Slide lightening

[aloreman]

Going to cut my my new tanfo. Any one care to post pics of there lightened slides?

[TJART]

PM Kneelingatlas

[kneelingatlas]

[kneelingatlas]

The above are all mine, but this one belonged to Henning:

[BeerBaron]

here is the factory limited that the rest of the world gets. it comes with lightened slide already. you could always replicate that?

I still don't know why they don't do the cuts on the US market limiteds.

[aloreman]

i think im going with a combination of all of the above. except the factory one. customizing a handgun to look like the factory model is like drinking non alcoholic beer

[BeerBaron]

fair enough. the reason cuts replicating what they do from factory is attractive is that there's evidence (assuming it's cut correctly) that it doesn't weaken the slide in any meaningful way (many of those slides around the world running like that), and it'll be easy to find springs and loads that work well with a slide of that weight and balance as it's a known quantity. Having said that you may well be able to improve on it both in aesthetics and performance. I particularly think removing material from the rear to balance the material removed from the front is probably a good idea.

[aloreman]

off to the mill this week. ill post pics when done

[jaep1911]

Sorry about layman's question but what are benefits of doing this slide lightening? Felt recoil reduction? Faster cycling?

[aloreman]

and looks alot cooler when ya miss

[skullmug]

and looks alot cooler when ya miss

Style points got to count for something

[jaep1911]

and looks alot cooler when ya miss

:) Then I need it for sure!

[aloreman]

My entire pistol existance is to make everyone else look good. Im a competitve rifle shooter someone handed a pistol.