girphoto
02-23-2012, 10:41 AM
I purchased a 9mm Kimber Aegis from a guy who had it only 2weeks. Yep, he tried to break it down and put a 2 inch scratch on the slide. He called Kimber and they wanted $150/to re-do the slide.
He offered me the gun for $700 and I gave him $650.
Now anyone who knows me, knows that I can not leave well enough alone. I photograph for one of the top 2011,1911 competition builders in the business and have access to his expertise.
The firs thing I did, was to buy an Ed Brown Bobtail Jig and I had Derek, bobtail the Kimber.
I had Sarge make me a set of grips for show and had Larry Davidson make me a set of G-10 Sunburst grips. Love those grips.
The gun shot great, but I was not happy:(
So I said to Derek, lets strip the slide, glass beed it and send it out for hard chrome, Now we are getting closer......
But 9mm, everyone has a Kimber 9mm, so while the slide was out, we took the barrel and opened it up to 38Super.
The slide came back and now I had a SUPER KIMBER 38SUPER 4in.
It shoots great, nice to carry and looks great.
Here you go:
Stage 1: Fancy Sarge grips and slide before re finishing
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/BOBTAILSARGE1.jpg
Stage 2: a look at the MSH after Bobtail (Ed Brown MSH)
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/BOBTAILSARGE2.jpg
Stage 3: After Slide refinishing
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen3-1.jpg
Stage 4: Cut and re-crown barrel now 38Super
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen4.jpg
Final Stage: Scratch Gone on Slide
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen2-1-1.jpg
Well, This is my story and I am sticking to it.
He offered me the gun for $700 and I gave him $650.
Now anyone who knows me, knows that I can not leave well enough alone. I photograph for one of the top 2011,1911 competition builders in the business and have access to his expertise.
The firs thing I did, was to buy an Ed Brown Bobtail Jig and I had Derek, bobtail the Kimber.
I had Sarge make me a set of grips for show and had Larry Davidson make me a set of G-10 Sunburst grips. Love those grips.
The gun shot great, but I was not happy:(
So I said to Derek, lets strip the slide, glass beed it and send it out for hard chrome, Now we are getting closer......
But 9mm, everyone has a Kimber 9mm, so while the slide was out, we took the barrel and opened it up to 38Super.
The slide came back and now I had a SUPER KIMBER 38SUPER 4in.
It shoots great, nice to carry and looks great.
Here you go:
Stage 1: Fancy Sarge grips and slide before re finishing
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/BOBTAILSARGE1.jpg
Stage 2: a look at the MSH after Bobtail (Ed Brown MSH)
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/BOBTAILSARGE2.jpg
Stage 3: After Slide refinishing
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen3-1.jpg
Stage 4: Cut and re-crown barrel now 38Super
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen4.jpg
Final Stage: Scratch Gone on Slide
http://i984.photobucket.com/albums/ae326/girphoto/GreenHornetopen2-1-1.jpg
Well, This is my story and I am sticking to it.