While waiting for the rest of the parts to arrive, I stippled the front strap and cut the grip safety tangs to .250 radius using my rotary table.

I then hand fitted the grip safety using gauge pins and sharpie to mark and file down the high spots.

I blasted the frame and the slide with 120 grit aluminum oxide and soaked them overnight in the acetone bath to clean up any oils and dirt. Then I blued them using the Brownells’ Belgian Blue process (yes, my wife saw me doing this on the kitchen stove and didn’t say a word, what an amazing woman!)

After four applications I was done and soaked the parts overnight in used motor oil.

The gun is now reassembled and the trigger is crisp 4lbs!