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PostPosted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:42 pm 
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This is a gun I recently finished for a very patient LEO in the northern part of the country. His specifics for this new duty gun were pretty simple... he wanted a full-house piece that featured checkering front and rear, a light rail, PG sights, and hard chrome... and the rest was more or less up to me.

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He had a pretty good foundation for what he wanted in the gun but gave me a good bit of leeway and discretion to add what I felt the gun needed or to choose the parts I thought would best serve his purpose. So in addition to his requests the gun got the full work over with a frame and slide fit, Nowlin stainless steel barrel, Ed Brown thumb safety, beveled mag-well, S&A grip safety, Nowlin mag-catch, as well as the usual host of other functional modifications one will find on a full-house ride. Cosmetics also being a big part of any full-house conversion this gun got a flattened and serrated slide top, bordered slide, rear slide serrations, and any other detailing as needed.

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It’s cool to see that hard chrome is still a viable finish option for some and it’s always a pleasure to complete a gun such as this one and know that it’s going to get used on a day-to-day basis. There’s not much more that thrills me than knowing that someone is going to spend some time trying to wear a piece out… a full-house gun that’s seen some holster miles is generally a pretty good piece of eye candy for me. I’ll be glad to have this one serving its new owner well for some time to come. Enjoy the pictures! :D

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:17 am 
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Jason:
Your work continue to impress me, fantastic.


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:12 pm 
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Amazing, perfect work gun. I think I can see my reflection in the crown :lol:

Side question - Is the extracter hardchromed? Are there any drawbacks to hardchroming an extracter?


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:36 am 
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Nicely done... :D


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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:23 am 
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Jason,

Is the whole gun done in a matte chrome finish or did you do a polished flats/matte rounds combination?

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PostPosted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:50 am 
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That's a good looking go getter, there Jason. All business.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 8:56 am 
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Not sure I can deal with rails yet (a personal problem, I know!), but it is beautiful.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:43 pm 
What can you say that will not be said, very nice attention to detail and I am sure he will be proud of it. I have had several customers want the 10-8 sights and have several projects not finished that use them, like the Ti .45 that I posted about recently. They are my favorite sight and highly recommend them.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:10 pm 
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I have had several customers want the 10-8 sights and have several projects not finished that use them ...snip... They are my favorite sight and highly recommend them.
Ummm... okay :? ... but just so you know these sights are not from 10-8... maybe you couldn't tell from the dovetail.

Thanks for the comment though... :?
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Is the whole gun done in a matte chrome finish or did you do a polished flats/matte rounds combination?
Except for the barrel crown there was no polish on this one... I just blasted the whole gun was glass beads before it was chromed.

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:37 pm 
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"Ummm... okay ... but just so you know these sights are not from 10-8... maybe you couldn't tell from the dovetail. "



I could tell from the "YB" stamped on them :)

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:39 pm 
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Ouch! :shock:


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 10:58 am 
I saw that after I posted. DUH!
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:19 am 
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I saw that after I posted. DUH!
Jess
Once again, the unwavering attention to detail with which we've become so painfully familiar :roll:

Maybe you should post on 10-8's forum.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:15 pm 
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Me thinks he needs to stay at pistolsmith.com. A sight more commensurate with the skill level.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:26 pm 
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me thinks that while jess isnt on the same level as any of the famous smiths here, he still does a damn site better than any of the people ripping on him can, and Id be willing to bet every godly smith here wasnt always doing things at the level they do now.

Seems to me you guys like to rip on people for whatever reason, maybe you should go hang out over at arfcom, they like that sort of thing there.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:56 pm 
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He mistook a Yost Pro sight for a 10-8 sight, WOW!! I agree with Bolt_Overide, you guys are being pretty harsh and it does sound like arfcom in this thread, which this site has too much class for that. I just don't understand why this would justify a personal attack on someone. Besides, from what I have seen, Jess does good work!

Now, lets get back to looking at and discussing this piece of art!!


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