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    New Project - P35

    Recent manufactured P35 MkIII.



    Pretty typical, nice slide to frame fit. Some heavy tool marks in places where they don't help...





    Little bits.







    Well, at least the sear doesn't have mold lines on it.





    That's a beefy hammer. Just sayin'



    And it's not as nice as the SIGs.



    The mill marks.

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    Nothing pretty about that.



    Hmmm. 2 Piece barrels of different vintage. Anyone see the difference?









    More to follow, at a much slower pace than Todd's SIG.

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    Should be a very interesting project Bill, thanks for taking us along.

    Do the vertical markings on each barrel indicate where the two pieces join? If so, interesting that it was moved forward on the newer barrel, along with creating the ramp up to the barrel feet. Doing so would appear to reduce the stress on the barrel foot, correct?

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    Can't wait to see the grip safety installed in the BHP. Taking things to a whole new level, Bill!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToddG View Post


    Can't wait to see the grip safety installed in the BHP. Taking things to a whole new level, Bill!
    You laugh. That grip safety is now in two pieces.

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    I'm not sure what I'm looking at on the barrels. It looks like the older one (I assume the one with the intact barrel lug* is the new one) has much sharper, 90-degree machining underneath, with a lot less material and sharper transitions. It kinda looks like the barrel lug* got sheared off . . . maybe partly because of stresses that came from that older style? It also looks like the chamber underwent a *big* change--to aid feeding? To add support? Both?
    I don't know nothin' 'bout no Hi-Powers, but I know what I like.

    *This term brought to you by Google.

    EDIT: I cross-posted with Matt, but this is kinda what I was trying to say without having the vocabulary to do it. I think I had the right basic idea, but still managed to miss the big picture a little. SOP.
    Quote Originally Posted by Matt O.
    Do the vertical markings on each barrel indicate where the two pieces join? If so, interesting that it was moved forward on the newer barrel, along with creating the ramp up to the barrel feet. Doing so would appear to reduce the stress on the barrel foot, correct?
    Last edited by Don Gwinn; 02-20-2014 at 12:52 PM.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Riehl View Post
    You laugh. That grip safety is now in two pieces.
    I didn't think it was randomly sitting there on your bench.

    I also note the small drop of virgin blood from the vial in the upper right corner and assume it's no random addition, either.

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    I'm looking forward to this one - I've had mine since 1981.

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    Bill, rumor has it that FN has introduced one or two polymer components into the mix on recent-production Hi Powers-any confirmation of this vis-a-vis your detailed tear-down, and how you anticipate they'll affect reliability/durability?

    Best, Jon

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