Pimp maybe, but beyond cool for sure. That's sweet.
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Pimp maybe, but beyond cool for sure. That's sweet.
Here's my Para GI Expert with the 45 slide mounted. Posted this in General with the 22 upper installed. The wood is cocobolo tiger stripe (this is laminated on a 45 degree angle giving the chevron look)
Any dark grey frames out there? I like the dark grey with black slide look.
I hope there are some out there that like old school stuff. I did all these in the late 70s into the 80s. I still own and use them. They may not be as pretty and precise as cnc machined stuff but I can proudly say that I mostly did them by hand
This is a complete .22 Colt Ace that I currently use in steel plate matcheS. I customized this one in the late 70s when I used it to practice for IPSC matches. The grip safety is a piss poor fit because back then there was only one commercial source for grip safeties (Safari Arms) which had a different radius cut then what's used now. That safety also applied downward pressure to the web of your hand. I later found high ride safeties for this cut made by king Gun Works (now out of busines)
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ColtAce006.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ColtAce007.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/ColtAce3.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/ColtAce4.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...e/ColtAce5.jpg
This is a Marvel Precision .22 conversion with interchangeable ribs that I also compete with. It's on the Ace frame
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...letePistol.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ECISION003.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ECISION007.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ECISION002.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...ECISION008.jpg
Here's another conversion unit. It's a slide that fits onto a 1911 frame and shoots .177 pellets. They were made in the 70s, in Germany and sold by Crossman. It's really accurate.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...nversion01.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...nversion02.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...nversiono4.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...version009.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...version006.jpg
This is my concealed carry Colt commander. I did this one back in the late 70s. S&W rear sights were popular back then. It has a ramped Briley barrel and spherical barrel bushing.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tCommander.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tCommander.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tCommander.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tCommander.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tCommander.jpg
In the early 80s, after I started competing in Ipsc matches I mostly customized this one. After I did all the checkering, Barsto barrel fitting, etc. I sent the frame and slide out to Behlert Precision (now out of business) to install the Bomar sight, serrate the top of the slide, and cut a dovetail for the front sight and to do a complete hard chrome.
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tGovtModel.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tGovtModel.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tGovtModel.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tGovtModel.jpg
http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p...tGovtModel.jpg