Criminalcamel
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OK, so per Fieldgrade's request, here is the full build saga. Palmetto State Armory had carbon steel frames for sale on black friday for 99 bucks. What's the worst that can happen right?
So I read up on the correct fitment of each piece I needed while I waited for PSA to get around to shipping my frame. I found PSA uses EGW (Evolution Gun works) sized .250 beavertails and series 70 internal parts. Rumor mill online says Remington also uses the EGW profile and CDNN just so happens to have a bunch of Remington parts for dirt cheap, so out comes the credit card again.
My plan was to try my hand at 20LPI checkering, have the frame coated, throw all the perfect fitting parts on it and have a nice IDPA blaster. I admit to having been accused of being optimistic once or twice in the past.
The Checkering actually turned out pretty nice after a large amount of trial and error. It takes for freaking ever and looked terrible until just before it was done and then it all came together. I stopped before getting all the way to the bottom of the file depth so the pyramids don't have points that completely eat my hands. A lumber jack I am not.
So I read up on the correct fitment of each piece I needed while I waited for PSA to get around to shipping my frame. I found PSA uses EGW (Evolution Gun works) sized .250 beavertails and series 70 internal parts. Rumor mill online says Remington also uses the EGW profile and CDNN just so happens to have a bunch of Remington parts for dirt cheap, so out comes the credit card again.
My plan was to try my hand at 20LPI checkering, have the frame coated, throw all the perfect fitting parts on it and have a nice IDPA blaster. I admit to having been accused of being optimistic once or twice in the past.
The Checkering actually turned out pretty nice after a large amount of trial and error. It takes for freaking ever and looked terrible until just before it was done and then it all came together. I stopped before getting all the way to the bottom of the file depth so the pyramids don't have points that completely eat my hands. A lumber jack I am not.
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