Get rid of LCI lettering?This is a discussion on Get rid of LCI lettering? within the Gunsmithing forums, part of the Firearm Forum category; I don't mind the loaded chamber indicator (LCI). The words "loaded when up" bug me as bit. I think Ruger meant for the whole thing ...
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July 23rd, 2012, 01:08 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: The Midwest
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| Get rid of LCI lettering?
I don't mind the loaded chamber indicator (LCI). The words "loaded when up" bug me as bit. I think Ruger meant for the whole thing to read, "Hey, idiot, loaded when up!" Is there a way to delete just the lettering?
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July 23rd, 2012, 05:43 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Florida
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don't know about how to delete just the lettering but Galloway does make a piece that replaces it.
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July 23rd, 2012, 06:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: PNW
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I would imagine a company could make something. I know GP has the LCI delete, I would think they (or someone else) could make the same thing, but one that still functions, just blank.
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July 25th, 2012, 08:16 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Desert Southwest
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Google up Patza LCI filler. Easy, cheap and looks like factory.
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July 25th, 2012, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Nevada
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You could remove and refinish it all black. Less noticeable at least.
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July 26th, 2012, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Oregon
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Not exactly the same thing, I realize, but I found the LC9's LCI stuck up so high it looked like a shark's fin. I was honestly surprised it didn't show up in the sight picture.
About two days after I bought the pistol, I took off the LCI and (carefully) filed down the "prong" (or whatever it's called) that contacts the cartridge when it's in the chamber. I took it down enough so that I could still feel it sticking up with a loaded chamber, but it only sticks up a millimeter or so, making it much less visually obtrusive.
To deal with the problem of the lettering, I just used some Birchwood Casey "Aluminum Gun Black" on the top of the LCI while I had it out of the gun - the lettering is still there, but it's REALLY hard to see. In addition, the LCI isn't so shiny.
I don't mind having an LCI, but for me the point is so that I can see and feel it, not somebody standing across the room. The LC9's LCI was so high and so bright and shiny (not to mention so red along the side - which mine still is) that I found it distracting. Of course, I have more than a bit of adult ADD (I'm easily distracted by shiny objects, especially guns), so the LCI may be more of a problem for me than it is for other folks.
Jim
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