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Post by chuckinohio on Oct 9, 2011 1:53:22 GMT
Saito for the win!!
Just takin the piss with the comment bro, it's your pistol, make it like you want.
I used to own a hard chromed long slide Colt in .38 Soupy that I used as a pin gun. No pearlescent flash though, it had
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Floral scroll motif Pewter grips :oops:
I know, I know, go ahead and let me have it you bastages.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 9, 2011 2:44:50 GMT
long slides kick ass. Awesome enough now they make a bushing comp that turns your 1911 into a longslide. cuts the recoil by at least 45% too. Max loads feel like 9 millie millies :lol:
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Post by chuckinohio on Oct 9, 2011 12:40:37 GMT
A good friend of mine has a Springfield 1911 in 9mm that is a freakin laser.
That damn pistol is supernatural accurate, it's freaky how sweet it was right out of the box. The trigger was a bit crunchy, but some Wilson Combat parts straightened it out, and turned it one of those one that you never want to let go.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 9, 2011 13:13:23 GMT
yeah i rented a loaner at a gun range, same model i just bought, and at 50 feet i was shooting sub 2 inch groups, at 15yards the bulseye was just one big bullet hole :mrgreen:
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Post by 14thforsaken on Oct 10, 2011 3:54:25 GMT
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 10, 2011 3:58:58 GMT
hahahhahahhah i love that movie. WHO ORDERED THE WHOOPASS FAJITAS!?!?!?! "thats retarded....."
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Post by ShooterMike on Oct 10, 2011 13:30:39 GMT
Nice gun, Saito. Good choice. One suggestion for consideration. If you want plating, consider hard chrome instead of bright nickel. It's LOTS more durable. You can tell the plater you want brightly polished "flats" on the pistol and it will still be bright and shiney, just a lot more durable. Here's a thread from The High Road with a bunch of guys talking about hard chrome as a handgun finish. I've had several 1911s hard chromed and can testify that the positive comments are true: What's the deal on hard chrome?
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 10, 2011 13:36:23 GMT
i was wondering about the hard chrome, i knew it was more durable, but i always thought based on internet pictures it looks like slightly polished stainless or aluminum. interesting though, im gonna look into it
EDIT: that was a pretty interesting read, durability wise that semprini seems like THE best, id have to see it in person and see just how shiny it is b4 i got it, but i am impressed.
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Post by ShooterMike on Oct 10, 2011 19:41:00 GMT
A the shineyness comes from the metal prep. Most pictures you're going to see will be of pistols that had bead blasted or otherwise had matte finishes on the raw steel before plating. If it's polished up bright and shiney when it's plated, it will be bright and shiney when it's done. I think the best look for that finish is to bead blast the radiused surfaces, then polish the flat surfaces to an almost mirror-like surface. It gives a striking appearance when finished. That finish looks good on a stainless 1911 too.
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Post by chuckinohio on Oct 10, 2011 20:40:05 GMT
Hard chrome, done properly, will stand up to a sandblaster.
The feed trays on some of the Israeli surplus 1919 Brownings are hard chromed for use with desintegrating link belts, and sandblasting them before a repark job will only give it a matte finish, not remove it.
Tough stuff.
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Post by Lonely Wolf Forge on Oct 11, 2011 0:14:50 GMT
ineresting...ill have to see some polished Nickel Side by side with Polished chrome. if the chrome can be as bright and shiny i might go with i instead, the cost is the same regardless of which
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