16" of pure terror. I think most people would rather be shot than stabbed. Put that pig sticker on the end of a Eddystone or M1 Garand and you can reach out and touch someone. I understand to a certain extent why in WWII they cut them down to 10" and the new bayonets were made 10". I would’ve prefered the 16" bayonet on a rifle but a 10" bayonet for hand to hand.
Smart ones would. If you’ve ever seen what some slashes/stabs from knives/bayonets/swords can do, you’d take a bullet hole in a heartbeat.
Military service and a LEO. Shot, cut stabbed,suicide, burnt, hung and working traffic accidents, I have seen more than I care to remember. Most people would be surprised at the damage a simple box cutter can inflict. Word to the wise, don’t piss off his wife… I lnow one guy that wishes that he didn’t.
Use this and you will be in business.
Yesterday I devoted some time to working on my Israeli military FN/ Browning Hi- Power. It was pretty beat up and had scratches all over the slide. I ended up using a file, various grits of sandpaper, gunsmith polishing felt, my large rotary tool, fine polishing compound and a power buffer machine. I tried to knock down the shine which I was able to a good bit. I am going to end up also doing the frame the same way getting the deep and light scratches out of it also. The slide now looks a whole lot better.
While I was working on the slide it was a good time to go ahead and take out the magazine safety. I can’t stand a magazine safety in any of my firearms. To me it is a stupid idea in the first place. The magazine safety was also the cause of much of the gritty feel of the trigger. Taking out the magazine safety lightens the trigger some also. I have taken the magazine safety out of many Hi- Powers. Some magazine safeties almost come out on their own once you get the trigger bar out of the way. Of course this one was not that way. I ended up having to take the whole trigger group out of the frame just to remove the magazine safety. Getting everything to line up to put the trigger pin back in the frame is a royal pain. Taking out the trigger group also gave me an opportunity to thoroughly clean out the frame from decades of buildip. Overall it was worth the time and aggravation. I may end up sending this Hi-Power off to get NIB plated. It depends on how the frame comes out after I get done with it.
That looks awesome Greg!! Thanks for sharing!
Looks great 
. I am glad everything worked out for you.
Did you use the rotary tool for polishing? In my experience, using something with that high of an RPM and the potential for gathering that much heat just leads to more micro scratches or burn spots. I only ask because your finished product looks very good, you have to have an extremely well-tuned and steady hand to use a dremel-type machine for that job and have it look good.
If it were me, I wouldn’t get it nickel plated. Think it would look a little too flashy, much as I love shiny things. Leave it as is, as long as it’s not a rust risk.
I wasn’t going to get it nickle plated. I was talking about Nickle Boron coated. There js a huge difference between it and just regular nickle. NIB plating looks like brushed stainless but is very hard and slick. I also like a hard chrome plated finish which is very similar to brushed stainless but is an extremely hard coating. The rotary tool that I use is a Foredom SR rotary tool. You control the speed with a foot pedal. The foot pedal really gives you tremendous control of the speed so you can make large adjustments or very small adjustments very easily without having to start and stop everytime you need to make adjustments.
The first Beretta model 71 I had hard chrome plated. The second Beretta model 71 I had Nickle Boron coated. You can the big difference between these coatings and nickle. I would never have something nickle plated because the nickle is very fragile compared to the more modern coatings. I have lifetime warranties on the coatings on my 71. If they ever flake to start to peel they will be fixed under warranty.
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I finally got in my adjustable trigger and trigger reduction kit in from Armory Craft for my Sig P6. It was a little but of a pain to get everything set just right with the trigger. I had to take it apart several times to adjust things so that I got the maximum beneft out of it. It really made a big difference in the trigger pull weight, smoothness, the trigger take up, the trigger reset and the trigger pull weight. I also polished some of the internals to smooth out the trigger and make it a little more crisp.
The factory barrel was really designed to shoot FMJ rounds and had problems with hollowpoint ammo. This P6 had a major upgrade with a semi fit target barrel from Bar-Sto.
This Sig Sauer P6-marked P225 German Police pistol in 9mm Luger was made in W Germany and built in 3/1980. In 2011 this P6 was upgraded by Gray Guns with night sights, refinished the alloy frame, installed a target barrel and did some accurizing. It is in excellent condition. 2-tone matte-black steel slide over FDE Cerakote alloy frame. I have now pretty much finished doing everything possible to make this P6 as good as you can get it. It really has turned out very well. I have it in a W. German Akah police holster. The slide’s left side is marked with Sig Sauer, made in W Germany and on the right with P6, NW, 3/80 over the last 3 of the s/n indicating a 3/1980 build date for the North Rhine/ Westfalen State Police (NW). Gray Guns cerakoted the frame Flat Dark Earth. The grips are well-checkered black plastic. The single-stack 8-rd mags provide a more controllable grip for smaller hands and better conselability.
