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I thought I would post some pics of my oacp and just explain what i have done to it.
First off the pink bag belongs to the old lady, it's not mine.
Now what I have done is drop in a rear Nowlin low rider sight. It appears to be the same height as the gi one and as a drop in you don't have to modify the frame. It fits perfectly and I am greatly impressed. you just knock the old one out, slide the small base piece into the dovetail and attach the sight to it with the screw. Really easy, appears to be well made and as I said fits perfectly. I am impressed.
I fitted an EGW melt bushing. It had to be fitted to both the barrel and slide but was nothing major. I like doing it the hard way, with sandpaper no files, so I just sanded it with sandpaper over a round dowel to make sure I kept it even until it just slid over the barrel. Then I did the same to the outside of the bushing until It fit the slide. It's not quite finger tight, but not overly wrench tight. The stock bushing had some play so in turn the barrel lock up was loose and the slide had side to side play. Now the barrel locks up tight and there's very little slide play, less than most off the shelf colts.
I got a gi style thumb safety but it would not work (the tab was too short new) so I am modifying the extended thumb safety on it into a GI type thumb safety. I still have a little more work to do that includes rounding it off some as you can tell in the pic it needs it.
I am making a "mini bobtail". Which means I am putting a bobtail housing in it to round off the butt. Not the one that's in it as it is just for a pattern, but I have another coming. It feels more like a bobtail in the hand without the "point" poking my palm.
I will probably cut in a .250 radius grip safety also, the one that's in it is an older style drop in I happened to have.
I have an EGW 1/4" guide rod, reverse plug, ismi spring, series 80 replacement bushing and greider trigger that I will be putting in when they get here. I have the trigger now but no point in detail stripping it until the bushing gets here.
First off the pink bag belongs to the old lady, it's not mine.
Now what I have done is drop in a rear Nowlin low rider sight. It appears to be the same height as the gi one and as a drop in you don't have to modify the frame. It fits perfectly and I am greatly impressed. you just knock the old one out, slide the small base piece into the dovetail and attach the sight to it with the screw. Really easy, appears to be well made and as I said fits perfectly. I am impressed.
I fitted an EGW melt bushing. It had to be fitted to both the barrel and slide but was nothing major. I like doing it the hard way, with sandpaper no files, so I just sanded it with sandpaper over a round dowel to make sure I kept it even until it just slid over the barrel. Then I did the same to the outside of the bushing until It fit the slide. It's not quite finger tight, but not overly wrench tight. The stock bushing had some play so in turn the barrel lock up was loose and the slide had side to side play. Now the barrel locks up tight and there's very little slide play, less than most off the shelf colts.
I got a gi style thumb safety but it would not work (the tab was too short new) so I am modifying the extended thumb safety on it into a GI type thumb safety. I still have a little more work to do that includes rounding it off some as you can tell in the pic it needs it.
I am making a "mini bobtail". Which means I am putting a bobtail housing in it to round off the butt. Not the one that's in it as it is just for a pattern, but I have another coming. It feels more like a bobtail in the hand without the "point" poking my palm.
I will probably cut in a .250 radius grip safety also, the one that's in it is an older style drop in I happened to have.
I have an EGW 1/4" guide rod, reverse plug, ismi spring, series 80 replacement bushing and greider trigger that I will be putting in when they get here. I have the trigger now but no point in detail stripping it until the bushing gets here.




