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I'm not a gunsmith, nor do I play one on t.v., so take this for what it's worth... Silver solder is very soft. If you are doing nothing more that a slip-fit, the pressure of the round passing by will, probably, loosen it over time. Your comp will most likely end up down range someday. The pin, on the other hand, is most likely at least as hard as the surrounding metal. The solder is just holding it in and isn't taking much of a beating. Your compensator will most likely stay put. Me, I would drill it and plug weld it with a mig. It's easy. I, personally, wouldn't be afraid of using a hand drill. It's how motorcycle hardtails are slugged together. Good luck. C

Thanks. I figured it was on the pricey side. Has the OP made a decision yet? Seems he has a bunch and I am kinda curious where he goes with it. C

How does it compare, price wise, to .45? C

Welcome aboard C

Take a look a the Fusion stuff. fusionfirearms.com. Bob is from Dan Wesson and builds a pretty nice (looking imho) gun. Good luck with it. C

Count me in, if it's not a saturday. C

And 20 or so at Bullet hole and Caso's respectively. I meant if there was a special order situation. C

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=96540 http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=320750 And these... C

STI Spartan is Phillipine made. Trojan is US made. Springfield is Brazilian. Kimber's frames (allegedly) are Korean forged and cut here. Personally I love my Kimber. You will get lots of naysayers on them, however they built 80.000 or so last year and there is a 5-7 month wait so they must be doing something right. I would look at the Sig's. Really good value for dollar. Good luck. I drove myself absolutely nuts looking for my first. Now, it's even worse looking for my second. Although I have finally settled and made my decision. C

I will be assembling. I will need to fit the frame and slide. Barrel will be a drop in, not sure which one yet. I will need to silver solder the front strap as I don't like the checkering and want it smooth. The rest wil be adding parts and tuning to my abilities. Then, she'll go off to a smith to be checked for safety. I'm hoping for a 40-50 hour project. It's gonna take longer than a while as it's an "as funds permit" kinda thing. However, I'm excited to get it going. C

After a lot of second guessing on my part and going round and round in my head about what to do, I am ordering the frame and slide today. I would love to get a "kit", but they don't make one that I can swing configured the way I would want it. So, it's gonna be piecemeal. Whatever, it'll take a little longer. Going with a full dustcover/slabside in 9mm. I will start a "build thread" as soon as I get started on it. I am one of the raffle winners on another site, so I have a 100 dollar gift cert. from Brownell's to help me along. This should be fun. C

Thanks. Appreciated. C

Looks great!! Stainless? Cost? C

I have one more permit in hand. I was hoping that I would like this gun (aesthetically) but it's too similar to my current gun for me to really be interested in. I think I will be sticking to plan and ordering a kit and building one myself. Thanks for posting the pics. C

I haven't had a problem there. Been there twice. Once on a crowded sunday and just this past monday. Guy actually cracked a joke with me. (Maybe that means I need to lose a little weight, I don't know) Anyway, the range is one of the very few that exist around here. Call me an a**, but I feel that if you don't like it, don't go. Vote with your wallet. However, if you choose to complain on an open forum, which is your right, you may hurt their business. They are in business to make money and if they don't, they'll close. If they close, it's one less range that we'll have in the area. Is that something you want? I don't. Unless it is a gross offense, I just laugh it off. I mean, who really cares in the end. Maybe the guy can tell that he's getting to you and if you just ignore him, it'll make him go away. Good luck. I like shooting there. C

PURDY!!! I am not much of a rifle guy, but that's really nice. C

Got the pics working. C

So, I finally have my first range report!!! Stopped in at Gun for Hire and met Anthony. What a great guy! He had offered to show me how to break down my gun and re-assemble it WITHOUT getting the dreaded idiot scratch on it. Hung out for a minute and chatted and then headed over to the range to try the gun out. Put 205 rounds thru the gun. 50 rounds of Winchester White Box, 50 rounds of Speer Lawman, 50 rounds of PMC, and 50 rounds of Federal. 5 rounds of Hornady Critical Defense just to make sure that they feed well. They do. But, at a dollar a round, it was a short mag. Also, I used my stock Kimber mag and 5 stainless Metalform mags that I picked up off a member on another board. I had 3 FTE on mag 2, 4, and 5 (one each), all WWB. After that, the gun worked flawlessly. She's a lot more accurate than I am, and shoots like a dream. I am absolutely smitten with my choice. To all the Kimber naysayers... whatever. To all the 9mm 1911 haters, whatever. My gun was great. And, with the ammo at roughly half the cost of .45acp, I will be able to head to the range a little more often. C

Grips are Hogue. I really like them. Most probably won't. That's fine, it's not their gun. Thanks for all the positive comments. C

I have found that price with a shop CAN be negotiable. Not a ton, as the markup on guns actually kinda sucks. But there is a little wiggle room. You see it at the Paramus Ramsey Outdoor? C

Thanks for the nice remark, Wombat. Anyone wanna shoot tomorrow? C

Hopefully that works. C

Take a look at the Kimbers as well. If you have the day off monday, the 9th, come on up to the Bullet Hole. I'm gonna shoot mine for the first time. Also, take a look and see if you can find a Ruger. They msrp for 800 but are quite difficult to find. Might want to order one now and byt the time your permits come in it'll be at the shop. Good luck. There are a LOT of choices in that platform. C

I am never a fan of any component of government using money to encourage people turning in other folks. I see WAAAYY too much potential for abuse. Even if the guns are legally owned and purchased, the defandant is going to have to spend hard earned coin to get their stuff back or clear their name. Even if not, just having the cops show up with a warrant can sometimes be damage enough. Definitely scary to me. C

Feel free to meet me on monday at the bullet hole. Maybe noonish? C