Got My Pistol Back Yesterday - The Firearms Forum

hogger129 · 05-21-2012, 08:24 AM

Here's a few pictures of her. I sent it down to Josh (JLA) to have a Kart NM barrel, Briley spherical barrel bushing, Cylinder & Slide 4lb trigger kit and a Cerakote graphite black finish put on it. He did a very, very nice job on it!!!

Here's a few pics of it, and the Gander Mountain target is offhand at 30 feet. (BTW I said I wasn't buying anymore from GM, but this was just a leftover target I found in the basement). The other target with the pistol in the pic is JLA shooting it off of a ransom? at 25 yards with 200gr SWC. Grips are VZ Recon in Military Brown.

Thanks again Josh. She turned out absolutely beautiful.

Guts3d · 05-21-2012, 09:34 AM

They ought to make a calendar up with "Gun of the Month". Your Springfield can be January's pic! Nice finish!

gdmoody · 05-21-2012, 09:36 AM

That is beautiful. I need to get Josh to refinish an old High Standard derringer for me.

todd51 · 05-21-2012, 01:33 PM

Great looking pistol Hogger and great work Josh.

pkcgbifaid · 05-21-2012, 02:39 PM

Nice job! The pistol work and the shooting both!

PanhandlePop · 05-22-2012, 10:32 AM

That's some splendid work, congrats.

Mauser88 · 05-22-2012, 02:51 PM

Sweet looking Springfield!!

JLA · 05-22-2012, 08:47 PM

The 25 yd test target was fired at 25 yds off a sandbag. I dont have a ransom rest. All my testing is done with my own 2 hands on the pistol.

Have you taken it apart yet Hogger?

jedwil · 05-22-2012, 08:55 PM

That is nice. Perhaps I could entrust Josh with a small project..............

JLA · 05-22-2012, 08:57 PM

Hey john did you get my message?

76Highboy · 05-22-2012, 09:01 PM

Nice pistol Hogger. I think JLA will be doing some work for me shortly.

hogger129 · 05-22-2012, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JLA

The 25 yd test target was fired at 25 yds off a sandbag. I dont have a ransom rest. All my testing is done with my own 2 hands on the pistol.

Have you taken it apart yet Hogger?

Yeah have field stripped it and oiled/cleaned it. It's a little trickier to do - requires me to use my bushing wrench - but it's manageable.

JLA · 05-23-2012, 07:43 PM

How did the rails look after your range session?

I fired about 20 rounds and they didnt even scuff. Only part that scuffed up was the bottom of the slide where the disconnector rides, which is normal on any 1911.

woolleyworm · 05-23-2012, 08:17 PM

I love the look Hogger and Josh will be seeing some work from me here around Aug. I am going to clean up the SP101 and then have him tweak the STI a bit. Kinda nice that he's only 11 miles down the road from me

JLA · 05-23-2012, 08:37 PM

Speakin of which worm, when you gonna come up and shoot with me again. you know you are only like 11 miles down the road right?? Im over there every weekend here lately, Beck and i are working on that old house. were gonna frame it and take it up a story. Ill be living over there in prolly a years time.

hogger129 · 05-23-2012, 11:59 PM

Josh - I didn't notice any wear on the rails.

JLA · 05-24-2012, 07:02 AM

good Thats the first place you will notice wear. and if Cerakote hold up to it claim it will be several thousand rounds before you notice.

Helix_FR · 05-24-2012, 07:37 AM

the hole pattern in the target is typical of Joshes work-all touching. Nicely done sir.

JLA · 05-24-2012, 06:38 PM

Thats my goal every time I slam a round into a chamber. Something drives me to hit the same spot over and over.

I just wish I could do it offhand..

JUNKKING · 06-04-2012, 05:45 AM

Nice looking gun higher. Great job josh. I talked with josh last night, I had some concerns but now I see it was just the pics. I will be having this done soon hopefully to my sig.

hogger129 · 06-04-2012, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JUNKKING

Nice looking gun higher. Great job josh. I talked with josh last night, I had some concerns but now I see it was just the pics. I will be having this done soon hopefully to my sig.

You'll enjoy it. Josh did a beautiful job on my pistol. What all are you getting done?

JUNKKING · 06-04-2012, 10:10 PM

I dont know for sure yet Hogger, The gun is stainless now I wouldnt mind having another stainless finish put on it but I really like the finish on your gun. I have to wait right now to have it done as I am having some issues. I guess when its time I will send the gun off to Josh and pretty much let him tell me what needs done. I think this will be the one 1911 I keep forever I am actually thinking about selling the sr1911 I have. I just dont want to take a beating so early in the guns life.

JLA · 06-05-2012, 06:14 PM

I can do a stainless cerakote finish Dale.

They have about 50 different colors. I can even do Corvette yellow or Plum Purple if you want.

BETH · 06-05-2012, 06:18 PM

what does it look like Josh

JLA · 06-05-2012, 06:20 PM

What? Corvette yellow and Plum Purple??

