Happiness is full magazines from here to the horizon an back! And cases of ammo to refill them when necessary.Originally Posted by Armybrat
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Happiness is full magazines from here to the horizon an back! And cases of ammo to refill them when necessary.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
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Sounds like you've got them all properly outfitted now Army!
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Added a Wilson Slide Stop, and fitted a Wilson thumb safety and Klonimus Beavertail, and did a bit of machining on a Klonimus magwell to get it to fit. Not a silk purse but it's looking like something other than a sow's ear now. The controls and MSH that were on it from the factory were pretty bad. They fit and worked fine but they just did not look good at all.
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Dang man, you aint messin around! You are really changing things up like I like to do.
Looks wise you went from not quit zero, but definitely closer to hero. It’s looking real good!
Curious…How long to fit the magwell? I mean, did you blend it into the magwell of the frame? I stuck my STI back together tonight because I just had to see it mocked up with those fake ivory grips that I patina’d. I noticed that the aftermarket magwell/msh combo do not “flow” into the mag well. I’m a bit torn thought. Do I do a blend in there, and permenantly alter a semi rare gun, or just leave as is? I really can’t wait to finish these projects, get a Tisas and do all the stuff I wanna do (metal stipple a front strap, coat a slide or frame, mill or ball mill a slide top, maybe checkering?) like how you are expirementing with the Rock. Kudos my friend. I love it!
Remember how the V10 started out with me wanting it to be brushed? Your guns finish screams that look to me. That look was exactly what I originally wanted (Ya nailed it)
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Hey doa, disregard the magwell blending question. I went to pull it out to take a pic of what I was talking about and reality hit me.. I'm no uspsa or ipsa chooter 😂 While I'm normally Anl retentive about perfection on each part, just not gonna blend that magwell. 😉 I think I have a slightly rare one here and kick myself in the hiney for all of those I let go of in the past. Done with the stupid moves like that! 😂
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Picked it up yesterday, never been fired, pre 2013. I am going to order thin grips for it. Cleaned and lubed today, ready for range day.
New to me CZ 97B. Been wanting one for awhile. Have not received it yet, but it's on the way. I don't think they ever caught on, so CZ discontinued them. This one is a SA only.
Anyone know if a SP01 holster will work with it?
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Those grips look pretty thin, can you get even thinner ones? I made some for my P14-45 Para going for thin. I think it was the first set was so thin, light would show through them. Maybe a bit too thin?
Haven't played with that one in a long time, need to knock the dust off it.
I've hankered for the CZ97 for a long time and some other CZ's too. Just hasn't happened yet.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
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That's a slick looking gun. I bet very little recoil with it, like a 1911.
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Dang man, you aint messin around! You are really changing things up like I like to do.
Looks wise you went from not quit zero, but definitely closer to hero. It’s looking real good!
Curious…How long to fit the magwell? I mean, did you blend it into the magwell of the frame? I stuck my STI back together tonight because I just had to see it mocked up with those fake ivory grips that I patina’d. I noticed that the aftermarket magwell/msh combo do not “flow” into the mag well. I’m a bit torn thought. Do I do a blend in there, and permenantly alter a semi rare gun, or just leave as is? I really can’t wait to finish these projects, get a Tisas and do all the stuff I wanna do (metal stipple a front strap, coat a slide or frame, mill or ball mill a slide top, maybe checkering?) like how you are expirementing with the Rock. Kudos my friend. I love it!
Remember how the V10 started out with me wanting it to be brushed? Your guns finish screams that look to me. That look was exactly what I originally wanted (Ya nailed it
20240205_213138.jpgI bought the RIA for two reasons. It was all I could find in all steel, which I wanted for the heft and lesser recoil, and also for the price. It and the Tisas Carry I bought have allowed me to learn about 1911s without risk of messing up a moderately expensive, and nice gun. And it's worked. I've learned to take them down to the bits with only the plunger tube and the ejector left in, and put them back together. And also to fit things like the safeties and the mag release in such a way that they're safe and more pleasing to my eye. I have ruined one WC thumb safety and one WC mag release (yes these can be ruined). But other than that I've replaced a handful of safeties (thumb and beavertails) on these and other 1911s after all of my experimentation with the cheaper ones. One thing I will say about the RIA that I bought, the barrel to slide, and slide to frame fit are spot on. There is no wiggle in either, and the profile of the slide to frame and ejector to slide are what you would want to see in a good gun. Aside from the cheap parts in the RIA, and the very light tension on the ejector I have nothing to complain about. I have a Weigand extractor tool so I tightened it to spec already. We'll see how I did when I get it to the range. It's the first time I've used the tool, and again it's nice to have a less expensive gun to learn on.
I don't blend the magwells. Like you I'm not a competition shooter and I don't see a need to make it "perfect". Also there's the idea that on anything other than stainless it would require refinishing of the frame if I was to take a file to it. The machining I did on the Klonimus magwell I put in the RIA was to move the top of the pin hold up and back a bit. For some reason out of four different magwells I tried on it, none lined up with the frame's hole exactly. And the Klonimus magwell is the only one I wanted to take a chance on. It worked out perfectly because it fits tightly to the frame, and making the top, rearward portion of the pin hole a bit bigger means that it keeps the magwell tight to the frame. The part of the hole that isn't filled now is located such that its size doesn't factor into the fit. The four magwells I tried were an EGW, a Chen non-Dan Wesson, a Chen Dan Wesson, and the Klonimus that I ended up using. I also have a Kimber Ultra that was hard to drive the pin through, but it did go without needing to open the hole. Though being an aluminum frame on that one I won't remove and replace it much for fear of cracking it.
I have also learned that magwells will not always mate perfectly with the beavertail. I more or less ruined a Chen magwell filing it in the wrong place to get it to fit on a Kimber. I didn't want to mess with the Kimber Beavertail so I essentially sacrificed the magwell instead. It still works but I took too much off the top and so the hole for the retention pin does not have enough material left above it for me to trust it. Yes I do like playing around and learning. So far I have't ruined anything expensive, and have learned a whole lot. I'm sure you have too!
Your V10 is looking superb. If you do ever decide to part with it, for any reason, I hope you give us here a chance at it first! Just sayin'
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dao, I think you are a few steps ahead of me. You’ve done some things I’ve yet to do, but do intend to. Smart move how you’ve gone about it, better to mess up a little part, instead of a gun, or to mess up a cheaper gun instead of a more expensive one. I’ve only had to do mild “fitting” of a msh, clean up of various parts edges, etc to make parts fit. I want to try some hardcore filing/shaping one day. Say something like the Colonel has done, turning a standard heel into bobbed heel by cutting and blending the frame & msh. A little gutsy! I have a had a few budget 1911’s of various sizes in the past. Wishing I had one now. I have to take diversions from sanding, etc or I will get disinterested at the laboriousness (is that a word?) of it all and a project like that would be just the ticket. Lol! Thanks for the compliments. The offer to buy/own the V10 makes me feel a bit more proud of it, so thanks for that too. I can say the same about the Tisas and the Rock you’ve prettied up, I’d love to own either!
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