Just finishing up this build and ready to get it to it's rightful owner.
This is done using all Nighthawk parts except for ta Wilson low rider thumb safety and a Stan Chen magwell and mainspring housing.
I didn't take a photo of all the parts dumped out on a table and photos start with barrel fitting. The slide and frame fitting is already done.
I have posted this process before but just to make this thread as complete as possible here it goes.
First I determine how much material needs to come off the barrel width. The barrel lugs are locked in the center of the slide and this measurement tells me how much material to remove from the right side of the hood
Making certain that the barrel lugs are square in the mill I machine all but .001" off to allow for final hand fit. And that takes care of the right side.
Now for the left side I just need over all width and subtract slide measurement.
square lugs up and remove remaining excess metal.
A little hand polishing and it slides right in
Next cutting hood length
Measuring opening and hood and remove extra
Next is to cut the barrel lugs. .200" Slide stop does not go in so I use a gage pin to determine how much to remove
Once again indexing barrel before making any cuts
This barrel fixture allow me to recreated a nice corner on the barrel lugs as I cut
Time for some cosmetic cuts. Once again indexing in the part
[video]
20201115_082546 by Allen Moore, on Flickr[/video]
[video]
20201115_083022 by Allen Moore, on Flickr[/video]
First a flat top
2
Then a couple ball cuts for borders
Then a nice little french cut just for the fun of it
Needs sights
Maybe some serrations too
Just a little something extra
Top Serrations
This doesn't fit
But it will
After some massaging to the frame the Stan Chen Magwell fits
and relocate MSH hole
Another thing
A little mockup
And then there is this
Now this...
Starting to look like something
A few more cosmetics
Thinking about test firing
Some bead blasting and polising on the slide done
added a little clearance for barrel link to aid in disassembly
Some hand polishing
Looking like a gun now
by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Ship it
This is done using all Nighthawk parts except for ta Wilson low rider thumb safety and a Stan Chen magwell and mainspring housing.
I didn't take a photo of all the parts dumped out on a table and photos start with barrel fitting. The slide and frame fitting is already done.
I have posted this process before but just to make this thread as complete as possible here it goes.
First I determine how much material needs to come off the barrel width. The barrel lugs are locked in the center of the slide and this measurement tells me how much material to remove from the right side of the hood
Making certain that the barrel lugs are square in the mill I machine all but .001" off to allow for final hand fit. And that takes care of the right side.
Now for the left side I just need over all width and subtract slide measurement.
square lugs up and remove remaining excess metal.
A little hand polishing and it slides right in
Next cutting hood length
Measuring opening and hood and remove extra
Next is to cut the barrel lugs. .200" Slide stop does not go in so I use a gage pin to determine how much to remove
Once again indexing barrel before making any cuts
This barrel fixture allow me to recreated a nice corner on the barrel lugs as I cut
Time for some cosmetic cuts. Once again indexing in the part
[video]
20201115_082546 by Allen Moore, on Flickr[/video][video]
20201115_083022 by Allen Moore, on Flickr[/video]First a flat top
2Then a couple ball cuts for borders
Then a nice little french cut just for the fun of it
Needs sights
Maybe some serrations too
Just a little something extra
Top Serrations
This doesn't fit
But it will
After some massaging to the frame the Stan Chen Magwell fits
and relocate MSH hole
Another thing
A little mockup
And then there is this
Now this...
Starting to look like something
A few more cosmetics
Thinking about test firing
Some bead blasting and polising on the slide done
added a little clearance for barrel link to aid in disassembly
Some hand polishing
Looking like a gun now
by Allen Moore, on Flickr
Ship it
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