05-21-2012, 08:24 AM	#1
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Here's a few pictures of her. I sent it down to Josh (JLA) to have a Kart NM barrel, Briley spherical barrel bushing, Cylinder & Slide 4lb trigger kit and a Cerakote graphite black finish put on it. He did a very, very nice job on it!!! Here's a few pics of it, and the Gander Mountain target is offhand at 30 feet. (BTW I said I wasn't buying anymore from GM, but this was just a leftover target I found in the basement). The other target with the pistol in the pic is JLA shooting it off of a ransom? at 25 yards with 200gr SWC. Grips are VZ Recon in Military Brown. Thanks again Josh. She turned out absolutely beautiful. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." -->

05-21-2012, 09:34 AM	#2
Guts3d V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Pittsburgh, Pa Posts: 166	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday They ought to make a calendar up with "Gun of the Month". Your Springfield can be January's pic! Nice finish! __________________ "I don't like the idea of gettin' shot in the hand" - Blackie from "Rustler's Rhapsody"

05-21-2012, 09:36 AM	#3
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,343	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday That is beautiful. I need to get Josh to refinish an old High Standard derringer for me. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

05-21-2012, 01:33 PM	#4
todd51 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central, Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,574	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Great looking pistol Hogger and great work Josh. __________________ Retired Praefectus Vigilum NRA Endowment Member

05-21-2012, 02:39 PM	#5
pkcgbifaid V.I.P. Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Charleston, WV Contributor Posts: 490	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Nice job! The pistol work and the shooting both! __________________ "...As to the species of exercise, I advise the gun. While this gives a moderate exercise to the body, it gives boldness, enterprise, and independence to the mind. Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body, and stamp no character on the mind. Let your gun therefore be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson

05-22-2012, 10:32 AM	#6
PanhandlePop V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 253	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday That's some splendid work, congrats.

05-22-2012, 02:51 PM	#7
Mauser88 Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Sweet looking Springfield!!

05-22-2012, 08:47 PM	#8
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday The 25 yd test target was fired at 25 yds off a sandbag. I dont have a ransom rest. All my testing is done with my own 2 hands on the pistol. Have you taken it apart yet Hogger? __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-22-2012, 08:55 PM	#9
jedwil Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Texas Hill Country Contributor Posts: 1,922	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday That is nice. Perhaps I could entrust Josh with a small project.............. __________________ "Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom." -- John F. Kennedy

05-22-2012, 08:57 PM	#10
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Hey john did you get my message? __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-22-2012, 09:01 PM	#11
76Highboy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Meridian, Idaho Contributor Posts: 6,965	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Nice pistol Hogger. I think JLA will be doing some work for me shortly.

05-23-2012, 07:43 PM	#13
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday How did the rails look after your range session? I fired about 20 rounds and they didnt even scuff. Only part that scuffed up was the bottom of the slide where the disconnector rides, which is normal on any 1911. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-23-2012, 08:17 PM	#14
woolleyworm TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SW Fort Worth Contributor Posts: 4,883	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday I love the look Hogger and Josh will be seeing some work from me here around Aug. I am going to clean up the SP101 and then have him tweak the STI a bit. Kinda nice that he's only 11 miles down the road from me __________________ . What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? -- (on Sigourney Weaver's worry about Guns in Aliens) "Safety is something that happens between your ears, not something you hold in your hands." "I carry a small gun to compensate for my huge Blue press." . Last edited by woolleyworm; 05-23-2012 at 08:19 PM..

05-23-2012, 08:37 PM	#15
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Speakin of which worm, when you gonna come up and shoot with me again. you know you are only like 11 miles down the road right?? Im over there every weekend here lately, Beck and i are working on that old house. were gonna frame it and take it up a story. Ill be living over there in prolly a years time. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-23-2012, 11:59 PM	#16
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Josh - I didn't notice any wear on the rails. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."

05-24-2012, 07:02 AM	#17
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday good Thats the first place you will notice wear. and if Cerakote hold up to it claim it will be several thousand rounds before you notice. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

05-24-2012, 07:37 AM	#18
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,624	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday the hole pattern in the target is typical of Joshes work-all touching. Nicely done sir. __________________ Only cowards shoot with their eyes closed.... helixgunsmith.com

05-24-2012, 06:38 PM	#19
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Thats my goal every time I slam a round into a chamber. Something drives me to hit the same spot over and over. I just wish I could do it offhand.. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-04-2012, 05:45 AM	#20
JUNKKING Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just East of Pittsburgh PA Contributor Posts: 1,782	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday Nice looking gun higher. Great job josh. I talked with josh last night, I had some concerns but now I see it was just the pics. I will be having this done soon hopefully to my sig. __________________ Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and again!

06-04-2012, 10:10 PM	#22
JUNKKING Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Just East of Pittsburgh PA Contributor Posts: 1,782	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday I dont know for sure yet Hogger, The gun is stainless now I wouldnt mind having another stainless finish put on it but I really like the finish on your gun. I have to wait right now to have it done as I am having some issues. I guess when its time I will send the gun off to Josh and pretty much let him tell me what needs done. I think this will be the one 1911 I keep forever I am actually thinking about selling the sr1911 I have. I just dont want to take a beating so early in the guns life. __________________ Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and again!

06-05-2012, 06:14 PM	#23
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday I can do a stainless cerakote finish Dale. They have about 50 different colors. I can even do Corvette yellow or Plum Purple if you want. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

06-05-2012, 06:18 PM	#24
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,676	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday what does it look like Josh

06-05-2012, 06:20 PM	#25
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,320	Re: Got My Pistol Back Yesterday What? Corvette yellow and Plum Purple?? __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!