RussB Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Nice. Wish I had the skill to do that kind of stuff...how you like the memory groove? Never tried one. earl The memory groove as Ed Brown calls it helps me to positively disengage the grip safety, every time and with a high grip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 Good luck with the PDP3 scope. When I started IPSC, I went through 5 PDP3s in about a year, 2 of them that were supposedly "bullet proofed" by a then-well regarded person. Oh, harbinger of doom! Looks like that PDP3 "let go" today. I went from shooting nice little groups to spraying shots in a 2-foot pattern! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted March 8, 2010 Author Share Posted March 8, 2010 I was blaming the Tasco prematurely. After I had to re-attach the comp, the bullets were making contact with the holes in the comp! I opened up the comp's holes a bit, and all is well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 10, 2010 Author Share Posted April 10, 2010 A long strange Tripp indeed! After about 600 rounds, I noticed severe battering of the barrels locking lugs, and peening in the lug recesses in the slide. Apparently the barrel was never properly fitted. The timing was way off. It didn't have enough clearance when unlocked and hit the VIS too soon. Bummer I ordered up a new Caspian slide & Clark barrel, and had at it. So far this is where I'm at, I came up with a simple but effective cocking handle. The slide will get more lightening cuts when time allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 13, 2010 Author Share Posted April 13, 2010 Here's what I came up with for lightening cuts. I used a stub 3/16 TiAln carbide end mill with a .015" corner radius to do both the slots and the holes in the top. It took longer to de-burr than to actually mill the slide Next steps are to blend the back of the slide to the frame, re-blue the frame, slide & comp and then engrave "38 Super" under the ejection port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 (edited) Got the parts back from Black Oxide today. I did a high-polish on the slide and the small flats of the frame, using 2000 grit wet/dry paper. The rest of the frame, along with the recoil spring tunnel, back of the slide and the rear slide cut-outs got some glass bead blasting. As is usual with me, I'll offer up way-to-many pictures Edited April 23, 2010 by RussB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 and if that wasn't enough pics... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBean Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Very cool. Great job Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 Thanks This really turned into a major project. I learned a lot, and now I have the itch to build a gun from the ground up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glockcomma Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Your pretty damn handy, whats your real job? Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 (edited) Your pretty damn handy, whats your real job? Tim I'm a Tool & Die maker. The company I work for sends part to black oxide at least once a week, so I get to have my goodies "blued" at no cost to me Edited April 24, 2010 by RussB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 The finishing touch... note that's some glare under the "p" and you can see the reflection of the camera (and my foot!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Really nice! Never too many pix of a job like this one. I'd like to have a Tripp frame gun. Just sound too sweet when you say it! On the original slide... Was that a racker that you made or was that on there when you got it? If so, any idea who makes it? I have got to get a racker put on one gun and I've been told the slide is cut to "short" to mill for any type of dovetail. Maybe the one you have on there would work for me. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Russ, wonderful job bringing the gun back to life!! I have the SS538 frame and the original box marked 'Prototype' ... has been a long while since I have seen another Trip frame!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) Russ, wonderful job bringing the gun back to life!! I have the SS538 frame and the original box marked 'Prototype' ... has been a long while since I have seen another Trip frame!!! Thanks Jordi, and very cool! Do you know how old your frame is? The best guesstimate I could get from STI and Virgil was circa 1993 Edited April 28, 2010 by RussB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 (edited) Really nice! Never too many pix of a job like this one. I'd like to have a Tripp frame gun. Just sound too sweet when you say it! On the original slide... Was that a racker that you made or was that on there when you got it? If so, any idea who makes it? I have got to get a racker put on one gun and I've been told the slide is cut to "short" to mill for any type of dovetail. Maybe the one you have on there would work for me. Thanks! Someone else had made the original slide racker. It attached with two screws, and the top rear of the slide must be drilled & tapped. One of the holes will go through the extractor tunnel. It ain't the prettiest thing, either. Still interested? Edited April 28, 2010 by RussB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Really nice! Never too many pix of a job like this one. I'd like to have a Tripp frame gun. Just sound too sweet when you say it! On the original slide... Was that a racker that you made or was that on there when you got it? If so, any idea who makes it? I have got to get a racker put on one gun and I've been told the slide is cut to "short" to mill for any type of dovetail. Maybe the one you have on there would work for me. Thanks! Someone else had made the original slide racker. It attached with two screws, and the top rear of the slide must be drilled & tapped. One of the holes will go through the extractor tunnel. It ain't the prettiest thing, either. Still interested? It's not my favorite solution but to be honest I'm not sure what else I can get away with. The slide on the gun I want to put a racker on is only .750" tall and it's cut way up toward the breech face. Something along the lines of that one, after a meeting with a mill, is probably the way mine is going to have to be done according to my 'smith. There's a 99% probability there isn't enough material to cut for a dovetail so surface mount is what I'm left with. I'm a lefty and run a Quinn mount so I only need it off the right side of the gun. I guess the bottom line is I'm interested in the way it mounts. The actual design needs some work to be the best it can for me in my opinion. Any help/info is greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Russ, wonderful job bringing the gun back to life!! I have the SS538 frame and the original box marked 'Prototype' ... has been a long while since I have seen another Trip frame!!! Thanks Jordi, and very cool! Do you know how old your frame is? The best guesstimate I could get from STI and Virgil was circa 1993 Russ, cannot really remember the date but it was between 1992 and 1994. For any memorabilia aficionado .. original box (and the gun of course) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Russ, wonderful job bringing the gun back to life!! I have the SS538 frame and the original box marked 'Prototype' ... has been a long while since I have seen another Trip frame!!! Thanks Jordi, and very cool! Do you know how old your frame is? The best guesstimate I could get from STI and Virgil was circa 1993 Russ, cannot really remember the date but it was between 1992 and 1994. Most probably during the 1992 Nationals in Barry. For any memorabilia aficionado .. original box (and the gun of course) Edited April 29, 2010 by jriera Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jriera Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Detail of the inside cover of the box. Look at the price!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob DuBois Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Thanks, I enjoyed watching your work unfold, good post. Great Blaster, hope you have as much fun shooting it as you have bring it back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 Detail of the inside cover of the box. Look at the price!! Thanks for the pics! Funny that you can get a new frame for significantly less these days. My gun also came with 7 original Chip McCormick 140mm magazines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted April 30, 2010 Author Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) Thanks, I enjoyed watching your work unfold, good post. Great Blaster, hope you have as much fun shooting it as you have bring it back to life. Thank you for the kind words I'm having a ball shooting the gun. Got just about 1k of Precision-Delta 124's over 7.5 of 4756 through it...we run 2 steel matches a month as well. Edited April 30, 2010 by RussB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussB Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 I just installed the "Swenson" ambi safety. More work than I could have imagined, and it looks kinds funky as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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