My Pre-B refinishing and modification diary

[Underwhere]

Which grips do you guys like (going for more race than classic)

[steel]

I like the silver grips in the last couple of pictures.  Thanks for documenting and sharing you adventure.  I've really enjoyed the verbiage and pictures.

[Underwhere]

I like the silver grips in the last couple of pictures.  Thanks for documenting and sharing you adventure.  I've really enjoyed the verbiage and pictures.

Thanks. There's more to come, but likely not as interesting.
I don't remember ever screwing up a polishing and tuning of a CZ.

This one will have all CGW parts in it as well as the externally visible modifications. Race hammer + Sear. Extended firing pin, reduced hammer spring etc etc.

I may order up some grips tonight. The ones in the pic are actually Titanium not silver. I think they're hard to find right now. Maybe I'll order up some silver ones just for variety's sake.

[sberres]

I think it looks very nice!  You should be pleased.
As far as grips go, the wood looks super classy!  But you want race.
The black ones look really cool.
But the silver ones in the last couple pics look dead-sexy!

[Underwhere]

I think it looks very nice!  You should be pleased.
As far as grips go, the wood looks super classy!  But you want race.
The black ones look really cool.
But the silver ones in the last couple pics look dead-sexy!

Thanks.
The next pre-b will get the wood grips, curved trigger, CGW ring hammer and 10X blued bushing. Hopefully keeping a classy look.

[The Guardian]

Where is the ?silver grip? band-wagon......all aboard 

[M1A4ME]

Turned out real nice looking.  If anyone looks close enough to tell you they see flaws, tell'em to jump in the lake!  Head first in the shallow water.

Now that it's blued, be sure to keep it wiped off with a nice oily rag to insure you don't get it started rusting.  And, every so often, pull the grips and wipe under them, too.  That salt/sweat will work it's way up under the grips.  I only see the pits on my Combat Commander when I take the grips off, but darn it, I still know they're there.

[eastman]

I'm going to go against the current and vote half checkered wood grips on this pistol.

[Earl Keese]

Looks good, congrats!

[Underwhere]

Thanks all. I'm very happy with it even though it's not perfect.

Here's a pic of the inside.
I think it's really cool the inside is blued as well as the outside. All production guns I've seen don't finish the inside very well.

[rhart]

Looks pretty darn good overall - good job!

[Underwhere]

It's been a while. My CGW parts were in the mail and I also was away for work this week.

My barrel was peened and would not fit into the 10x bushing. I was just going to sand out the peening but reached out to SP01SHADOW and he informed me that peening on the outside often causes material to be pushed into the inside. Thus the bore may not be concentric.

He offered to help rehab my barrel as I don't have the tools. What a nice guy.

So my slide and barrel are with him.

Tonight I polished my CGW and frame parts and got the frame 90% done. I still need to set the safety and trigger screws


I polished these parts with 800, 1500 and then buff with Mothers mag polish.

It took about 2 hours.

Then I threw on some temporary grips and test fitted my Matte Stainless slide just to see how it looked.

My trigger breaks at 2 pounds 8 ounces which is pretty nice. I expect it to drop lower as the gun is used more.

[Underwhere]

I got some help with my barrel from Sp01shadow and he shipped it back today. He flush cut the barrel and target crowned it. This effectively removed the peening.

I polished the firing pin channel, put the slide back together and polished the barrel hood just a tad.

Then set my sear safety screw, trigger travel screws and she's pretty much done.

I am not great at taking pics.

Not bad for my first bluing.


The imperfections :
*Frame is lighter than the slide
*Beavertail is better but will still be annoying because I think it's too sharp of an edge now
*A few tiny smudge marks in the bluing that I believe are permanent.

[myczaccount]

Wow, just wow. Absolutely stunning!

[Earl Keese]

Looks nice! You could always extend that beavertail now that you have welding supplies coming for the compact. ;-)

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