Man. Buy it now of 1145.
Hard to believe that, at the height of the 1994 Clinton era ban frenzy, I traded a clean Gen 2 G19, 4 OEM +2 17 round magazines and 500 rounds of hydra-shok 9mm for three of those 65-3 3” LE trade-ins. I still have one of them, and so does my dad. They were stickered for either 259 or 269 a piece at the time, IIRC.
”But in the end all of these ideas just manufacture new criminals when the problem isn't a lack of criminals.” -JRB
Remember the idea came up with a bunch of guys, probably socially lubricated, talking as a group. It's almost certainly the gunsmith equivalent of their fantasy baseball teams, who they think the best is for any given task regardless of real world constraints. Add in it makes each gun a 'story' vs just a worked over object.
Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.
In the days of printed-on-paper gun magazines, such projects were occasionally seen, in write-ups. Some were done as memorials, to honor a specific person. Some were done as fundraisers, the gun to be auctioned for a cause. I seem to recall that some were done with both motivations, and some with neither. I cannot say that it became trendy, or a “thing,” as I stopped paying much attention to printed-on-paper gun media, somewhere along the way.
BBI’s comparison to fantasy ball teams certainly makes perfect sense, in today’s world.
Retar’d LE. Kinesthetic dufus.
Don’t tread on volcanos!
Earlier in the thread @Duelist was curious about the cost . . .
Barrel machining and install, setting barrel-cylinder gap - $250
Refinishing, Gunsite raven engraving - $400
Action job, installing gold bead front sight - $200
Total: $850
Note that this does NOT include the cost of the gun, barrel or gold bead front sight.
Hope this helps,
Matt Olivier