DIY feed ramp polish?

[ArmedArtist]

I was cleaning my Sig 2022 tonight and had the idea of polishing my feed ramp. It feeds good but I am in the mood to do some sort of gunsmith stuff to it. Has anyone done this at home? And if so what method did you use?

If its not a great idea just let me know. I am just in the mood to tinker.

[Synergy]

I don't have pics but I used some 600 grit wet/dry and wet sanded it. Then a little buffing wheel on my Dremel and some metal polish. It came out like a mirror. Just know that the projectile has a very small contact patch with the ramp. Polish or clean the ramp. Paint the ramp with a marker and feed a couple of rounds, you will see the small contact areas.

[greybeard]

Are you having problems with it feeding? I feel that is is one area, where the saying "if it is not broke, do not fix it" applies. It is possible to create feeding problems, by polishing it.

[Freq18Hz]

If it's feeding well, don't touch it.

Kind of like rebuilding the engine on a new car at 500 miles. If you want to do gunsmithing, buy a broken piece of crap (non dangerous one) and fix it up.

-Freq

[M1Kev]

I used high grit sandpaper wet wrapped around a pencil eraser. Sand wet in the same direction that the round feeds. After sanding, polish with jewelers rouge in the same direction with a Q-Tip. The machining process leaves tool marks on the feed ramp that run perpendicular to the path of the round as it is being fed. The idea is to remove these tool marks and smooth out the path directionally. You should not be removing material at all, just smoothing out. I did this on my RIA 1911 because rounds were hanging on the feed ramp. If you are not having a feeding problem however, I am not sure that this should be done.

[dbbspider]

If it feeds fine, then no need to polish.

[red_eyez]

I've used polishing compound with the polishing wheel and the Deremel, but yeh if the thing is feeding fine, then like every one else said, you shouldn't need to do it.

[ArmedArtist]

I really didn't have a need to do it. It feeds just fine. I have just seen random threads about it and also have seen it as a factory job you could get. But I agree with the thought of if its not broken then don't mess with it. I was just looking for something to do.