"9x18shooter" Contest Winner Photos

brigade · Post by **brigade** » July 19th, 2007, 2:00 am

9x18shooter.... Here are some cheap quick photos to look at.... It looks much nicer in person. You should receive that either Thursday or Friday Priority Mail through the post office.
-Troy

brigade · Post by **brigade** » July 19th, 2007, 2:20 am

Here is your old grips and slide before blasting and parkerizing and duracoating.

brigade · Post by **brigade** » July 19th, 2007, 2:22 am

Here are a photo of it just after blasting and then just coming out of the Manganese parkerizing solution prior to Duracoating.

-Troy

brigade · Post by **brigade** » July 19th, 2007, 2:33 am

And finally a fix to your weak trigger guard spring. I took a 20# wolf P-64 trigger bar spring and cut and crimped to replace your weekened original spring. Damn it if it wasn't a perfect I mean perfect fit. Your slide occasionaly did not lock open on an empty magazine when I first received it prior to refinishing. However, I did manage to fix it so that it rarely has that problem now.
Good luck with your new P-64.
-Troy

9x18shooter · Post by **9x18shooter** » July 19th, 2007, 8:58 am

Troy, WOW!!

Your attention to detail and your willingness to do things right are what will keep me coming back for holsters and hopefully another makeover or 2. (That 76 is still rough and my bulgy Mak could use a facelift)

Thanks again for all you do!

nbender · Post by **nbender** » July 19th, 2007, 10:39 am

Just amazing. Great work Troy.

9x18shooter · Post by **9x18shooter** » July 19th, 2007, 5:40 pm

Well, The little one arrived home today. Troy it looks great.! I took a few shots of it and then wrapped it in some of your fine leather for another shot. This is now my daily carry piece.

Thanks again for the work and I look forward to doing more business with you.

spyguy · Post by **spyguy** » July 19th, 2007, 6:37 pm

OMG!!! What an incredible improvement.

I bet that looks nicer than the day it came off the assembly line and into a crate for storage.

Beautiful work troy!

space · Post by **space** » July 19th, 2007, 8:18 pm

That's pretty awesome......pricing plea$e

brigade · Post by **brigade** » July 19th, 2007, 11:03 pm

That's pretty awesome......pricing plea$e

# Turnaround Time = About 2-3 weeks

# Gun Finishing = $100 (disassemble, degrease, media blast to bare metal, metal prep, parkerize, Duracoat semi-gloss black, red dot safety and redo plastic grips if you have them).

# SHIPPING = $12 (I have FFL and can return ship to you, legally)

# PAYMENT METHOD = Postal Money Order $112 or Paypal (total includes shipping)

# You ship via ups ground direct to me. (I have FFL and you can ship direct to me, legally)

-Troy

nbender · Post by **nbender** » July 19th, 2007, 11:33 pm

Troy - I don't know all the legalities, and I challenge everyone who thinks they do, but I think a person can ship a pistol to you if it's marked "Firearm for repair". That way they don't need to have an FFL.

9x18shooter · Post by **9x18shooter** » July 19th, 2007, 11:50 pm

I talked with a friend (20+ years UPS management) and he said it was no problem to send UPS ground to Troy since he has an FFL and it was a service being done to my firearm and it was not being sold. I was told not to mark the package at all. Troy returned it via USPS (also legal). I once had a repair done to a Ruger I had and Ruger sent me an empty box to mail it in and they returned it in the same box all via USPS. That has been a few years though.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » July 20th, 2007, 9:38 am

+1 on that...ship to an FFL or direct from an FFL if for service/repair. As long as it is not for a sale / trade. I've been told this many times in my search to understand exactly what I can and cannot do as a C&R FFL.

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