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With that in mind I'd be an idiot not to say:ġ. I'm not trying to scare you off, just to cover my butt in our litigious society.
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DISCLAIMERS, so you (hopefully) don't sue me if something bad happens.and believe me, I'm not worth suing.I wouldn't be building a $200 gun out of parts if I could afford to put a new one on my Amex Platinum card.
#TAKING DOWN A WALTHER P1 INSTALL#
In other words, install the recoil springs and plungers as described in the text and photo in Step 6, and ignore the recoil springs and plungers shown in subsequent photos. The writeup includes photos and text describing the correct procedure, but the photos throughout the build show the springs installed incorrectly, a mistake I didn't realize until the final assembly. Also note that the throughout the build my recoil springs were put in backward. This is my first writeup on, it was suggested to me in the above thread, so apologies in advance for my technical and formatting errors. The original thread, with some information and comments, is found here: I built my first one for just about $200 exactly, the one featured in this writeup. Something along those lines would look nice as well.Author's note, this project was born out of a thread on the forums about putting together a P38 pistol, assembled from parts found at various sources, extremely cheaply.$300 or as little as $150 with a little patience and legwork. So almost 80 percent of the gun would be black.Īgain Im not yet decided what finish I want to go with. The only thing I really want chromed is the frame, hammer, and barrel. I think sometimes personal feelings can get in the way and blind someone to what can and cannot be done.Īnd yes the gun pictured above is a little too much chrome for me. Im well aware of the fact that it can be stripped down and made to look like an original Thats why Im not overly concerned with what some people are saying. Of course any refinishing can be stripped away and it can me made to look original again if you choose to strip that ghetto look away later.Ī gunsmith without an opinion is a goonsmith not to be trusted! Customers are of course the boss and I like cash so they get their way with little lip from me. I'm all about alterations from original design/purpose but also I think of how I'd feel about the end result (to my own personal firearms) a few years down the road. I do this sort of thing for a living and I personally would only re-finish firearms to their original look if it were strictly up to me. Although what Im thinking is a little different. I plan on keeping it in a gun vault only to use for occasional (like once every other year?) recreational shooting at a range. Blueing, KCC, Chrome Plating certain parts, the possibilities are endless. Like I said, do whatever makes you happy, but if you chrome or nickel plate it please if you care about us at all, don't show it.Ĭare about you? Or the fact that a lot of you are telling me the value o my gun would only be worth $150 if that? After I have repeatedly said that "value" dofesnt matter to me? If Im keeping it for the rest of my life then why does "value" come into play?Īnd getting it chromed isnt the only option that I am thinking about. If I were buying one, I wouldn't be concerned by them in the least. If you were selling it, they wouldn't mean much if anything.
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Take extra care and enjoy it for the rest of your life. Find an original or quality reproduction holster, and gently and lovingly shoot the crap out of it. It's your gun, you can use it for a deep sea fishing sinker if it makes you happy, but if it were mine, that's how it would stay. That's not a worn finish! That gun has character and personality.