The Set Screw and Spring Washer Affair

For those of you who began to think my U.N.C.L.E. Special project died on the vine—think again.

Apologies for the lack of news and off-topic entries recently. The lag was due to the play in my grip I chronicled in "The Modicum of Movement Affair." Anyway, thanks to a brilliant idea from Paul and Eric—along with Joe Hayes' first-rate gunsmithing skills—the obstacle is no more.

The solution involved anchoring the grip to the frame by installing set screws on each side of the magwell's interior. However, I suspect the idea to be a mere speck in relation to their collective genius. They even offered a solution for the scope mount's thumbscew backing out during recoil. To make a long story short, between Joe's work, along with Paul and Eric's suggestions, all prior issues preventing a thorough accuracy test—an acid test, if you will—of my U.N.C.L.E. Carbine should be will be resolved as a result of anchoring the grips along with the adding a spring washer to the scope mount's thumbscrew.

So, dig out those chemical-stained lab coats, prepare eye and ear protection and above all—prepare for "The Acid Test Affair."

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