Today's Gunsmithing: Bomar cut/Flat top with serrations

[CCF]

Bomar First:

Then Flat top:

Then serrations:

Done for today:

Cocking serrations are next....

 

[drillsgt]

Nice job, textbook installation. The bigger question is who still wants adjustable sights installed? Bomar installs seem so old school, I remember doing quite a few in the mid-late nineties but they tapered off after that. Good job.

 

[ghitch75]

nice!!!!....who's slide's you start with?

 

[ghitch75]

The bigger question is who still wants adjustable sights installed? Bomar installs seem so old school, I remember doing quite a few in the mid-late nineties but they tapered off after that.

more than likely on it's way to bein' a bullseye gun

 

[drillsgt]

more than likely on it's way to bein' a bullseye gun

People still shoot that?

Great photos too CCR!

 

[Bahbo]

Looks very nice. I think bomars are very classic and add alot to a build that is geared toward that style.

I am still looking for a mill to buy at the right price vs options point. Then I will have some cool stuff to show as well (hopefully lol)

Again very nice job.

Thnaks

Bahbo

 

[Colt556]

Very nice! I wish I had some skillz like dat!

 

[CCF]

It is an STI slide in 9mm. It will be a competition gun for IDPA. I actually install a lot of bomars as they are still very popular in both USPSA and IDPA.

Thanks for the kind words everyone!!

 

[drillsgt]

Looks very nice. I think bomars are very classic and add alot to a build that is geared toward that style.

I am still looking for a mill to buy at the right price vs options point. Then I will have some cool stuff to show as well (hopefully lol)

Again very nice job.

Thnaks

Bahbo

I'm with you Bahbo, I figured with this economy there would be more deals out there on machinery but I haven't seen much around.

 

[Bahbo]

There are some decent deals around the Detroit area but then you actually have to go to the Detroit area.

Bahbo

 

[CCF]

If I had to do it over again I think I would buy an older bridgeport, but I got this one for a great deal and it was near me. I'm happy with it, but I think those bridgeports are just better.

 

[Bahbo]

Bridgeports are nice but I have worked with very nice Sharp mills that I think were just as good. Either way a properly functioning DRO makes life so much simpler.

Bahbo

 

[Hookeye]

My Commander has 3 dot fixed sights.
They suck.
It's getting a Bomar eventually.

 

[evanrw61]

Bridgeports are nice but I have worked with very nice Sharp mills that I think were just as good. Either way a properly functioning DRO makes life so much simpler.

Bahbo

+1 I miss my Jhead Bridgeport

 

[drillsgt]

I like bridgeports but have also worked with Index's also, did CCR say what mill that was in the pictures, it looks like he keeps a pretty clean machinery regardless.

 

[David]

Nice work! I have a couple guns that could use better sights, just have to break down and get the dovetail cutters.

Deals on used machinery are out there, just gotta keep looking. I picked this mill up for $500 a couple years ago from a guy over in Michigan. A little degreaser and a couple cans of spray paint..............and than you get to go broke buying tooling!!

 

[Bahbo]

I wish I could find something for that little. I am also looking for a lathe, like a needle in a cut hayfield unless you want to pay out the nose.

Thanks

 

[drillsgt]

Nice work! I have a couple guns that could use better sights, just have to break down and get the dovetail cutters.

Deals on used machinery are out there, just gotta keep looking. I picked this mill up for $500 a couple years ago from a guy over in Michigan. A little degreaser and a couple cans of spray paint..............and than you get to go broke buying tooling!!

Nice score! That's what i'm talking about. I still have alot of tooling and all the necessary fixtures just need a machine.

 

[David]

I wish I could find something for that little. I am also looking for a lathe, like a needle in a cut hayfield unless you want to pay out the nose.

Thanks

I'm starting to feel a little threadjacking guilt...but

Along with a machine I bought a few years ago I got some stuff I had no use for, which I managed to trade for....

South Bend 9". It got the same cleaning/spray can job that the mill did, but not much else. Amazing what a little elbow grease and a couple dollars worth of paint will do.

 

[Bahbo]

Those 9" southbends are nice if they aren't too worn. I would like a gear head with quick change gearbox so no messing with belts. Meh threads are meant to be hijacked especially with no gunsmithing forum to discuss this type of thing. Lol

Bahbo