How to cut "grasping grooves"

That is what I saw the picture of years later after I had hand checkered the front of a 40 Short and Weak Custom Caspian that I built for my own amazement. I put a red trigger in it from Kings and got it to run with the then new round, but like the .380 Magnums, I just never could find that Magic Load like we could find for the 45 ACP. I traded it off for something that I can't remember or Stan sold it at a Gunshow and I can't remember if I got money for it. The checkering on the front of that slide will never be forgotten though. It was a hard job of work. There are very few people that would like the "new way" of doing things like the checkering I showed you since most 1911 work is the SOS DD. Also, you can buy a factory gun with all the extra goodies on it now, so taking a plain Jane 1911 and trying to make something of it is almost a Lost Art. Pistolsmiths that did all the work by hand are mostly out of business or dead now. The new guys are machinists.

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This is a proto-type Mock Up of the new look for the GSP.
 
1900 Model, not 1903

although this one has serrations, I have seen a similar model with checkering, IIRC.

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I'd like to see that one you mentioned a couple of times with the checkering, I don't believe I have ever seen one with it. Are you sure about the checkering?
 
Bill Z: I'd like to show you a picture but I haven't seen one in years. Sometimes, I'm not even sure I know my own name. Brain fade, you know. :o
 
That picture is interesting because it has FRONT grasping grooves! I think the picture we are looking for is in a Coffee Table book about all of the Colt Pistols ever produced, including proto-types. It was a great idea then, and still is. Serrations are cheaper to machine and I have done front grasping grooves with a 20 LPI checkering file. They did not look too bad, either.
 
Dear Dave, buddy

Dear Dave:
There is nothing more loyal than a good dog; there was a time in my life after my son Joe Bonar of NOVAKS was killed Aug 24, 03, when my lazy 95# australian shepherd seemed like my only friend and confidant.
Dogs get to know you (few church goers do, or care) and Brownie and I are as tight as we can be; he's 9 years old now and I can't bear to think of something happening to him. My son Joe had an airdale (OLD PHIL) - he was hit by car and Joe had to put him down - we have a little shrine in the field Joe built for him - dogs are special and I know your dog is too. It's a shame people can't at least act like dogs!
Your checkering is very nice, Joe could do it but I've never had the guts to try it! Good work Dave and I hope when time catches up with us both our dogs will share our gravesight - love you Dave!
Harry B.
 
You are absolultely right about Dawgs, Harry. Fellina is a little over four now. I picked her out after another little girl died at the hands of a careless driver. I watched her get hit, ran to pick her up and she bit right through my left thumb while I was trying to help her. I got her to the Vet and then went to VA to take care of the bite. She took three weeks to die and the morning she died on the operating table was one of the worst in my life. The Vet Bill was $2200.00 but I would have paid a lot more to save her. Saturday I went to the Humane Society and picked out this dawg and picked her up on my 69th birthday! She is with me every minute and every morning her head is on my pillow waiting to start another day in Paradise. I don't know why we give our hearts to a dawg to tear, but we do. They just don't last long enough to suit me. I fifgure it's about a 5 dawg lifetime Harry. We are Blessed!
 
Jammer Six Bill, inverted checkering is no further away than your mailbox!
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Pony up with the info Jammer, I'm not sure who, how, or how much. Can you give me the details on that? What has been your experience with this type of checkering or the process, or the people who do it? I would really like to hear your success rate and reasons behind it, or find out if you are trolling. :rolleyes:
 
Slide checkering either standard type or reverse is easier to grasp than grasping grooves/seratioms for my hands thus I used it on my SS01. I first saw reverse checkering when I visited Dave's shop 3 years ago. As has been posted it is expensive to have done.

Jammer please educate me about your experience with reverse checkering. Do you do it yourself? Have you done it to Titanium received? How did it turn out?

Dean
deanrtaylor@att.net
410-952-7848
 
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