Bob Rodgers
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Just completed and ready for a new life in Florida, this one’s destined for a whole bunch of holster time and a high round count. The finish is satin matte stainless, 100/170 glassbeads. The perfect 25 LPI checkering front and rear is by Pete Single. The carry bevel on this pistol is fairly intense and typical of my work. Some may be put off by the rather non traditional look, preferring the crisper (sharper) lines of the originals, and who can blame them? Those pistols are beautiful. But I cater to a different clientele, and in their case function trumps form. Drive a gun hard in a multi-day, several thousand round class, complete with a whole bunch of malfunction clearance drills, and get back to me on this.
The thumb safety is an Ed Brown wide model, thinned to the owner’s specs, softened and contoured. All working and control surfaces on the pistol receive the same attention.
The high cut on the trigger guard is one of the most requested options I offer. Combine it with a high grip beavertail and it serves to sink the gun deeper into the hand to aid in recoil control.
The ejection port is reworked, lowered and flared, and the front port wall has been advanced to provide clearance for the ejection of a live round.
The slide is flat-topped and serrated at 30 LPI in a double arrowhead pattern. While the serrations may provide a little glare dispersion, the main benefit of the flat-topping is that it allows the use of a front sight with a greater apparent height. Shooter benefit? A front sight much more prominent and faster to acquire. The front sight was then thinned to .115”, from .125”, and the rear sight notch was opened from .125” to .140”. The goal was to make it as fast as possible for the owner to dump the front sight into the wider rear notch and press the trigger. A trade-off was made between absolute precision and speed.
The bore of the bushing is countersunk. The barrel is recessed into it and recrowned. This gives a measure of protection to the muzzle.
Grips are by Larry Davidson, ordered .030” longer than standard and seamlessly fit to the mag guide. As for a mag guide on a carry gun? It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you can pull off concealing the extra length, why not?
The thumb safety is an Ed Brown wide model, thinned to the owner’s specs, softened and contoured. All working and control surfaces on the pistol receive the same attention.
The high cut on the trigger guard is one of the most requested options I offer. Combine it with a high grip beavertail and it serves to sink the gun deeper into the hand to aid in recoil control.
The ejection port is reworked, lowered and flared, and the front port wall has been advanced to provide clearance for the ejection of a live round.
The slide is flat-topped and serrated at 30 LPI in a double arrowhead pattern. While the serrations may provide a little glare dispersion, the main benefit of the flat-topping is that it allows the use of a front sight with a greater apparent height. Shooter benefit? A front sight much more prominent and faster to acquire. The front sight was then thinned to .115”, from .125”, and the rear sight notch was opened from .125” to .140”. The goal was to make it as fast as possible for the owner to dump the front sight into the wider rear notch and press the trigger. A trade-off was made between absolute precision and speed.
The bore of the bushing is countersunk. The barrel is recessed into it and recrowned. This gives a measure of protection to the muzzle.
Grips are by Larry Davidson, ordered .030” longer than standard and seamlessly fit to the mag guide. As for a mag guide on a carry gun? It might not be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you can pull off concealing the extra length, why not?
