Bully
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Finally got my other projects mostly cleared. Broke this out and started on the frame. About an hour of careful filing and another hour with lapping compound and it all fits. Nowhere near done with the slide/frame fit but it is a good start. I'm super happy with my choice of longer dustcover on the frame and slabbed slide. Thoughts and opinions are always welcome. I'm now onto the grip safety. Always tough from all my reading because it's the first visual indicator of a "quality" job. If it's not tight and right, it's not worth a darn. I'm also going to "bob" the frame. I may try and use a buddy's mill if I can't figure someting else out. I do have the jig, thankfully. We'll see. I'm planning on doing as much on this myself as I can. I will probably try and farm out the engraving on the slide and the checkering. But all the fitting and functional stuff I really want to do.
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My new build. It is a Government frame with the longer dustcover cut to Commander slide dimensions. Slide is a Commander flat top with Novak Lo-Mount sight cuts. I still have some small parts to pick up and don't plan on finishing this anytime too soon but I figured I would start the thread to give myself a bit of motivation to get a move on. Frame is a Foster. Slide is a Caspian. Everything is stainless. Small parts are a mish-mosh of whatever I can find cheap on various forums. Biggest remaining part will be the barrel. Most likely I'll grab a Kart with the fitting kit. It's a special order directly from Kart and they only run them every 6 weeks or something like that. So, that'll be next. In addition to grabbing the small parts, I've also been grabbing any tool that will make it easier to do this work by hand that I can find and afford. The basic plan is to get the major assembly done and then go back and make the small cosmetic/performance improvements afterward. Those will include: Beveling the slide. Cutting a High-Power cut on the front of the slide. "Bobbing" the rear of the frame Possibly checkering the front strap. Like I said, this is gonna take a while. Wish me luck. Christopher
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Get the Glock. Great guns. I had and sold mine but only because I stepped away from 9. For a more comfortable gun (obviously subjective) with a worse trigger (almost all would agree) get a Smith and Wesson M&P 9/9c. I have the 45 and although the trigger sucks, it is an awesome gun. I shoot it like a revolver and do well with it. Good luck with it. Christopher
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Nope. It actually makes me want to continue buying MORE of the crap that's threatened. I recently picked up 2K 62g bullets. I don't need them, but having them makes me happy. C
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Nice choice
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Kahr CM9. Small, reliable, easy to shoot and a great trigger. C
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Your first mistake was going to Dick's, period. Their abject fear of selling perfectly legal firearms is what keeps me from setting foot in that store.
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They are legit businesses. But, businesses are in it to make money. Trace the money and find out if it's something you want to engage in. You can always go to a bank and speak to someone there about loan consolidation. C
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Get started...? Seriously, pay a kid or just sit down and git'er done! Good luck. I find the prep to be the most tedious. C
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Unfortunately that is my late night to work. Otherwise I would be there in a heartbeat. Sorry I can't make it. C
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I could be completely wrong, however...
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Might be time to move Howard. C
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If it's non-threaded it does not have a brake. It has a target crown, most likely. Probably like this:
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Especially since it's now been mentioned on a public forum... Thankfully not by the OP. It seems as if it's an amicable breakup and he just needs a place to put stuff until he re-settles. Sorry for the breakup, they suck. Good luck. C
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Any chance of a pic? C
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Where's the "like" button when u need it?
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Or a NEOS?
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I am going to suggest (because I'm looking for one myself) a short-ish 44mag. I'm looking at the TALO 629 but am tempted by the Ruger Redhawk Alaskan. I've handled the Ruger and it's really nice. Let's talk about that WLA project sometime. I have a 74 Shovel project and live in Maywood... C
