Posted: 9/30/2010 3:02:08 PM EDT
...it's done
and it came with a free hair ball 
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what is that gorgeous pistol doing on the ground? my father would kick your butt!!! 
Nice looking gun, what's the story? I had the Thrower of Flames do some work on it. FMD saw the pistol at Todd's before the work, I thought he might want to see the after. |
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Quoted: Quoted: what is that gorgeous pistol doing on the ground? my father would kick your butt!!! Nice looking gun, what's the story? I had the Thrower of Flames do some work on it. FMD saw the pistol at Todd's before the work, I thought he might want to see the after. Like I said before, very nice looking piece! Todd is that the flat or tactical flat? Clear coat flat or not? I like it. I used to LOVE painting guns. Wish I had more time to do it, and an FFL. I loved taking a junker and making it beautiful again. |
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what is that gorgeous pistol doing on the ground? my father would kick your butt!!!
Nice looking gun, what's the story? I had the Thrower of Flames do some work on it. FMD saw the pistol at Todd's before the work, I thought he might want to see the after. Like I said before, very nice looking piece! Todd is that the flat or tactical flat? Clear coat flat or not? I like it. I used to LOVE painting guns. Wish I had more time to do it, and an FFL. I loved taking a junker and making it beautiful again. It wasn't a junker to start. There was more work envolved than jut a refinish. |
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I like!!!!
Reminds me I need to do some research on my llama to see what parts are available to change out. That and my daughters ar will be my winter projects. nobody has answered what color black it is! now ya got me going off the the 1911 forum to get beat up  LOL
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I like!!!!
Reminds me I need to do some research on my llama to see what parts are available to change out. That and my daughters ar will be my winter projects. nobody has answered what color black it is! now ya got me going off the the 1911 forum to get beat up LOL
You'll have to ask Flamethrower, I don't know
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So... what was all done? What did it start out like? I was a Government model series 70 Colt with some crappy adj. rear sight and a staked front sight blade the size of Montana. When the rear sight was pulled off there was a flat spot in front and behind the dovetail where the sight was. When the original rear sight was put on someone used a file I would guess to flatten the top of the slide to make the adj. sight fit . I wanted to go to a fixed sight so Flame milled the length of the slide to fix that and cut a dovetail for the front sight.
The front sight is a STI, 10-8 NM rear sight A S&A Beavertail grip safety and flat mainspring housing/magwell-beveled to match the gun Nowlin sear and hammer Wilson extended thumb safety Alumagrips Refinished in "Tactical Tuff Guy" mat black so all the parts match |
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Range report
I put 200 rounds the the pistol this morning. Used a variety of ammo 50 rounds of Wolf 230gr. FMJ 50 rounds of Winchester 230gr. FMJ 50 rounds of Remington UMC 230gr. FMJ 50 rounds of Remington 230gr. jacketed hollow points It was uneventful, the pistol worked like a charm, no malfunctions. Hollow points fed no problem. Used three different magazines, pretty much point and shoot 
Thanks Flame The first 7 round mag, 25 feet 
The last 2 mags, 14 rounds some what rapid fire, 25 feet 
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Ask Todd about my front sight; if yours was Montana tall, mine might be Alaska tall. That looks really nice! 
Well Todd, break the tie... Well, you have your old blade. I didn't measure it before I took it off, but the finished height on RF's front sight will be .4233" off the top of the slide.  I think he may have you beat.
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Ask Todd about my front sight; if yours was Montana tall, mine might be Alaska tall. That looks really nice!
Well Todd, break the tie... Well, you have your old blade. I didn't measure it before I took it off, but the finished height on RF's front sight will be .4233"off the top of the slide. I think he may have you beat.Wow  , Mt McKinley, mine reads on the mic .270ish
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