A few thousands extra metal don't seem like much till ya gotta take it off, even and by hand.
Discounting the grip frame was out of spec on the upper screw holes (fixed it....will finish reboring the countersinks for the screw heads later) it was quite a few thousands proud on both sides. Good and bad. Good cause you can fit it to the frame. Bad cause its a lot of work, stainless is stringy and clogs files quickly and its a lot of work.
Here is an example of the extra metal in the grip frame for fitting to the receiver.
And here, the bulk of the roughin in done on the left side.
I'll block sand this side in the rest of the way later. Gotta finish the other side first and finish up the grip frame....then root around for the last of the spalted curly maple and see if there is enough to make grip panels with.
Discounting the grip frame was out of spec on the upper screw holes (fixed it....will finish reboring the countersinks for the screw heads later) it was quite a few thousands proud on both sides. Good and bad. Good cause you can fit it to the frame. Bad cause its a lot of work, stainless is stringy and clogs files quickly and its a lot of work.
Here is an example of the extra metal in the grip frame for fitting to the receiver.
And here, the bulk of the roughin in done on the left side.
I'll block sand this side in the rest of the way later. Gotta finish the other side first and finish up the grip frame....then root around for the last of the spalted curly maple and see if there is enough to make grip panels with.