Really cool to see at least one of your guns Sale.
That looks really cool. I like the reverse scalloped dust cover. The grip stippling is great too. That's the first I've seen like that.
I'd like to see the process of re-sizing the frame. Any good info on how that's done?
I hammered the rails on the frame downwards. They became wider in the process as well. Then I simply filed and finally polished then from the sides and inside the groove. The principle is very simple. The execution takes an enormous amount of patience and a steady hand.
Some luck may be needed as well. I have no idea whether the TM frame metal would break easily in this process, but for me it was soft enough. I have cracked a Guarder slide once, trying to squeeze it to be tighter in a vice. I applied the least imaginable amount of force, but before giving in the least bit, it just snapped.
A far safer method would be to embed steel bearings into the rails.
-Sale
That's sort of how I imagined it would be. I have tried tightening a WE metal slide to a TM frame (was loose as hell). I had the same experience as you did with the Guarder, it did bend in a hair then cracked. It would problably work a lot better if it were heated (torched) first. The TM frame seems to be pretty pliable.
I'd like to see a frame embedded with steel bearings.
Speaking of un-godly amounts of work for amazing results. Ball bearings slide running on accu-rails....that would be smooth like butter.
Either way, that is an amazing amount of work Sale, why don't you use that gun when you shoot?
The4thpower, I'm sceptical about silumin even if it's heated. It's just made the way it is. You want to work on something, get a proper CNC'd slide and the fit will be good for most purposes even without tricks like this.
hkssr20det, I was actually thinking of a single ball embedded into the frame. I've also seen the Sheriff frames with full ball bearings inserted, and it's not something I'd attempt with the tools and machinery I have access to.
The short answer to your question: Because I get better results with a bone stock TM G17 out of the box. ;D
Seriously, my first airsoft gun at the age of 13-14 was a Glock, I've had GBB Glocks for 8 years and a real one for six years. I'm so used to the grip angle that when I point a 2011 or 1911 quickly "by muscle memory", I don't see the front sight. It would take a lot of practice to improve with the 2011 to the same level I'm at with the Glock. And I just love to succeed in matches with a bone stock production pistol against all these tricked out racers the HK dudes build.
That said, I haven't taken the 5.1 out to the practice for a year, and not at all in the current form. Maybe I'll haul it to San Po Kong on Wednesday. To see if some time apart is all we needed.
-Sale
Very nice gun sale. Mist be super smooth with the modification you did to the frame.
Sale, I didn't know you live in HK. Next time I visit HK let's meet up. BTW, What's in San Po Kong? Last I check it's a industral area.
Oh my god. *Drool*
*looks at price tag* *faints*
$2,000... I think I'll get a real pistol? lol.
Allizard, I've had the HK SAR flag on Arnie's for a year and a half now, but I guess it suffers from inflation since some people use bogus locations there.
San Po Kong is indeed an industrial area, but also has the highest density of Airsoft shooting clubs in the world AFAIK. There was a club called ISCA that I joined late 2006 but it went under a few months later. Almost within the same block you can find HKSDU and HKASA. And it's less than ten minutes by foot from where I live.
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