Sidearms & Scatterguns Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
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Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: clark98ut</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I want to bobtail my GSG. Does anybody on here have anybody they'd recommend?
Thanks,
Dan </div></div>
You can send your NON-Brown 1911 to Ed Brown. They will install any Brown part on a 1911 for you.
Note: Brown invented the bob-tail conversions.
TTR
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: clark98ut</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I want to bobtail my GSG. Does anybody on here have anybody they'd recommend?
Thanks,
Dan </div></div>
You can send your NON-Brown 1911 to Ed Brown. They will install any Brown part on a 1911 for you.
Note: Brown invented the bob-tail conversions.
TTR
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
Thanks. I gave them a shout and they said no-go. They only work on steel frames, and the GSG has an aluminum frame.
Appreciate the suggestion though...
-Dan
Thanks. I gave them a shout and they said no-go. They only work on steel frames, and the GSG has an aluminum frame.
Appreciate the suggestion though...
-Dan
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slothlacrosse</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought a jig and did it myself. </div></div>
i was planning on the same. if you have an aluminum frame it should be easy
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slothlacrosse</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought a jig and did it myself. </div></div>
i was planning on the same. if you have an aluminum frame it should be easy
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slothlacrosse</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought a jig and did it myself.</div></div>
Wanna sell that jig?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: slothlacrosse</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I bought a jig and did it myself.</div></div>
Wanna sell that jig?
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
if he doesnt, brownells sells the install kit/jig
if he doesnt, brownells sells the install kit/jig
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
You can have the jig. Just pass it along to the next guy.
It's in my storage unit in PA so I wouldn't be able to ship it until closer to Thanksgiving.
You can have the jig. Just pass it along to the next guy.
It's in my storage unit in PA so I wouldn't be able to ship it until closer to Thanksgiving.
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
Sounds like a plan, and I can definitely pass it along to the next guy.
PM incoming.
Thanks,
Dan
Sounds like a plan, and I can definitely pass it along to the next guy.
PM incoming.
Thanks,
Dan
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
Hopefully I can be that next guy . . . Maybe even send it with detailed instructions. LoL cause I am scared to Dick up my $1200 carry piece.
Hopefully I can be that next guy . . . Maybe even send it with detailed instructions. LoL cause I am scared to Dick up my $1200 carry piece.
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
ed will send you a copy, but its pretty simply. you need a drill press, a vise on that press and a #2 drill center to start the hole. clamp the jig in vise and center the first hole of the jig. then slide the pistol up futrher on the jig to the second hole and put in a pin and drill the frame where the bit is centered. you will have moved it up the exact distance after centering and then moving the frame further onto the jig.
if that makes sense.
ed will send you a copy, but its pretty simply. you need a drill press, a vise on that press and a #2 drill center to start the hole. clamp the jig in vise and center the first hole of the jig. then slide the pistol up futrher on the jig to the second hole and put in a pin and drill the frame where the bit is centered. you will have moved it up the exact distance after centering and then moving the frame further onto the jig.
if that makes sense.
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
ed brown is what I've always used. You'll cut away a lot of material on the ears and grip safety web area but you'll get a higher grip in the process.
If you go with ED Brown, you'll want to consider undercutting the trigger guard...the higher grip at the rear will jamb your fingers up into the trigger guard on some frames making the grip feel a little awkward. You may not notice it but if you do under cut...you'll never want a standard front strap/trigger guard again.
ed brown is what I've always used. You'll cut away a lot of material on the ears and grip safety web area but you'll get a higher grip in the process.
If you go with ED Brown, you'll want to consider undercutting the trigger guard...the higher grip at the rear will jamb your fingers up into the trigger guard on some frames making the grip feel a little awkward. You may not notice it but if you do under cut...you'll never want a standard front strap/trigger guard again.
Re: Bobtail conversion..any suggestions on who to use?
DIY, it's really rather easy!!!! And Brown didn't invent just popularized it from what I understand
DIY, it's really rather easy!!!! And Brown didn't invent just popularized it from what I understand
