DrawandDuck Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Well I have finally COMPLETED my first ever build from ground up and I have to admit it turned out BETTER than I expected!! And first off (for the peanut gallery) IT DOES SHOOT AND SHOOTS VERY WELL THANK YOU!! Started out with STI frame, Trubor Barrel and 5" bald STI slide. It contains the following; extreme engineering Ultimate trigger kit (sear, hammer and disconnect), SV Triglide trigger and sear spring, Ice magwell, Matt McLearn M2i long firing pin, aftec super comp extractor, Brazo's tuned ejector, allchin c-more mount, EGW one piece guide rod, Ed Brown memory groove beavertail, Swenson safties, 10lb wolff variable power recoil spring (it feels HEAVY for a 10lb spring though) and thats about it!! I took everything and started to work. Fitting the slide to the frame was fairly simple. Barrel to slide was a BIT more difficult to get proper lockup tolerance (most difficult part to be honest). Milling the 1degree angle on slide for comp fit no problem. Milling/Drilling the 3 popple holes was easy. Drilling and tapping for allchin mount was easy. Reaming the chamber to .38 Super Comp no problem. Trigger kit was drop in with a little work on the top rear of the disconnect. Cutting bottom barrel lugs and fitting barrel link and slide stop wasn't an issue. Of course there were lots of polishing and rounding of edges and other several other things that common sense tells you to do.... Dot tracks true, straight up and back down. Makes 167 PF with 7.8 gr N350, 124 gr MG loaded to 1.225 OAL same load as my other gun. I have ran 400 rounds through it yesterday and today without any hitches (knocking on WOOD). My next decision is to hardchrome or turn it into a BLACK gun???? Of course I have PICTURES of the gun before I mounted the allchin/c-more or drilled the popple holes, then the completed project. I also practiced some Bedell cuts on my practice slide which turned out well also.... Now I have to figure out a way to break the news to ole' reliable that there is a new girl in town...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caspian guy Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Well I have finally COMPLETED my first ever build from ground up and I have to admit it turned out BETTER than I expected!! And first off (for the peanut gallery) IT DOES SHOOT AND SHOOTS VERY WELL THANK YOU!! Started out with STI frame, Trubor Barrel and 5" bald STI slide. It contains the following; extreme engineering Ultimate trigger kit (sear, hammer and disconnect), SV Triglide trigger and sear spring, Ice magwell, Matt McLearn M2i long firing pin, aftec super comp extractor, Brazo's tuned ejector, allchin c-more mount, EGW one piece guide rod, Ed Brown memory groove beavertail, Swenson safties, 10lb wolff variable power recoil spring (it feels HEAVY for a 10lb spring though) and thats about it!!I took everything and started to work. Fitting the slide to the frame was fairly simple. Barrel to slide was a BIT more difficult to get proper lockup tolerance (most difficult part to be honest). Milling the 1degree angle on slide for comp fit no problem. Milling/Drilling the 3 popple holes was easy. Drilling and tapping for allchin mount was easy. Reaming the chamber to .38 Super Comp no problem. Trigger kit was drop in with a little work on the top rear of the disconnect. Cutting bottom barrel lugs and fitting barrel link and slide stop wasn't an issue. Of course there were lots of polishing and rounding of edges and other several other things that common sense tells you to do.... Dot tracks true, straight up and back down. Makes 167 PF with 7.8 gr N350, 124 gr MG loaded to 1.225 OAL same load as my other gun. I have ran 400 rounds through it yesterday and today without any hitches (knocking on WOOD). My next decision is to hardchrome or turn it into a BLACK gun???? Of course I have PICTURES of the gun before I mounted the allchin/c-more or drilled the popple holes, then the completed project. I also practiced some Bedell cuts on my practice slide which turned out well also.... Now I have to figure out a way to break the news to ole' reliable that there is a new girl in town...... Dang Randal didn't leave much meat on that slide did you? I like it. I vote you send it to Virgil for chrome before its too late. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Nice cuts. I would chrome it without a doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSMITH Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Nice job!!! Big time chrome fan here too. I don't think you can get a better finish than hard chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Nice looking gun! I vote chrome also! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 I LIKE IT TO BE IN WHITE!! easy clean up with a scotch brite if it gets the scratch!! NICE BLASTER.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 Good job, like how you cut the Swensons back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capizzo Posted April 8, 2008 Share Posted April 8, 2008 very, very nice!! I love the slide cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrawandDuck Posted April 8, 2008 Author Share Posted April 8, 2008 very, very nice!! I love the slide cuts. I browsed the gallery for quite a while saving pics of guns I liked I narrowed them down to this design. I did not realize the cuts was from Gary Natale until recently. I saw the pics of the member Ineel's blaster which is black and also a Gary build. I have decided to go with the hard chrome so Tripp it will be on the way shortly. Randal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrawandDuck Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 (edited) Well, due to my primary gun being stolen I had to dig this one out of the safe in order to determine if it will be reliable for the Mississippi Classic....I have put 1600 rnds through it since Friday and it apprears to be running smoothly..........I have borrowed some mags while I await for mine to be completed that are also working......I just hope it is not like the golf club at the driving range but we shall see....... PS.....it never made it to Tripp, it's still in the white Edited April 29, 2010 by DrawandDuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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