Posted: 8/3/2006 4:23:45 PM EDT
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Well, I finally got my Springer Champion done. The sights and trigger came in today. Before-  After-  This pistol has been 100% reliable and damn accurate for a bottom of the line pistol. All the work was done by me, including the refinishing. It's been fun to do and now I'm looking for a 5 inch G.I. to work on! |
Thanks! The ideal for the Black/Gray was from a Nighthawk pistol I saw. As for the ejection port...well, lets say that I sat there for 20 minutes, pondering what I was going to to. Then I scribed my line and cut away...   |
| Nice Pistol. Wondering if those sights measured out the same and what kind of sight alignment tool was used to determine if the height is equal. The Yost retro rear I ordered for my OACP measured shorter than a stock Colt 80 series style off of another of my guns. I thought I might be able to get away with retaining my original front sight on a stock 1991 but "no cigar". So a new sight will need to fab'd ( I'll wait until its next life - reblue, dovetail front etc). On the OACP which already had a front dovetail, the front sight was cut down quite allot and then shaved off in the rear so another dot could be drilled. Now it shoots straight, much better than the last "sight job" someone did for me...... After installing this rear sight I think its one of the better ones out there. No frills, no milling metal off the rear slide. Just a nice clean sight with classic lines. Good luck shooting. |
Thanks! Here is a list of parts- Ed Brown- Extended mag catch- part # 087-011-100 Price-$19.95 “Hardcore” Slide Release- part # 087-815-001 Price-$34.95 Pin Set- part #087-814-000 Price-$14.95 Allen Head grip screws-#087-011-004 Price-$6.95 Blue Mainspring Housing, flat, 30lpi, part #087-816-130, Price-$55.95 Smith and Alexander- Beavertail for the Springfield frames, with palmswell, -part # 849-009-027 Price-$34.95 Installation jig, Part #849-009-0000 Price-$16.50 EGW- Over Sized Firing Pin stop-Part #296-000-058, Price-$15.00 STI- Ambi-safety, Blue, part #791-000-024, Price $45.00 Chip McCormick- Exhibition Grade Rosewood grips-part #207-559-001, Price-$38.95 Yost Retro rear Colt front sight Greider medium solid trigger Note-I got the parts from Brownell's. I get the discount, so the prices shown here are the retail, not what I paid for them. As for the inside, nothing got changed. I'll let the MIM parts ride for now, when they wear or break I will go with Ed Brown sear and the like. The only "fitting" of parts was the beavertail and the hammer. The hammer needed very little and the beavertail needed the radius cut and final hand fitting to blend into the frame. Oddly the trigger needed no fitting, it really did drop right in. I did not need to remove any metal on the top ot the bottom of the trigger to fit the trigger track. |
It's the 7th one I have done. The first one was nerve racking, but the jitters still never fully go away.. I measure from the bottom of the slide and lightly scribe a line that is .450 from the bottom of the slide. I then use a Dremel tool and lower it to within a few thousandths of the line. Using hand files, I then hand file it to the final size, .450. I use Cratex bits to smooth out the filing and then bevel the inside of the port. Using Cobalt stones, I cut the roll-over notch or "flair". It takes about an 45 minutes to do it. |