Joined
·
3,552 Posts
Since Shay and Hilton mentioned it I'll fess up to carrying a "parts" gun. Bad parts at that! This is not the best grade gun built from new spec'ed parts 
This is not a gun that Larry or Dick would have in their own holsters I suspect.
It grinds on me to be traveling and teaching with something I wouldn't sell to a customer but...as Tracy loves to remind me.."I build guns for a living" :grin: None of the guns I have started collecting would I want in a fight or to teach with. I guess ugly is better than UN reliable :roll: Rule in our house is, "if a BCP 1911 can be sold..sell it"
So here is the story about the "hog" gun. Christened this month in Florida for it's ability to throw a sneak on them baby hogs you have down south :wink:
Frame is 8 or 9 years old,a Springfield NM in stainless. I recut the front strap, trigger guard and dust cover to Colt specs. I also flattened the front of the trigger guard and high gripped it along the lines of what Jericho frames are now. (It is no wonder I like Jericho OEM frames) Added a older Caspian beavertail and cut it way down and high gripped it as much as possible. Then I hard chromed it.
Frame has had half a dozen top ends. 9x21, 38 Super, 9x23, and several 45s. I had put it away last year because it was so loose, even the NM slides new from the wrapper were sloppy on it! It was "retired".
Along comes one of my spec guns, back for a tune up. I decided the slide (a Wilson with Hienie's on it) was too loose so I wanted to tighten it. A little too much torgue on the vice and I owned a new slide :sad: Bad move, not to be repeated! Couple hours with a BIG rubber mallet and some lapping compound that slide and the SA frame were "fitted". Not something I would ever sell but not a bad basis for a "truck" gun either. Heinie's are full size front and black on black, with Black T over chrome.
BarSto came from a refit at Quantico. Somebody got really carried away making relief cuts.
Trigger system is best grade tool steel cut along Swenson's old design with a solid Vedecki set @ a CRISP 5#. Brown single safety cut down, and Brown steel main. Tit. cap and strut, factory mainspring and 16.5# Wolfe recoil and leaf. Colt mag release, slide release and recoil system. One of a kind Micarta dbl diamond grips, S&A engraved screws.
![]()
Hilton is right, I took a LITTLE extra time putting it together. I like to say "GOD is in the details." Shay saw how it shoots. Gun is good enough for a retired old duffer like me I doubt I could ever keep up with the gun.
But next year's teaching gun is going to be a SHOW stopper :roll:
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Dane Burns on 2001-11-08 15:21 ]</font>
This is not a gun that Larry or Dick would have in their own holsters I suspect. It grinds on me to be traveling and teaching with something I wouldn't sell to a customer but...as Tracy loves to remind me.."I build guns for a living" :grin: None of the guns I have started collecting would I want in a fight or to teach with. I guess ugly is better than UN reliable :roll: Rule in our house is, "if a BCP 1911 can be sold..sell it"
So here is the story about the "hog" gun. Christened this month in Florida for it's ability to throw a sneak on them baby hogs you have down south :wink:
Frame is 8 or 9 years old,a Springfield NM in stainless. I recut the front strap, trigger guard and dust cover to Colt specs. I also flattened the front of the trigger guard and high gripped it along the lines of what Jericho frames are now. (It is no wonder I like Jericho OEM frames) Added a older Caspian beavertail and cut it way down and high gripped it as much as possible. Then I hard chromed it.
Frame has had half a dozen top ends. 9x21, 38 Super, 9x23, and several 45s. I had put it away last year because it was so loose, even the NM slides new from the wrapper were sloppy on it! It was "retired".
Along comes one of my spec guns, back for a tune up. I decided the slide (a Wilson with Hienie's on it) was too loose so I wanted to tighten it. A little too much torgue on the vice and I owned a new slide :sad: Bad move, not to be repeated! Couple hours with a BIG rubber mallet and some lapping compound that slide and the SA frame were "fitted". Not something I would ever sell but not a bad basis for a "truck" gun either. Heinie's are full size front and black on black, with Black T over chrome.
BarSto came from a refit at Quantico. Somebody got really carried away making relief cuts.
Trigger system is best grade tool steel cut along Swenson's old design with a solid Vedecki set @ a CRISP 5#. Brown single safety cut down, and Brown steel main. Tit. cap and strut, factory mainspring and 16.5# Wolfe recoil and leaf. Colt mag release, slide release and recoil system. One of a kind Micarta dbl diamond grips, S&A engraved screws.
Hilton is right, I took a LITTLE extra time putting it together. I like to say "GOD is in the details." Shay saw how it shoots. Gun is good enough for a retired old duffer like me
I doubt I could ever keep up with the gun. But next year's teaching gun is going to be a SHOW stopper :roll:
<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: Dane Burns on 2001-11-08 15:21 ]</font>
