For my fellow 1911 brothers (and sisters? Tam? Any other 1911 girls here?)

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Originally Posted by Haraise

Sneak peak at my plastic fantastic so far:

http://i47.tinypic.com/26s79.jpg

Does this mean I can't play with Hilton Yam and Pat Rogers? :(

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I'm neither a wide body nor wide serrations nor square trigger guard nor FCS guy.... But that's a cool looking gun. You going to do a thread on it when it's ready?

[and yes, bill, I like yours better]

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Originally Posted by doctorpogo

I'm neither a wide body nor wide serrations nor square trigger guard nor FCS guy.... But that's a cool looking gun. You going to do a thread on it when it's ready?

[and yes, bill, I like yours better]

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Yeah, I'll come up with something about it.

Right now I'm planning to get it nitrided and then NP3+ coated.

Even though I really dislike the yellowish tint of NP3+ it's still the best coating I can find. If only someone came up with something better...

I had a LWC that wore np3 really well. My next refinish -- an izzy highpower -- will probably be my chance to try NP3+.

I'd recommend against the FCN. Especially if you are going NP3 afterward, if you can get the plater to even do it. I would expect adhesion issues to surface in attempting that.

I'd leave it as bead blasted stainless.

FCN is at its best in a wear resistance application, like a gear. Not an impact loaded application, like a gun. Glock gets away with it because their steel is a nice buttery soft alloy.

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Originally Posted by Haraise

Does this mean I can't play with Hilton Yam and Pat Rogers? :(

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Your backup irons fell off. :p

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Originally Posted by Tamara

Your backup irons fell off. :p

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I was going to say something, but commenting on women's fashion isn't something us guys typically come out ahead on.

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Originally Posted by Bill Riehl

I was going to say something, but commenting on women's fashion isn't something us guys typically come out ahead on.

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You're very wise for a bachelor. While we men may think Victoria's Secret stuff is way cool, the other side is probably shopping more at JCP.

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Originally Posted by Tamara

Your backup irons fell off. :p

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And yet the back of the slide is serrated. I think they must be pop-ups.

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Originally Posted by doctorpogo

And yet the back of the slide is serrated. I think they must be pop-ups.

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How can you tell it's custom with no serrations on the arse end of the slide? Duh. ;)

(I can't remember which custom make it was... maybe Les Baer? ...who said that the main reason his guns have FLGRs was because people expect an FLGR on a custom gun.)

That being said, if there was any place where reflections on the rear face of the slide might be annoying, it'd be on a dot-sighted pistol with a stainless slide, so there's that...

My wife is a 1911 gal...but she switched from 45 to 9mm this year.

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Originally Posted by Tamara

How can you tell it's custom with no serrations on the arse end of the slide? Duh. ;)

(I can't remember which custom make it was... maybe Les Baer? ...who said that the main reason his guns have FLGRs was because people expect an FLGR on a custom gun.)

That being said, if there was any place where reflections on the rear face of the slide might be annoying, it'd be on a dot-sighted pistol with a stainless slide, so there's that...

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I have never seen a Les Baer with a FLGR. It was probably somebody from Kimber who made that statement.