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BBBBill
PostPosted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 7:07 pm 
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It all looks good, but I'm especially diggin' the old school large hole Commander hammer.
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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... 40lpi hand-cut checkering on mag-catch to match the front strap and MSH on the Colt 9mm LW Commander in the works.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... mag-well beveling before and after on the Colt 9mm LW Commander in the works.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:10 am 
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Photo of the day... 40lpi hand-cut rear slide serrations to match the rear sight on the Colt 9mm LW Commander. A couple more things and this is getting close to being ready to prep and finish.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Tue Aug 18, 2020 8:38 am 
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Photo of the day... ball-cuts for the Colt 9mm LW Commander.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:26 am 
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Photo of the day... something that has been in the works for a while getting prepped for blueing today.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... making a gold bead insert for a long term project (seen in the previous post) getting finished up.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 8:28 am 
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Photo of the day... blued steel and ivory. One more trip to the range to make sure the sights are centered and this one goes home.

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Ned Christiansen
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:44 pm 
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I involuntarily said "oooh" when I saw that!

Do tell about the slide. Gold Cuppish slide serrations but it is not one.... it seems like I ought to know how that is but.... I don't.
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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:47 am 
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Known also as an “AMU” or “Slant Groove” Colt Commercial Model, most are from '68 although I have seen a '69 as well. They are often confused with a National Match/Gold Cup but theses are conventional round top slides with the angled serrations... most people (even those at Colt) don’t know they ever existed.

I’ve owned and built quite a few of them...

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... even had a Swenson built on one...

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:08 am 
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Photo of the day... prepping the Colt 9mm LW Commander for finish.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Thu Aug 27, 2020 10:00 am 
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Photo of the day... I have always tried to take good notes on the guns I’ve built; things like spec’s, dimensions, measurements, sight heights, etc. As I was cleaning out and organizing some paperwork on my bench I realized that I had kept these files on every gun I built or worked on since 2010... no idea if I had notes on the guns from the 5 years previous to that.

In late 2015 I started using the blue spiral bound notebooks seen there, using a page for each build. One of the notebooks is complete, the other I’m working had to fill. So, no gun seen in the photo today... but lots still lots of work that’s left this bench.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:43 am 
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Photo of the day... the finished Colt 9mm LW Commander.

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Photo of the day... Final range session and zero confirmation before sending this one home, 5 rounds at 20 yards with ‘remanufactured’ ammo. Accurate ammo is accurate ammo.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... a new project on the bench, with the frame rails now oversized I can start in and work my way to a precision fit frame and slide.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 11:12 am 
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Photo of the day... flattening and serrating the slide top on this Colt Government Model project.

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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 7:45 am 
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Photo of the day... before and after a refresh on the 40lpi checkering and a refinish on the frame of this 9mm Colt LW Commander. I originally built this gun in 2013 with the slide and small parts being finished in DLC. They’ve suffered a few dents and dings but the frame (specifically the checkering and the anodized finish) needed some TLC.

I occasionally get asked what my clients do with the guns I build them. Do they shoot ‘em? Do they carry ‘em? Do they just look at ‘em? My answer is always the same, as long as the client is happy with the gun they can do whatever they like with it... although I would prefer they don’t toss the gun into a pile of rocks or something.

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 12:52 pm 
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Dang Jason,

Doesn't the owner appreciate that his gun was just beginning to show character . . . and appropriate serious use? ;~)

Question: Was that frame originally done in Type III hard anodizing? If so, based on some Type III-finished fly reels I have, that gun has been handled a LOT!

Redo is . . . well, perfect.
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Jason Burton
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The original finish was supposed to by Type 3 Mil-Spec hard anodizing... but I was always suspect of it and the claims of the vendor I was using at the time. The new finish is certainly better and verifiably Type 3.

The gun has been handled, carried, and shot a lot so it's hard to say how much wear it would have shown if the original finish had been up to par. In either case, the owner is "not afraid of using stuff" as he likes to say and this gun certainly got banged around a bit while it was toted around in an IWB.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... current Colt Government Model project underway, frame rails machined pretty well so now onto the barrel fit.

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Photo of the day... first steps for barrel fitting on the Colt Government Model project... measure, measure, indicate, then cut.

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Photo of the day... barrel fitting continued, before and after squaring the breech-face on a current Colt Government Model project. Now that it’s square the hood length can be cut to insure solid contact with the breech-face when in battery resulting in a barrel with no end-shake.

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Photo of the day... machining the barrel feet on the a current Colt Government Model project.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... back in the shop after being on the range for the earlier part of this week. Making chips and machining the barrel bushing fit for a current Colt Government Model project.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... barrel fit finished, feed-ramp and barrel throat set up on the current Colt Government Model project.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... re-machined ejector slot to accommodate a larger ejector and allow for more positive contact with the fired case. Also looks good when blended.

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Jason Burton
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Photo of the day... beavertail blending from start to finish on a current Colt Government Model project. The first four photos show the part once is is on the frame in both the on (out) and off (in) position. The remaining photos show the part after it has been blended and shaped the way I like.

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Photo of the day... machining sight dovetails and bore-sighting for initial range session with a current Colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... before and after photos showing thumb safety shaping and blending on a current Colt Government Model project.

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Photo of the day... from high-cut to finished 30lpi hand cut front strap checkering on a current Colt Government Model project.

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