Before Jim Milks left EGW he built me a few "shooters". These were planned to be range queens, not safe queens. After handling a few of the Caspian frames with tactical magwell I quickly decided that would be a fine path to take. Jim expertly checkered this one, front and back, 20 LPI, added a Caspian slide, Kart barrel and my favorite Heinie sights with a black serrated .110" wide ramp front. 3lb trigger on Extreme Engineering components and EGW"s E-treat finish (similar to Tenifer). It is chock full of EGW parts along with a Greider slide stop, SVI bar stock thumb safety, Brown mag catch and Wilson beavertail. Everything is pretty well seamslessly blended. The barrel(Kart)/slide/frame fit is perfection.
When I first got the gun fresh from the finishing I had a few rough spots-the finish added some friction and was occasionally failing to feed-a little 2000 grit paper on a dowel smoothed the frame ramp enough that it went away. It now basically feeds like a marble on greased glass-slick. I like the way the finish resists corrosion and kydex wear, but pretty certain I won't be having it done to any more guns in the future.
Its a super shooter and 1/2 ounce under the IDPA CDP weight limit.
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