Ended up pulling a trigger on a used infinity during covid. It was originally a standard pistol that was sent to ipsc alex for a open conversion. As far as i can tell, he did a scallop cut, cut for the racker, new barrel and comp, machining work up front to lighten the front end. All in all a ok pistol but far from perfect.
In the beginning my main goal was to clean up all the machining marks (there are many), and pvd the pistol as it was blued. Then about a few weeks after i got the pistol i decided to do something i would never have thought of. Laser engrave the entire gun to a design i would want. If im getting the ultimate gun why not have the ultimate design i want.
The plan now was to,
-clean up all the machining marks
-remove lettering on the side with the thumb rest (for some reason half the letters were machined off
-laser design and engrave a kaws theme
-newer grip
-redesign the red dot mount and new thumb rest
-clean up the internals (trigger was snagging on grip(to tight of a fit) and trigger was not smooth and crispy.
-pvd the frame, slide, grip, magwell, and internal parts
Here is the pistol when i got it.
notice it is a bit longer than a actual open gun built. the feeling is almost identical. while shooting the recoil and weight was not really noticeable.
will post builds for the other 2 guns later on.
first step was to remove all the bluing.
after 24 hours it removed everything but left a really hard waxy layer that even acetone could not remove. so it was off to bead blasting which did remove everything.
after blasting i tried doing some hand sanding before taking it to the buffer. the hardest part was removing the machining marks and also the lettering as half the infinity letters were machined off. ended up taking it to a belt sander to take the remaining letters off. then it was 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 2000 to finish.
Found it funny that nity was left. the red dot mount hides infi so no one would know unless you took the mount off haha.
New grip came in. cant be happier. just minor work needed to have it fit perfectly.
In the beginning my main goal was to clean up all the machining marks (there are many), and pvd the pistol as it was blued. Then about a few weeks after i got the pistol i decided to do something i would never have thought of. Laser engrave the entire gun to a design i would want. If im getting the ultimate gun why not have the ultimate design i want.
The plan now was to,
-clean up all the machining marks
-remove lettering on the side with the thumb rest (for some reason half the letters were machined off
-laser design and engrave a kaws theme
-newer grip
-redesign the red dot mount and new thumb rest
-clean up the internals (trigger was snagging on grip(to tight of a fit) and trigger was not smooth and crispy.
-pvd the frame, slide, grip, magwell, and internal parts
Here is the pistol when i got it.
notice it is a bit longer than a actual open gun built. the feeling is almost identical. while shooting the recoil and weight was not really noticeable.
will post builds for the other 2 guns later on.
first step was to remove all the bluing.
after 24 hours it removed everything but left a really hard waxy layer that even acetone could not remove. so it was off to bead blasting which did remove everything.
after blasting i tried doing some hand sanding before taking it to the buffer. the hardest part was removing the machining marks and also the lettering as half the infinity letters were machined off. ended up taking it to a belt sander to take the remaining letters off. then it was 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 2000 to finish.
Found it funny that nity was left. the red dot mount hides infi so no one would know unless you took the mount off haha.
New grip came in. cant be happier. just minor work needed to have it fit perfectly.
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