New Fusion/Caspian Slab Side Commander Build. . . .I think its a keeper

[TheShootist1894]

So I have been planning/building this pistol since February. . . .glad to see it finally come together

Here's the build sheet, as I remember it anyway, left the physical sheet at the office.

-Fusion Firearms Slab side commander frame
-Caspian Commander slide, flat top
-Fusion Match Ramped barrel
-Novak Gold bead Front sight
-10-8 Rear sight
-Nighthawk 1 piece FLGR
-Nighthawk Plunger tube
-Caspian Trik Trigger
-Caspian Single thumb safety
-EGW Beveled Bushing
-EGW Firing pin
-EGW HD Extractor
-Cylinder & Slide Hammer
-Cyl & Slide Disconnector
-Cyl & Slide Sear
-Cyl & Slide & Wolff Springs
-STI SS Grip Safety
-Smith & Alexander SS MSH/Well
-VZ Grips and screws
-EGW Extended Ejector
-EGW Firing pin stop
-Wilson Bullet Proof Slide stop
-Nowlin SS Bushings
-EGW Long Hammer strut
-Ed Brown Ext Mag catch (wanted to try the 10-8 but it was out of stock)

Gun runs great with Wilson and springfield mags, have a colt and mecgar to try also will likely just stick with the Wilson's though


Short list of what I did,

Contour front sight slightly, contour rear sight heavily. Make rear of slide and rear sight same plane checker 50 LPI, checker flat top 50 LPI ALA S&W Mod 27. Point up machine checkering on MSH and frame. Bevel mag well to fit flush with frame bevel. Round squared trigger guard. Polish and blue frame and slide. 45 degree chamfer on bottom edge of slide. Also all the blending, fitting, polishing needed to make it 'right'. . . . .I am sure there are some things I neglected to mention. . . .

Now for the gratuitous photo op . . . . Sorry for the crap pictures the good camera went down last week


























Thanks to all who helped with advice or parts

Karl Beining
Ottawa Ordnance

 

[webbee]

So how's it shoot? Nice piece of work imho.

 

[TheShootist1894]

Seems to be quite accurate but gun has nearly 300 round through it, 200 prior to final polish and blueing, all have been shot at steel targets and were merely to test function. Function is great, plan to shoot some paper tomorrow or sometime this weekend, will update when I have some target pics. The extractor/ejector need a touch of tuning yet as well, odd thing last spent casing out of a magazine wants to hit me in the head. . .

 

[DC3-CVN-72]

It better be! Very Nice gun!

 

[doc540]

Congrats! Nice work!

 

[saltydog452]

Dumb me

Just me being overly inquisitive, but why the 10-8 rear and Novak front?

Were there any calibration, impact/POA, visual issues with the same vendor rear/same vendor front combinations?

Thanks,

salty

 

[TheShootist1894]

Sorry for disappearing .. . work and a brief vacation have absorbed a great majority of my free time. the 10-8 and Novak combo worked great, I did a little math prior to ordering them, as the gold front sight is ~$100. The sights are right on at 10-15 yards, a little low at 5-7 yards and a touch high at 25 yards, pretty much exactly what I would want out of a combat sight set (all with a 6 O'clock hold). That is exactly what these sights give you too, quick pick up, easy to get back on target for a second shot, the rear U notch works good with a dot of some kind up front. Another note, this sight set up is not one I would consider for precision work, Groups were <4" at 25 yards and <2" at 12 yards. The pistol really shines shooting speed drills, the nose heavy design eats recoil for breakfast, double taps are within an inch at 12 yards, even my wife likes to shoot this 45, and she is not a fan of a standard 5" 1911. Will be trying some 200 grain cast reloads, most shooting to date was done with 230 grain ball, 230 grain HP, and 230 Grain cast handloads. The Ramped barrel eats anything I have tried. Gun does not carry bad at all, I took a soft leather holster for a standard commander and 'fit' it to this gun while the pistol was still in the white I would force the gun into the holster stretching it, now it fits pretty good, not Ideal but an inexpensive solution. I am awaiting a custom holster from Garrity gun leather to fit the gun. Sorry for the long winded response

 

[mljdeckard]

Why did you go with a full-length guide rod?

 

[TheShootist1894]

Well I suppose we could discuss the FL guide rod VS GI guide rod all day, but it comes down to me liking, and my customers liking FL rods better.


Thanks
Karl

 

[mljdeckard]

Ok.