Fitting the grip safety was “easier” than I was afraid and cutting the bottom barrel lugs worked well by taking it very slow, after a frightful “bump” in the process.
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Now that I have the frame, I can really get going on this build. It’s time to work the slide-to-frame fit. The Caspian slide came out as a good match for the JEM frame. The frame’s slide rail was just a bit oversized and allowed material for narrowing it to fit.
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Needless to say, fitting parts is tricky and is a little of why great gunsmiths are great. I’m finding that I have at least two things I need to improve about my parts fitting.
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My Caspian slide arrived which allowed me to start fitting the barrel, or at least the barrel hood.
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The first objective of the research I did into selecting parts for this build was to find a solid base for the pistol: the slide, frame, and barrel.
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