp edge of the thumb rest on the left grip panel and this makes it more comfortable to carry IWB.
The pistol looks great now and shoots well w/ no jambs and good accuracy. It's a great little $100 piece that carries well and if it
gets stolen from a car, you haven't lost much.
The last thing I want to do is put some better sights on it. I'm thinking of putting on an Ashley Express front bead and
bevelling the existing rear sight into a V.
Has anyone had any experience w/ adding sights to this pistol?
Just wanted to let other PA 63 owners know it's not hard to improve this little piece w/out much trouble. Hope it helps someone.
Dave