I've gotta start looking around for good prices of parts now.
I want it to look like this when I'm done. It's obviously not gonna be a Springfield, I did a Photoshop of one to have a goal to shoot for.
Posted: 12/6/2007 4:01:44 PM EDT
[#1]
How does yours shoot compared to the Springfield????
Seriously, why would you want an Essex frame, may I ask????
Posted: 12/6/2007 4:07:12 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted: How does yours shoot compared to the Springfield????
Seriously, why would you want an Essex frame, may I ask????
Are they bad?
I didn't really find a whole lot on them with the little bit of looking I did pointing to good or bad.
Posted: 12/6/2007 4:23:34 PM EDT
[#3]
Quoted:
Are they bad?
They're better than they used to be, but their QC has never been great.
Posted: 12/6/2007 8:02:14 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Are they bad?
They're better than they used to be, but their QC has never been great.
Are we talking fit, or finish?
Posted: 12/6/2007 8:26:40 PM EDT
[#5]
I don't have any experience with their frames, but I built three guns using their slides. they work fine. For the money they are decent. Keep in mind they are not 300-400 dollar barstock slides. They are what they are.
Posted: 12/7/2007 7:47:20 AM EDT
[#6]
Quoted:
Are we talking fit, or finish?
Yes.....................
Posted: 12/7/2007 8:18:02 AM EDT
[#7]
Quoted: I want it to look like this when I'm done. It's obviously not gonna be a Springfield, I did a Photoshop of one to have a goal to shoot for.
Yeah, with any luck and skill, your Essex will have better fit parts than most Springfields I've seen.
Posted: 12/7/2007 8:19:34 AM EDT
[#8]
They may be just up the road from Caspian in Vt, but Caspian they are not.
Cast Frame is not such a huge deal, but the slide, I would like forged rather than cast.
Posted: 12/7/2007 12:43:08 PM EDT
[#9]
If you wan't forged then pay for it. If you want cast, then pay for It, and if you want forged then pay more!!! Life is full of choices.
