Pimp Daddy Colt Project

joken · May 23, 2015

This is a Argentine Colt that I've been giving a new life. Most parts are new including a Storm Lake Barrel and Briley bushing. Had DT cut for the Trijicon front sight and the rear sight might be in todays mail. Graphite black Cerakote and grips from who knows on ebay. The trigger is nice and it functions great. Kinda hard to tell how accurate it will be without a rear sight

. I'm not sure I like all the shiney parts . Ken

Classic · May 23, 2015

NoFlinch · May 23, 2015

WOW!

Looks GREAT! :s0155:

...Oh, wait, there's no picture. :s0076:

................ :s0092:

Luckily, I have a GREAT imagination........................it looks great!.......... :s0059:

joken · May 23, 2015

I don't know how in hell I did that without pitchers

wyojeeper · May 23, 2015

Looks really good.

NoFlinch · May 23, 2015

WOW!

That is exactly how I envisioned it to look..............

Seriously, Good Job!

You might want to clean your Living room carpet, however. :s0092:

joken · May 23, 2015

That's a towel on my work bench. I have lots of them and they look just like that clean too! BTW, Thanks!

Quacky88 · May 23, 2015

Classic Beauty.... Be worth a pretty penny more than ever with Colt on the way out....

joken · May 23, 2015

Well, this one sure isn't collectable, but it wasn't when I got it either. Some nit wit drilled a hole on the bottom of the slide and a big ol' hole in the top of the slide to facilitate installation of a Glock front sight. The bottom hole is welded invisible now and the top one is under the DT. I would have left it alone if it wasn't already buggered. I just pounded the rear sight in place and it shoots minute of beer can at 10 yards. Dang it, now I need another project.

rick · May 23, 2015

That looks pretty darn nice. When I clicked on the thread title I was expecting something a bit, uh, different.

^ (pic swiped from the web, not mine)

coop44 · May 23, 2015

you could always bead blast the shiny bits

rick benjamin · May 23, 2015

Very nice job. Did you fit the thumb safety yourself?

NoFlinch · May 23, 2015

joken said:
That's a towel on my work bench. I have lots of them and they look just like that clean too! BTW, Thanks!

Oh, sorry.
That's how the cleanest part of my LR carpet looks

joken · May 23, 2015

rick benjamin said:
Very nice job. Did you fit the thumb safety yourself?

Rick, I did not. I sent this Colt to a real GS to weld up the hole in the slide and had him fit the new barrel too since he was going to have the gun anyway. The safety wasn't reliable so I told him to go ahead and replace it. I try to do all my own work, but sometimes it's prudent to let a pro do it, particularly if they already have the gun. Jeff at Rangemaster in Lebanon did a good job and didn't charge me a arm and a leg.

Quacky88 · May 23, 2015

joken said:
Well, this one sure isn't collectable, but it wasn't when I got it either. Some nit wit drilled a hole on the bottom of the slide and a big ol' hole in the top of the slide to facilitate installation of a Glock front sight. The bottom hole is welded invisible now and the top one is under the DT. I would have left it alone if it wasn't already buggered. I just pounded the rear sight in place and it shoots minute of beer can at 10 yards. Dang it, now I need another project.

What a bubblegum that guy was...

bmw2 · May 24, 2015

I think grips look out of place with the shiny stuff. I agree with bead blasting the shiny stuff for a satin finish or get some vz or aluminum grips. Even plain black grips would work better IMO. I like the mods though, tasteful way to bring it back from Bubba hell.