[sprinter1]

About a month ago I found this at a gun show and picked it up for $50. It was a bare slide, barrel, frame with the trigger assembly, magazine and a bare grip. It was missing all the springs, hammer block, firing pin, all the pins etc. The guy said he took it completely apart and lost the bag with all the parts to put it back together and lost interest in the gun.

I started by sanding and polishing all the seams on the grip and shaping and reforming the trigger. I then hit my spare parts box and polished and TiN CBN plated everything but the springs.  The total job took about an hour plus the plating time. I hit the range today and fired about 100 rounds of various ammo without any failures.

 

[eduk8tor]

Some days you just kinda fall into it good job on the restoration project!

 

[cybertek]

Looks great. Good job!

 

[torrent]

Heck of deal I say! Wish I could luck out like that every once in a while. Good looking gun too!

 

[peaceful99]

Too bad you can't show it to the original owner. He'd probably want to buy it back.

 

[forestranger]

Outstanding!

 

[pocketgun]

I love Wilsonesque stories like this one.

Take some pics of the frame area with the slide off if you get a chance. I would like to see the shiny internals too.

 

[c0wboi38]

Wow!

GREAT job!


Just as an aside, I bet if you'd have sent it to KT, they'd have fixed it, too.

 

[pocketgun]

...and there goes all his FUN! ;D

 

[c0wboi38]

Well, I KNOW that!



I was just extolling the virtues of KT.

 

[pocketgun]

So was I! LOL

 

[sprinter1]

I love Wilsonesque stories like this one.  

Take some pics of the frame area with the slide off if you get a chance.  I would like to see the shiny internals too.

The first picture is the hammer and trigger bar in the frame and the second picture is all the parts I plated on this gun.

 

 

[quickmick7]

some people have all the luck.....how about spreading some around

 

[wheelguy]

They say you aren't supposed to envy - but I just can't help it  . Where opportunity meets preparedness - you find the gold.

 

[pocketgun]

[quote author=pocketgun link=1214011760/0#6 date=1214016080]I love Wilsonesque stories like this one.

Take some pics of the frame area with the slide off if you get a chance. I would like to see the shiny internals too.

The first picture is the hammer and trigger bar in the frame and the second picture is all the parts I plated on this gun.[/quote]

It definitely looks sweet! How come you didn't plate the takedown pin?

 

[sprinter1]

[quote author=sprinter1 link=1214011760/0#11 date=1214048369][quote author=pocketgun link=1214011760/0#6 date=1214016080]I love Wilsonesque stories like this one.  

Take some pics of the frame area with the slide off if you get a chance.  I would like to see the shiny internals too.

The first picture is the hammer and trigger bar in the frame and the second picture is all the parts I plated on this gun.[/quote]

It definitely looks sweet!  How come you didn't plate the takedown pin?
[/quote]
I prefer how it looks blackened.

 

[pocketgun]

I hear ya - kind of blends in with the grip when left blackened.

 

[trentdeltasig]

Great find!

 

[alamo]

What a fun project. That's the fun that I enjoy from getting old milsurp rifles and taking them apart and cleaning them up and making them look nice again.

 

[JJS]

nice find/great rebuild