Which of these two would you Bobtail?

[lucky4034]

Kimber... but you should have made this a poll lol

 

[AllenM]

Simple....

Sell them both and get a Dan Wesson.

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CZ-USA -> Dan Wesson Guardian

I really like my CBOB, but wheres the fun in buying something off the shelve? Wait forget I asked that question.

 

[NHT3]

At one point I modded a set of CT grips for a bobtail and it worked out pretty well. They were the standard black and I just filled the bottom with black epoxy.

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[GodFearinGunTotin]

Whichever one you choose, I'd be interested in the process (photos maybe) of how you do it!

 

[AllenM]

Charlie your right on that. I pulled them off and that's the first thing I did was put some epoxy in them but what I used is a slow set so will be a couple hours or more before I can shape them. None the less here is what I have done so far.

However asked for pics, this may not be what you meant

Before



the grips are hollow so I filled them with epoxy





The amount of metal that comes off



Step 1 relocate the MSH hole



Step 2 Remove excess metal



Stop as soon as the original holes disappear. This undercuts the frame a little but looks right and better than if you leave part of the old hole





Step 3 Contour by hand



Step 4 restore finish

In this case that meant bead blasting the area I cut off. nothing else was scratched so I masked off the rest of the frame





The Ed Brown smooth MSH almost perfectly matched the color of my other controls. (Got Lucky there)



Step 5 Reassemble I did change the Sear spring out and put in a Wilson Bullet Proof and increased the sear tension a little since the bobtail springs tend to drop trigger pull a little and I plan on carrying this so I want my trigger pull around 5 lbs. Personal preference



5 simple steps and your done







Done

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

You make look easy!

 

[metaldog]

That is SWEET looking. Very nice work, Allen. I'm almost jealous.

 

[AllenM]

That is SWEET looking. Very nice work, Allen. I'm almost jealous.

mission almost accomplished then

 

[wtfd661]

Man, that's looking great so far!! Jonesing to see it when its finished!!!

 

[partyboy6686]

Looks great AllenM. Im curious so see how the CT grips turn out.

 

[AllenM]

Done pics are added to the previous post. I will work on the grips a little more later. I just wanted to get it back together and be done with it for the day

 

[drillsgt]

+1 Looks good!

 

[Colt556]

Great work as usual!

 

[SERparacord]

Fantastic job Allen.

 

[AllenM]

Thanks, nice to do one of my own once and a while

 

[WebSnyper]

Wow, very nice work as always.

 

[metaldog]

Looks awesome, Allen! NOW, I'm jealous.