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  • AllenM

    Diamond Collision Inc. Avon.
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    This gun was without a doubt one of the roughest guns I have reconditioned to date in fit and function. very rough, felt like it had sand in it. I am not going into all the details of everything I did but here are some highlights

    I have done work in the past for the guy who bought the gun and we talked about it. He didn't want to pass it off to someone else even with full disclosure and taking a hit on it. So he left it with me and I started working up a game plan. It is an older Springfield Armory Lightweight frame with a factory lightened Stainless slide.

    First thing I had to do was get it slicked up and functioning smooth then go from there. I did not like the style of serrations that were on it I felt the ran to far forward on the slide so I wanted to decided doing Hi Power style cuts on the from of the slide would help detract from the serrations.
    Another issue to overcome was that the front sight had come off the gun and was MIA. Due to the funky way the slide was cut for the sight replacing it and making it look good would be difficult not to mention getting the correct height sight. So I suggested flat top the slide and put Novak style sights on it.

    Here is the before:







    Flat top and sights











    With sights and Hi Power cut. I did however come back later and make the Hi Power cut deeper, I wasn't satisfied with what is in this pic



    Lowered and flared the ejection port




    I thought these would look good so I did them





    Fit a Wilson BP trigger group and flat MSH



    Added Stainless controls and grips, shortened and squared the front dust cover





    Refinished it in Tungsten gray Cerakote. I wanted to take advantage of having the looks of a stainless slide so I left a patch showing.



    Assembled.











     

    bcannon

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    IBCM - that looks amazing Allen - cant believe its the same gun that was in the first pic - very impressive sir - looking forward to a range report
     

    AllenM

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    IBCM---funny

    Here are a couple targets. only 10 yards shooting unsupported. I had a time correcting ejection issues with the gun but it is smooth and nice now.

     
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    Birds Away

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    The color scheme, the HP cut and the other refinements really come to together on this gun. All of your guns are nice but this one is exceptional.
     

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