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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... more measuring and indications to get the barrel fit started up on the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... after measuring I can machine the barrel feet on this current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... boring the bushing and machining/setting the headspace on the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... creating a bit more clearance in the slide stop notch of the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... blending and shaping the beavertail on the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... machining the rear sight dovetail on the current colt Government Model project.

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 12, 2021 9:23 am 
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Photo of the day... indicating the bore so I can approximate the front sight height on the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... checkering the mag-catch at 40lpi for the current colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... the current Colt Government Model project is ready for the range. Once the gun has been tested and the sight height confirmed I'll machine the slide for ball-cuts, do the de-horn, and prep for final finish.

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Photo of the day... I had much fun testing these two last Friday. A Series 80 Colt Government Model project and a Series 80 Colt Commander Model project.

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Photo of the day... lanyard loop modification on the current Colt Government Model project.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... rear slide serrations matched to the rear sight and a spare extractor for the current Colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... before and after... a freshly finished Colt Government Model project in matte black.

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Photo of the day... getting a start on a 9mm Colt Government Model.

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Photo of the day... start to finish 30lpi checkering for the 9mm Colt Government currently on my bench.

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Photo of the day... blended and blasted Chen GEN 2 mag-well for the 9mm Colt Government currently on my bench.

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Photo of the day... measure and cut for a bit of work on the Colt Government Model currently on the bench.

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Photo of the day... squaring the breech face. The barrel needs to make solid contact with the breech face when in battery and have no fore or aft movement (end shake).

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 8:27 am 
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I've never seen one so wavy! Seems like by now they'd have that process down a little better. Nice job of detection / correction.
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Really, if after 110 years you can't get it right, it might be time to take some corrective action.
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All better now... radial lugs timed with the red sharpie showing solid contact on 1 and 2 while just starting to pick up #3. Barrel feet now machined as well.

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Photo of the day... chambering and setting headspace followed by machining the rear sight dovetail.

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Photo of the day... before and after shots plus one of the mag-well on this freshly finished two-tone Colt 9mm Government Model ready to be delivered to the client.

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Beavertail blending... barrel fitting... bushing fitting... setting headspace/reaming chamber... hardness testing extractor.

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Jason, you Rock well :mrgreen:
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Sometimes it’s all about the checkering... here’s some views from the current Colt Government Model project in the works.

I call this first shot the “gut check”... the vertical lines have been laid out on the mag-well and now it’s time to cross them. The gut check part is not messing up the mag-well I have otherwise already fit to the gun. You can see the masking tape I use as a guide for the horizontal lines, this is 30lpi.

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The finished checkering pattern, blended, and complete.

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The mag-catch before and after... angled and hand-checked at 40lpi.


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The front strap... from the laid out pattern to completed points. This is 30lpi to match the mag-well shown above.


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I still sit at my computer, staring at the screen with my jaw open, knowing that you do that by hand.
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I still sit at my computer, staring at the screen with my jaw open, knowing that you do that by hand.
I agree in addition to the checkering I look at each picture and something new always comes up. The attention to detail is amazing and the end product is phenomenal.

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I can only agree with you both.
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The current Colt Government Model project... mag-well, shooting results with 5 rounds from standing at 25 yards, and ball-cuts on the slide.

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