Recent content by PhenomX

The ONLY thing about This gun is I did the re-parkerize myself. It's really not bad at all but it's not perfect. Looks about as good as it did new which wasn't that great!

What blows my mind about this RIA is it's like people are afraid of something you've worked on. I was gonna sell it just to put parts together to build a Caspian. You can buy it new for like 435.00 + tax etc. I put a whole LIST of high quality parts in it and it's a fantastic gun that I can't...

I noticed the resolution wasn't that great the way I did it. Now I know.

The satisfaction of doing something that's not exactly"easy" to do and have it come out right is where it's at for me. I'm working through jhp issues, getting better but not 100% yet. Thanks for compliments.

Cool. Thanks for the advice. I'll do that.

Havent had a chance to do much past just testing and it functions perfectly. I'll get a couple hundred down range this weekend and see how straight it shoots. So far, so good.

I cannot express to you how important good files are. I find a file in my hand most of the time and good ones turn out good work. Bad ones, don't !! A good bench block. Kuhnhausens manuals are a must ! Good vise, good light and a quiet, preferably undisturbed place to work.

Either.. your choice.

After moving on from the ria upgrade I decided it was time for the 80% All In. Stainless steel 1911 builders frame, Fusion slide and chalk full of good parts. Pretty proud of this one as well. This one I did and 9 mm Clark/para and ordered everything I could that needed fitting. Really wasn't...

Done the AR, Glock, SIG, etc. builds but wanted something more challenging so decided to move on to the 1911. Instead of starting with an 80% deal I decided to buy a cheap firearm that at least I already knew functioned when I started on it. Instead of spelling out everything I ended up doing to...