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I sent this off in Febuary and I recieved it back from EGW by UPS on Thursday. (I hate UPS, they left it sitting on the front porch even though my wife was home!)

I had it built for my son and was planning on giving it to him on his 16th birthday but my just wrap it up and give it to him next month on his first birthday!

Here is the build list: (Sorry for all caps, I cut and pasted from the invoice.)

COLT COMBAT COMMANDER 70BS156XX

EGW WELD ON MAG WELL
CHECKER FRONT STRAP 25 LPI
CUT DOVETAIL AND INSTALL TRITIUM FRONT SIGHT
REAR SIGHT (10-8 CUSTOMER PROVIDED) CUT SLIDE AND INSTALL
FIT AND BLEND (STI CUSTOMER PROVIDED) GRIP SAFETY
FIT AND INSTALL STI CUSTOMER PROVIDED) THUMB SAFETY
EGW SLIDE STOP W/ CHECKERED BOTTOM FITTED AND INSTALLED
TRIGGER JOB 4# SER 70
FLAT TOP AND SERRATE SLIDE
SERRATE REAR OF SLIDE
LOWER FLUTE AND CLEAR EJECTION-PORT
INSTALL BLEND AND SERRATE EJECTOR
EGW O/S FIRING PIN STOP 45 SER 70 INSTALLED AND FITTED
EGW EXTRACTOR 45 TUNED AND SERRATED (+1 SPARE)
SLIDE TO FRAME FIT
FIRING PIN AND SPRING
POLISH AND THROAT TUNE EXT POLISH BOLT FACE
CARRY BEVEL PACKAGE
ISMI FLAT SPRING W/ SPRING GUIDE
EGW MONOGRAM CARRY BEVEL BUSHING & SPRING PLUG
FIT BARREL (STORM LAKE CUSTOMER SUPPLIED)
LOWER BARREL BED FOR CLEARANCE W/MATCH BARREL
CLEAN UP SCRATCHES
ETREAT WHOLE GUN AND PARTS
TESTFIRE PISTOL FOR RELIABILITY

Before:











After EGW's magic:

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Herkengineer

very nice....George and his guys do a great job..thanks for sharing this..

very nice...great before and after pics. no reason to wait till he's 16, start him early and you'll have a shooting partner for life. besides, he might be the next rob leatham!-cam

seeing as how the E treat finish is very wear resistant, it probably wouldn't do any harm to, y'know, break the pistol in a bit before you give it to him, iron out any wrinkles and such...

5-6000 rounds should probably be about right....

Man, thats beautiful! Lucky kid!

Jeez, I got our first kid a Chipmunk rifle and and am having trouble parting with that!

That came out great.
Was it one of your carry guns before, or did you pick it up just for this project?

I've had it for about 6 years. I got a good deal on it because the barrel was bulged. I carried it for static display and parades until I had the excellent idea to have it worked over for my son. I will have to make sure it works before he gets to use it

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Herkengineer

Looks good!

....but in the second to last picture it looks like the front sight is off a bit .

I can't wait for mine to come back from Jason Burton so that I will have something to show off.

John

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I will never forget you Lou......February 21, 2009

John Ralston
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