Finally, my 9-major project is ready! First build - learned a lot, cursed a lot
STI frame, slide, trubor barrel and a bunch of small parts from various manufacturers (EGW, Ed Brown, SVI, STI) and a lot of hours on the tools. Oh, and the C-More mount I made myself from a solid block, because, well... I could.
My hands have rather strong opinions on how a gun is supposed to feel in them ergonomics wise, so I really don't show any mercy to nice quality parts or designs if they don't feel right for me. For example the STI frame/beaver angle is too shallow in my opinion so I carved it deeper to get a higher grip. And the Ed Brown wide thumb safeties had a nasty sharp radius in the rear so it too got to taste my Dremel... and don't even get me started on the grip!
Here in Finland we have to license all our firearms and I didn't want the make of my gun to be "STI" in the license card - after all, I made it, not them! (granted, from their parts) Some years ago a friend struggled with finding a suitable gun and frustrated, said "Someone should start making pistols in Finland and the gun shop's name should be Perkele Arms." Later, I happened to ask him for a suggestion what I'd call my new open pistol so he replied "It's Perkele Arms, there are no other options!" I believe if any Finnish word is known everywhere, that's the one
So, ladies and gentlemen, here it is - Perkele Arms 2011
More pics of the project (with Finnish captions) here, if interested:
http://jumi.lut.fi/~ppiirone/kuvat/2011-04_Ouppeni/
BR,
Perttupp