Hand built HiPoint "Mansfield Madness"

[Thor]

As much as I appreciate what you are doing to polish the, um, Hi-Point...you really need to take that ring off while you are working. I've seen more than a few folks end up without ring fingers...or hands.

 

[Ggreen]

As much as I appreciate what you are doing to polish the, um, Hi-Point...you really need to take that ring off while you are working. I've seen more than a few folks end up without ring fingers...or hands.

If I take my finger skin off using a hand file something more serious is going on. lol

 

[Ggreen]

Shiny... So now I have to decide. It's not stainless so really it should get a coating. It just feels wrong to cerakote this thing after putting in all this manual labor to smooth it out. But it is soft metal too so the shine wont last. So I know nothing about bluing, but i think it might be the answer once i get all the tool marks out of it, it should be able to take a deep blue like the gats of days gone by. (pour some out for those wingmasters that we lost).

I've been talking with the factory now also. They are hooking me up with all the broken bits and new springs. Pretty sweet. I'm going to do some work on the frame tonight I've had about all the dremeling i can handle for today.

The new front sight profile is pretty slick

 

[Itchytriggerfinger]

I like where this is heading.....

 

[churchmouse]

I like where this is heading.....

I am just unsure. It is hard to watch but I must. I just have to.

 

[sheepdog697]

very nice. these guns are top notch.

 

[praff]

I am just unsure. It is hard to watch but I must. I just have to.

I’m not sure if I am checking fir the comments or the progress.

However...I am checking

 

[Ggreen]

I crowned and tapered the barrel with a plumber's pipe debur tool lol. Came out acceptable

Fine tuning

 

[hpd855]

Beautiful looking, never seen Zamak-3 shine so well.

 

[OakRiver]

Great project so far. I think you've got the right pistol for a first time project. My first experience with a Hi-Point was FTF or FTE each round, and having to extract rounds with my EDC knife.

 

[hpd855]

Do a little magazine work on them and they are very reliable. I actually enjoy shooting them.

 

[Tactically Fat]

RE bluing: Not sure that material will take to bluing. I doubt the iron/steel content is high enough. BUT i've been wrong a few times before.

 

[hpd855]

Zamak 3 (ASTM AG40A), or Zinc Alloy 3, is the most widely used zinc alloy in North America and is usually the first choice when considering zinc for die casting for a number of reasons.

• Excellent balance of desirable physical and mechanical properties
• Superb castability and long-term dimensional stability
• Excellent finishing characteristics for plating, painting, and chromate treatments
• Excellent damping capacity and vibration attenuation in comparison to aluminum die cast alloys

When it comes to die casting, Zamak 3 is the standard by which other zinc alloys are rated

 

[Sigblitz]

Great job. I've been following along.

Had to say if the bluing has acid in it, it will eat the zinc. Chrome?

 

[Ggreen]

Will probably just polish it. Im not going to be carrying or really even shooting it with any regularity, strictly a problem solver. I am going to get the frame cerakoted.

No work on it today, my 11month old petri dish passed along some serious crud, so I'll be hunting down some wood grips

 

[Tactically Fat]

You can polish it up all purdy-like and then clear coat it.

 

[Usmccookie]

Maybe practice hand engraving?

 

[russc2542]

I am just unsure. It is hard to watch but I must. I just have to.

Same here. It's interesting to see the work but feels dirty at the same time. It's like watching those pseudo-documentary shows about hoarders or eating disorders that make your life feel less messed up.

RE bluing: Not sure that material will take to bluing. I doubt the iron/steel content is high enough. BUT i've been wrong a few times before.

Bluing is an Iron oxide reaction. won't work with Zinc. Also the thing about the acid eating the Zinc.

 

[churchmouse]

Zamak 3 (ASTM AG40A), or Zinc Alloy 3, is the most widely used zinc alloy in North America and is usually the first choice when considering zinc for die casting for a number of reasons.

• Excellent balance of desirable physical and mechanical properties
• Superb castability and long-term dimensional stability
• Excellent finishing characteristics for plating, painting, and chromate treatments
• Excellent damping capacity and vibration attenuation in comparison to aluminum die cast alloys

When it comes to die casting, Zamak 3 is the standard by which other zinc alloys are rated

Interesting and thanks.

 

[DangerousDave]

Can you cerakote Zamak ? If you can, why not ceracote the frame and the slide. Make the slide silver and the frame black.