Badger Arms
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My 'new' Ortgies arrived today. I detail-stripped it and cleaned her up. Painted the stampings and took some nudie-shots. Interesting design. It has no screws. The grip safety acts by compressing the striker spring and disconnecting the trigger. It snaps shut and need not be held down as in most other grip safety designs.
Disassembly is by the button on the left rear side of the frame behind the grip. You push the button in and retract the slide then pull the slide up out of its rails. You then ease it forward. The striker spring and striker fall out at this point and it's a bit cumbersome to reinstall. The barrel rotates to the left and pulls out of the frame much like a Redfield ring does... in fact exactly that way. Strong and simple. To remove the grips, you have to depress a retainer inside the magazine housing and pull the grips out and to the rear. The grips seem a bit loose on the gun, but that's inherint in the design. Apart from the magazine, all parts are milled and well fitted and finished.
Haven't shot it. The bore is excellent and the barrel lockup is tight enough it should be decent. I'm a bit worried about how low the slide rides on the web of my hand that it will pinch me. I'll use driving gloves to shoot it.
Disassembly is by the button on the left rear side of the frame behind the grip. You push the button in and retract the slide then pull the slide up out of its rails. You then ease it forward. The striker spring and striker fall out at this point and it's a bit cumbersome to reinstall. The barrel rotates to the left and pulls out of the frame much like a Redfield ring does... in fact exactly that way. Strong and simple. To remove the grips, you have to depress a retainer inside the magazine housing and pull the grips out and to the rear. The grips seem a bit loose on the gun, but that's inherint in the design. Apart from the magazine, all parts are milled and well fitted and finished.
Haven't shot it. The bore is excellent and the barrel lockup is tight enough it should be decent. I'm a bit worried about how low the slide rides on the web of my hand that it will pinch me. I'll use driving gloves to shoot it.
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