The TRP is ready to coat. No more grinding, polishing, shaping, etc.
The stuff I did aside from the obvious cosmetic stuff was:
Full Cylinder and Slide ignition kit.
Extra Wilson extractor fitted for when the stocker wears out.
EGW oversize FP stop fitted to eliminate extractor clocking.
EGW Single Side Safety
Wilson Beavertail fitted cause the stock one was hollow and couldn’t be ground on much.
S&A standard MSH
10-8 Slide Stop
10-8 Mag Release
VZ square bottom grips which I then contoured to my liking.
Obviously, nothing wrong with most of the stock stuff in the TRP but I’m a freak so I figured why not. The EGW Firing Pin stop is IMO necessary as the stock one is really undersize. The ergonomic stuff was purely personal choice. The ignition kit is just because Cylinder & Slide’s stuff is beautiful.
I also polished the breech face, feed ramp, barrel throat and all that. When it gets coated I’ll have to make sure the guy who’s doing it doesn’t blast those. I’ll most likely mask the breech face where the rounds slide up and down and coat the upper section as well as the feed ramp. Any of you master pistolsmiths who want to opine feel free. I’m all for ideas on that.
I’ve always done stainless guns in the past that ended up looking more or less like this. I’d do a final light blast finish on them then beat them up on the range. For this one I went with the carbon steel TRP so whatever I do it’s gotta be finished with something. NP3 or hardchrome would look cool but I want something dark I think.
Here’s a few of the other project guns I’ve done…
This one obviously wasn’t nearly as aggressive a roundover job.
You’re a braver man than I. Looks nice and a solid parts spec. I’d probably have high cut the FS, but that’s just me. Maybe consider HH as a finish option.
Nice job. About the only thing I could offer is I’d point up the checkering on the S&A MSH. That cast checkering isn’t consistent with the front strap.
I was actually thinking of getting some checkering files for just that reason. I wanted to clean up the burrs on the machine cut checkering on the front strap as well.
Very good choices , for custom parts. Since your pro craftsmanship ,is nearly meticulous; I’ D LIKE THAT 1911 IN NP-3. Dark Ceracoat would not show off the exactness of your work.
I returned my cheaply cast S&A and got a very nice milled-from-bar-stock mainspring housing from Ed Brown. The difference in the checkering is phenominal.
The outfit who actually developed Cerakote is local to me and when they quit applying coatings in house their lead coater started his own business right up the street.
He’ll do my whole pistol for $150 with same day or at most next day turnaround provided I bring it to him completely disassembled.
I swung by Cerakote/NIC this morning on my way home from the VA and picked up some samples of colors I liked and I think the Graphite Black is gonna be the ticket.
