How is this kind of stippling down on a metal frame

[Chills1994]

Hi all,

Just wondering how this is done???

thanks!

[Dan Sierpina]

A small punch and a chasing hammer. I used to use a drill blank ground with 4 flats on the point. A chasing hammer is used for engraving, it's small and the handle is made to swivel in your hand to reduce fatigue.

That looks like a Novak gun.

[Chills1994]

the smith's name is Richard Fletcher out of Lexington, VA .

http://www.fletchercustompistols.com/

I was doing a google search for how to add a beavertail to a Browning Hi Power so you don't get hammer bite.

I was hoping to find some pics of a smith tig welding a beavertail on and then showing the blending/shaping steps.

[Dan Sierpina]

Back when I was gun plumbing, I had a block of steel tig welded on the tang of P9's then machined, ground, sanded, polished everything that didn't look like what I wanted. I made the tail much more upswept than the one pictured.

You need someone that's really good with a tig welder, to make sure there are no voids, and espcially bits of tungsten in the weld.

[Round_Gun_Shooter]

the smith's name is Richard Fletcher out of Lexington, VA .

http://www.fletchercustompistols.com/

I was doing a google search for how to add a beavertail to a Browning Hi Power so you don't get hammer bite.

I was hoping to find some pics of a smith tig welding a beavertail on and then showing the blending/shaping steps.

Try Robar. I owned a BHP custom from them I bought from Crabby here on the forum. It is the one gun I have sold that I really regret selling.

[Ross Carter]

I went the easy way and cut off a Brown beavertail and welded it to this HiPower I built.

[landshark45]

Wow I bet these guns feel great shooting. & beautiful at that.

[Chills1994]

I went the easy way and cut off a Brown beavertail and welded it to this HiPower I built.

Yeah, I was wondering if that was possible to take a beavertail from a 1911 and weld it onto a BHP. Thanks!