Ron Ankeny Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 I had a thread about refurbishing my old Baer. I sent the pistol to Virgil Tripp for some hard chrome. His work is outstanding. Best of all, only one week round trip, including shipping time. (Edited by Ron Ankeny at 3:28 pm on Oct. 31, 2002) (Edited by Ron Ankeny at 3:46 pm on Nov. 5, 2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Posted October 31, 2002 Share Posted October 31, 2002 Ron, That's good to hear. I just sent my STI short block down to Virgil, to be chromed. It's the first gun I've ever built, so it has a special place in my heart. I figured I sent it to the right guy (after all I'd want to do a good job on any pistol that has one of my initals in the company name!) Glad Virgil did a good job for you. Enjoy that Baer! Ray C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Virgil and his company are great..I sent some parts for cobra coating on a wed, two-day UPS they were back on Tuesday...so they got there Friday, coated and back to shipping that day to be on my doorstep Tuesday morning...amazing service...the pistolsmithing I have seen from Virgil is very nice too... Are those Burner Grips??? gun looks great... (Edited by eerw at 10:05 pm on Oct. 31, 2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted November 1, 2002 Share Posted November 1, 2002 Sheee-it, he must've been turning your jobs around while neglecting my magazines, which took a whole month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ankeny Posted November 1, 2002 Author Share Posted November 1, 2002 Yeppers, those are Burner Grips. I wouldn't be without them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 " I just sent my STI short block down to Virgil, to be chromed" "Short block"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted November 2, 2002 Share Posted November 2, 2002 Short block is STI's term for a frame and slide gunsmithing kit. I hope he had it built into a working gun before he had it chromed. Maybe he just means short dust cover frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Posted November 5, 2002 Share Posted November 5, 2002 Yup, I built it into a working gun before it was chromed. I started with the short block kit with the S1 comp in .40. Put her all together and ran about 500 rounds through it at about a 200 powerfactor to check function. Happily I haven't had a moments problem with it since it was put together! Ray C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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