Anybody ever hand checker their front strap

[Lane]

I'd like to have the front strap checkered on my 5" Springer... and toying with the idea of doing it myself. Has anyone here done it? Am I biting off more than I can chew?

Lane

[SemperFi1977m]

Look in Donkeyhunter's threads on 1911 forum....he did a huge write up on a Springer he redid after if fell off a mountain on his snowmobile. He checkered the front strap on it himself and shows how he did it. He had to build a jig to keep the file lines correct, but I imagine they sell a jig for that kind of work. Sparkie here checkers wood grips, so i bet he could give some pointers.

[Lane]

I'll check it out. Brownells sells a couple of different jigs and file sets. The down side is they are pricey. I'm not sure how many times I'll use em. Unless I start a pistolsmith business next to my leather "business". :-)

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