[ithacaartist]

Ladies and Germs,

Tom sent me a very nice slide, but it did not fit. The hole in its front end through which the muzzle passes was slightly larger diameter than mine. It also is from an earlier example, one with finer cut gripping serrations at the rear. The larger hole in the nose didn't center the barrel properly, and beyond that, it was also large enough so that leading coil of the recoil spring gets sucked in aside the barrel and binds the interface. So, we went back to the drawing board...

This pic came in this morning from my machinist so I'll post it here in order to show progress made on repairing this pistol's butchered slide. He has the new end TIG welded on, and will address the front sight next. We're going to go with a fiber optic unit mounted in this dovetail, so getting that designed and constructed will be the next step. Obviously, we've departed from a "restoration" but I think my eyesight will be happier with something that can actually be seen! Improvement of the diddly little rear sight may also be in the offing.