I finally finished my project on my newest and favorite home defense shotgun. I got lucky and picked up a Remington Tac 13 new in the box for a good price. I have wanted one for a good while but put it off because of trying to find other rare items. I didn’t realize that Remington had quit making the Tac 13 but was still making the Tac 14. The Tac 13 is made from a Remington semi auto V3 shotgun receiver. I took off the birds head grip. I added a Mesa Tactical adapter to a AR15 style pistol tube and hand grip. Instead of using a regular a AR buffer tube I bought one from Mesa Tactical that has an adjustable hydraulic buffer inside it to reduce recoil up to 75%. The V3’s gas system already reduces the felt recoil a good bit but when using both systems it really makes for a great shooting platform with minimal recoil even in its compact size. I put a SBA3 Pistol brace on it and a hogue overmoulded AR grip. I added a tritium and fiber optic front sight. I added a Mesa Tactical picatinny rail with a combination side saddle. I topped it off with a new spare Leupold DeltaPoint Pro that I had in one of my safes. With the current configuration I have 5 rounds in the tubular magazine, one round carrier loaded, one in the chamber and 6 more rounds in the side saddle. I have some short 1 3/4 Federal 00 buckshot but I haven’t tried to see if those will fully cycle the bolt reliability.
My overall impression is that I really like it more than I ever thought that I would. I have lost some of the strength in my arms and legs from being on the ventilator and in the hospital. I also have some neuropathy and numbness on my left side. I had my Benelli M4 as the home defense shotgun. It is a great weapon for that purpose but it is very heavy to hold up in the ready position for more than a few minutes. The Tac 13 is much lighter, not as long, has very similar characteristics as the M4 and over all that I am only loosing is two rounds in the magazine. I have a Streamlight TLR 7 mounted on a GG&G picatinny rail flashlight mount. I still have to put sling mounts and a sling on it but that is comingg. If I had to give it short term rating right now it would get a 5 out of 5. I have yet to have a significant amount of range time with it but from all the reviews and videos so far that I have watched it has very good reviews so I am very optimistic on it functioning up to my standards. Being smaller and lighter makes doing on the fly reloads a little quicker than with my M4. I will update this review once it cools off a little and I can get some more range time with it.
I got my wife a LE trade in W. German made Sig P230SL for our 31st. wedding anniversary. I put the Hogue wraparound grips on it for her. I ordered some hex head stainless grip screws. I also got some Sig grip emblems to embed into the Hogue grips. These P230 and P232 never came with grip emblems. The P230 just had checkered plastic grips but the Sig P232 had grips that are like the newer Sigs that have Sig P232 written on the grips. I embedded the grip emblems and then I started shaving down the Hogue grips to better fit my wifes hands. Since we are both left handed it was pretty easy to mould the grips to better fit her hand. Also the decocking lever was almost obstructed by the grip. The grip was too high around the decocking lever so I shaved it down so that the decocker is a lot easier to get to with our index finger. Right handed people probably wouldn’t have an issue with it because you would use your thumb. I still have a little cleanup left to do on it but overall I think it turned out great. It isn’t perfect but it is better than those plain Hogue grips.
I had a busy day today. Got up early and started cleaning up my gun room. It was in a mess from me pulling stuff out of my safe that I had to work on or upgrade.
I had a good friend that I used to work with stopped by the house today to catch up. We talked some shop about how crazy work still was. Then the subject turned to our latest builds and acquisitions. We had a good time catching back up with each other. We talked for about 5 hours before he has to go.
I had several of my surplus Sig LE trade in that the night sights were dead. I found Sig night sights on sale a while back and I picked up 3 sets of sights. I took the time today to swap out the night sights on my Sig P6 or P225, P228 & P229. All three were purchased directly from the Sig factory here in the U.S. and in W. Germany by the appropriate LE Agencies. It looks like most of the surplus supply of these Sigs has just about dried up. The prices are also going up as the supply dwindles.
You didn’t get a lot of rest after your shower 
I like that 228 myself.
Guilty as charged. I still had a little energy leftover.
Amy had a pork tenderloin in the crock pot and she had cooked everything to go with it. Amy also cooked one of her famous Rum cakes. I only had some coffee and a granola bar as a snack. I didn’t eat anything for breakfast or lunch so I was ready for a good meal. Once I get working on a project I don’t like to stop until I have the project finished. I laid down around 2000 and and I got several hours of a nap before I was wide awake again. You just have to love when your body doesn’t want to stop doing what you have taught it to do over the last 30 years. I guess that it is still be a good sign that I can still function after a long day and a several hour nap. I wish that I could get more sleep before waking back up.
I have a blued revolver with a worn finish that was developing surface rust. I’m going to have it refinished but in the interest of being a cheapo I figured I’d tackle some of the prep work to save on the cost.
I initially tried stripping the remaining bluing with emery cloth but getting into the angles and tight corners was proving to be a pain.
Read online that white vinegar would remove bluing, so I dove in and doused it and let it sit in it. Well, it sure did remove it, but I let it sit too long and the vinegar mixed with the removed bluing seems to have etched random patterns in the bare carbon steel.
Initially I was upset, but the more I look at it…it looks kind of cool. Now I’m wondering if I get it nickeled or reblued if those etching marks will remain after the piece is bead blasted clean.
I suppose since I don’t hate the marks that either way will be fine. I know nickeling adds material, so it may fill them in.
I need pics before I pickle a pistol!
I miss my 228 I let it go for 500 with 4 zipper mags
Buddy of mine bought a online course to become a gunsmith,
American Gunsmith Institute.
Y’all have any feedback on this course? Thanks