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Ladies & Gents,

I spent a little time this weekend with Dave Sams at his shop and was lucky enough to show up while he was running bluing tanks for a few guns he'd finished. When he said he was going to run the stainless tanks, I got the wild idea to go ahead and finish the thumb safety for the Ithaca/Caspian that he recently built for me. Since the part was carbon steel, it was supposed to be blue. But, when he did it the first time, it would not turn in the bluing tanks even when acid etched first. So, into the stainless tank it went, and it turned with no problems. No more mismatched parts on this one.

The Springfield is the same one in another post I did, which started as a parkerized gun. I made a booboo last week on the finish and asked him to fix it for me since the tanks were running. Dave, being the super nice fella he is, prepped the gun on the spot and even did a few spot dehorning jobs he felt should be addressed. The result is a super smooth gun with a DEEP blue. It's a lot better looking in person than in my crappy pics. I had the settings on my camera changed and forgot to make it right before I started snapping. Trouble is, the camera is now an hour and a half away (I left it at my family's by accident on Sunday). So, I hope these blurred pics work out. I promise to get better ones up soon enough.

~Jim Keeney


Smooth Front Ends With Flush Crowns, Ball Cuts, Bevels, and Borders


The Ithaca's Front End


The Results of a Stubborn Carbon Thumb Safety in a Stainless Tank


A Different Angle


Two Blue .45s


...And Another


The Springfield's Trimmed and Dehorned Ed Brown Thumb Safety

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WoW

Jim they Look Great..
I really like the ball cut compared to the slant..
I dunna know just makes lines look better.

well congrads on anther great one..
When aire we going to see the Para 10mm makeover
or have I missed...

Thanks for the showing what you have..

Jerry K aka SuperComp9

OK Jim, that means we're going to have to shoot them AGAIN!
They look great bro.

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Jim-

Can you get the lint removed before you take more pics?

Actually, they're looking good! You might even eventually convince me to go with the ball cuts.

Did you take pics of the two nines? If you did, would there be a problem with posting them?

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Chip,
I did not take any photos of the two 9mm guns Dave just built. The full size gun was a bit of a modular piece, if you will, as it was set up for use with frame mounted optics, an Aristocrat rib, and mag funnel/no mag funnel. Dave did a great job on it, but it just wasn't my style... customer spec'd. The commander sized 9mm was a bit more to my liking, but it had a 3-hole trigger, front serrations, and the big Caspian logo on the slide. Again, customer spec'd. I will say this: shooting a 9mm 1911 id FUN and CHEAP! The recoil is negligible and these two ran like champs. Alas, neither was mine, so I have nothing to show for them.

Go with the ball cuts. It really cleans up the front end of a 1911 and makes it look unique. Although, if everyone gets them, the unique part would be gone.

Al,

We'll shoot them sometime soon. Gotta get the finish broken in, right? I really do like looking at the Ithaca gun now that the thumb safety isn't mismatched. Now I won't be rushed to get the lower to Tripp's for hard chrome.

Jerry,
I never took pics of the Para after it was redone, I don't think. Maybe I did, but if so, they should be up in the original post. All that was done was some basic cleanup and the addition of a dust cover pad for mounting an Ultra Dot sight. If the pics aren't done, I'll take some more as soon as I get my camera back.

~Jim Keeney

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WOW!! very nice pair of .45s you've got there...D

awesome job!!! does anyone know if, mr sams has a website or how to reach him?? thanks artie

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Here ya go!

http://www.samscustomgunworksusa.com/pa ... /index.htm

Give him a call. Dave answers the phone himself and will stop whatever he is doing to answer your questions. He's a great guy to deal with.

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thanks for intel!!

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