I modded my Kahr PM9, can you tell?
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HighValleyRanch
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Yeah, those awful skin biting grenades. Almost as bad as the XD grip zone baloney!
Now it feels like silk in the hand. I also straightened out the back hump.
Interesting that I searched all day on the internet and could not find anyone who had ever done this before, other than grinding and restippling. But no other smoothies.
Now it feels like silk in the hand. I also straightened out the back hump.
Interesting that I searched all day on the internet and could not find anyone who had ever done this before, other than grinding and restippling. But no other smoothies.
Now lets avoid the crazy talk! Nothing compares to GRIP ZONEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
That said, I appreciate the texturing on the PM9/CM9. It isn't comfortable, but it really does lock that little pistol in place, and doesn't cause an issue when carrying (like aggressive textures on the sides of the grip will do).
If I want to shoot long range sessions, I just pick a more comfortable pistol to shoot. My CM9 is for defensive carry and periodic practice.
HighValleyRanch
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I worked my way on the sandpaper from 40, 150, 220, 400, 600 grit paper. I tried 1000, but it got too shiney. The trick was to use Fiebings black leather dye to color the polymer back to the original color and get rid of the whitish sanding finish. Applied the dye with q tip and wiped off to desired color. It's permanent and doesn't come off.
Neat idea. I always wondered what it would take to restore a factory finish on plastic (oh excuse me... polymer). I am curious what a bead blast would do but I suspect it would still benefit from your idea of black dye. I've got an "old" police trade in Gen 3 Glock and after sanding it... let's just say it looks perpetually dusty.
HighValleyRanch
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Exactly what happens since you are disturbing the polymer fibers. So by sanding it finer, you get finer "fibers" or tips. Then by applying the dye, it colors the ends of the sanded fibers back to the original color.
I've done a few mods where I filled in with devcon black plastic over the polymer, and that worked out pretty good. But the Devcon black is no longer avaiable, so I use another plastic weld material that was clear, but added the black leather dye to it in the wet stage and it came out very black in the overlay. But again it was hard to match the polymer color exactly. But in this case, I was fine stippling, so it came out pretty good and I use a flat black spray over the stippling aread to match.
You might want to check out this old thread about my plastic mods:
https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=582401&highlight=glock
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HighValleyRanch
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I just added a third one today, a P45 with three magazines, original box for 450.00!
Carl the Floor Walker
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I hear ya Brother. My Kahr and Nano and no longer interested in anything else.Nice work!
I like Kahrs too....
HighValleyRanch
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Is that in the auto section for auto plastics?
Will give that a try.
Thanks!
Will give that a try.
Thanks!
arquebus357
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I hope you realize that you destroyed the collector value for that gun ! ! !
HighValleyRanch
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Gosh, dumb me! I hadn't thought about that at all!
If I do sell it, I will advertise it as a "Prototype" model that they sold before they decided to put the dumb grenade checkering on. A "one of a kind" model!
If I do sell it, I will advertise it as a "Prototype" model that they sold before they decided to put the dumb grenade checkering on. A "one of a kind" model!