Started out by taking the pistol apart and looking at what we had to work with. We had been told by the owner that he had an individual install the tactical night sights. While this is a not an easy job to do we found that while cutting the sight dovetails out they had heated the slide to the point that it had started to harden. The front sight originally was a post style. I'm not sure when the front dovetail was cut but that individual tried to weld the post hole shut and made a total mess out of the front of the slide. Both in the dovetail slot and inside where the bushing locks into the slide. I've go into a lot of detail on this because #1: you cannot parkerize metal that had been hardened, and, #2: it changed how the bushing fit the gun.
Now for all the parts that we fit and replaced. Starting from the front, Wilson Combat Multi-Comp bushing, Wilson Combat 2 piece guide rod, new barrel link and pin, new firing pin and spring, Wilson Combat extended thumb safety, Wilson Combat Beavertail safety (which the frame had to be reshaped to fit), Custom adjustable trigger, Extended mag release, new sear, new disconnector, Clynder & Slide match Hammer, Hogue Gripper Grips, and a Smith & Alexander mag guide. All new springs where installed as well. All parts were polished to a mirror finish after the had been fit. The slide and frame fit was tightened and the lapped for a better fit. The frame was then bead blasted and parkerized while the slide was bead blasted and then painted with Aluma-Hyde II. Once this was completed they were again lapped and the gun was reassembled. A lot of hours went into this pistol and the finished product was better than what the owner had expected. Trigger pull measured a crisp 3.5 lbs without any play.
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