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Dave Erickson
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:48 pm 
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I recently had the opportunity to play Santa and hand-deliver this one for a Christmas gift. Very seldom do I impose deadlines on myself, but the calendar was my biggest foe on this project. This gun was built for my youngest brother and he left the build wide-open for me. I intended to hand it back to him in the white, then considered parkerizing, and finally decided on a temporary coating of Cerakote. The final finish will likely be IonBond or Hard Chrome, when I can coax it out of his hands for a few weeks. I'll be the first to point out that the application of Cerakote isn't perfect, as my tired airbrush had probably seen one job too many, and the oven was shut off at 4:15am on Christmas morning. (How's that for the Eleventh Hour!!) I was just as hurried with the camera, but hopefully these snapshots give you an idea what I did. Enjoy, and thanks for looking!

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groundbranch
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Dave, that is smoking! I'm sure he appreciated the sweat you put into that blaster.
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Tyler Baird
PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:02 pm 
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Very nice piece, I really like the grips and grip screws. Congratulations to your bro!
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 7:51 pm 
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That pistol is sweet!

Yeah...good luck getting it back from your brother. :)

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jdappolonia
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Beautifully executed!

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CT Brian
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Clean and smooth, Dave.

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irishluck73
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Nice job! Santa wasn't as nice to me :wink:

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Steve Bailey
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Damn that is a nice gun. Awesome work my man.

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Ned Christiansen
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:49 pm 
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DAng that's nice.

I hate to comment on the grips when the gun is so fine but-- they are very interesting. Ivory with carbon fiber inserts? That what I'm seeing? What's the story there Dave?
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Jason Burton
PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 8:08 pm 
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Nicely done Dave... very nice indeed. :D

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Dave Erickson
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Guys, thanks for the kind words - your feedback means a lot.

Ned - you're real close, sir. The grips are ivory micarta with Honey carbon fiber liners, and F22 carbon fiber inserts. Totally non-functional, but a chance to do something a bit different.

The gold-colored screws are stainless steel, polished, and then heat colored. I thought they looked "right" against the ivory micarta, and seemed to bring out the off-white hues a bit. Makes them look a bit less like recycled milk jugs...

Thanks again, and hope to see many of you in Orlando!
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Ned Christiansen
PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:34 pm 
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If you do not bring that gun with you to Orlando please do not approach the LTW booth any closer than 400'.
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mauritz45
PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 7:48 pm 
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very nice dave. love the ivories on black--cam
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DEA
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Dang fine piece there Dave!

The grips and screws are sick!

One question tho, the scalloping grip texture seems wider and longer than the ones I have seen and handled before.

Does it lend to a more tackier grip or just less drag on clothing?
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Nossar
PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:52 am 
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Dave, that´s a great looking gun.. love the grips too!! they set the over all look absolutely different.

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Stan Chen
PostPosted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:23 pm 
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That's a seriously fine piece Dave! Santa never brought craftsmanship like that! :D

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Chad Kandros
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beautifull as always Dave. Your brother is a lucky man! Keep up the great work!

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