don't know if this qualifies as 301 but it is sure over 101.
A while back I asked if anybody had a gun project laying around that needed done.
DocIndy obliged me with this one:
He had a Colt 10mm Delta Elite Frame and a brand new Caspian slide he had been sitting on for a while and wanted to make a gun out of them.
I said Sure
No usable guts just those 2 parts. The slide would not go on the frame either.
Here is what I received to start with.
Once I got some parts in the mail it was time to start fitting things.
Notice lack of Slide serrations and beavertail radius and standard under cut on the trigger guard.
Also I miss placed the pics but the 10mm feed ramp is steeper than the .45 feed ramp so I had to recut it to 31.5 degrees, Just sayin.
Kart NM Barrel Both Hood and lugs are oversize and need cut to fit.
Ed Brown High ride Beavertail.
Smith Alexander 1 piece magwell and Main spring housing: Blended
Might as well undercut the trigger guard :
1st mockup: ( I guess my mockup was prior to the undercut trigger guard.)
My anti Idiot Scratch relief, works real nice without cutting away a ton on the slide stop. It looks extra big in the picture, it's not that big
Time for some slide serrations:
Install sights and mockup to test fire:
After test firing I did have a couple of tweaks to make but over all not to bad: Gun is so very accurate.
Here is the Gun Finished. I did a lot of polishing on the parts and slide for DocIndy so this would shoot well but look awesome doing it.
I learned that taking a good picture of glossy stainless is not easy.
Here is the best I could get
I put some doubles in there i guess
A while back I asked if anybody had a gun project laying around that needed done.
DocIndy obliged me with this one:
He had a Colt 10mm Delta Elite Frame and a brand new Caspian slide he had been sitting on for a while and wanted to make a gun out of them.
I said Sure
No usable guts just those 2 parts. The slide would not go on the frame either.
Here is what I received to start with.
Once I got some parts in the mail it was time to start fitting things.
Notice lack of Slide serrations and beavertail radius and standard under cut on the trigger guard.
Also I miss placed the pics but the 10mm feed ramp is steeper than the .45 feed ramp so I had to recut it to 31.5 degrees, Just sayin.
Kart NM Barrel Both Hood and lugs are oversize and need cut to fit.
Ed Brown High ride Beavertail.
Smith Alexander 1 piece magwell and Main spring housing: Blended
Might as well undercut the trigger guard :
1st mockup: ( I guess my mockup was prior to the undercut trigger guard.)
My anti Idiot Scratch relief, works real nice without cutting away a ton on the slide stop. It looks extra big in the picture, it's not that big
Time for some slide serrations:
Install sights and mockup to test fire:
After test firing I did have a couple of tweaks to make but over all not to bad: Gun is so very accurate.
Here is the Gun Finished. I did a lot of polishing on the parts and slide for DocIndy so this would shoot well but look awesome doing it.
I learned that taking a good picture of glossy stainless is not easy.
Here is the best I could get
I put some doubles in there i guess
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