Custom P95DPR ("repost")

[TruthNotRelative]

Was bored and cleaning out my Photobucket and found these "old" pics of my former P95 that I customized.

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And some of my Ruger photography

 

[roylt]

Hi John,
Nice work for sure.

So I got an old 95 DC unit and a new railed safe model. I was hoping to pop the DC upper on the stippled and railed frame. I like the feel of the grip with the stippling. But the trigger bar on the safe model goes back in a slot on the frame that does not exist in the DC frame.

So I have two options.
1. Stipple the DC unit.
2. Mod the frame and mill in the slot as required for the trigger bar.

I also have to remove bend and replace the mag release spring. A little weak.

Will you post more detail on how you stippled the frame please. I have copied some of your work already why stop now right?! HAHA

 

[roylt]

Also why the mag well cut outs? Just because or did you have specific reasoning? My mags drop free and when they don't I know something is wrong.

 

[wixedmords]

Looks fantastic TNR.

You really smoothed and slicked that one up, except for the texture of course.

 

[TruthNotRelative]

Hi John,
Nice work for sure.

So I got an old 95 DC unit and a new railed safe model. I was hoping to pop the DC upper on the stippled and railed frame. I like the feel of the grip with the stippling. But the trigger bar on the safe model goes back in a slot on the frame that does not exist in the DC frame.

So I have two options.
1. Stipple the DC unit.
2. Mod the frame and mill in the slot as required for the trigger bar.

I also have to remove bend and replace the mag release spring. A little weak.

Will you post more detail on how you stippled the frame please. I have copied some of your work already why stop now right?! HAHA

Hi Roy. That was the very 1st stippling work that I ever did, and it is subpar for sure. I employed the "golf ball dimple method" using a standard soldering iron with a pointed tip. Easy as pie (easiest and ugliest). Plastic Ruger's have Fiberglass in the mix, way different than stippling Glocks. I have been trying to figure out how some people stipple and make it look "factory" and without the "dimples". I bought some brass screws with no slots in the heads of them that fit my wood burning tool, and I'm banging' them with a certain hammer (don't know what you call these hammers that have waffle "texture" on the head) to create a pattern on the brass head, and after experimenting with that, I think I've got it figured out. I'll share pics with my practice with this method at some point. Stop copying my work, or I'm gonna have to sue haha.

 

[TruthNotRelative]

Also why the mag well cut outs? Just because or did you have specific reasoning? My mags drop free and when they don't I know something is wrong.

Mag' Well cutt-outs=pure boredom and a strong desire to "not leave well enough alone" just did it for fun and to see if I could pull it off and make it look good. I think I succeeded (not patting myself on the back).

 

[roylt]

It all looks real well to me. Also when I did the loaded chamber, I didn't counter sink. Just sorta slotted the barrel. So you can't sue. It is a little different. HAHA HA.

And please do post a stippling tread.

 

[GKC]

If I may ask, where did you get the Ruger grip sleeve? I just bought a P95, and I'd like to have one.

 

[TruthNotRelative]

If I may ask, where did you get the Ruger grip sleeve? I just bought a P95, and I'd like to have one.

Boy I sure wish that was the real deal. All it is, is a bicycle innertube that I altered in my Paint Program on my computer. Same as the background, it was added in Paint Shop. Sorry 'bout that!

 

[GKC]

Boy I sure wish that was the real deal. All it is, is a bicycle innertube that I altered in my Paint Program on my computer. Same as the background, it was added in Paint Shop. Sorry 'bout that!

No problem! Very creative...nice looking gun, too.

I just bought a P95, and I'm thinking about a grip sleeve, but I don't want a thick one, like the ones Hogue or Pachmayr make.

 

[roylt]

Walmart sells an uncle mikes sleeve that is real thin. 10 bucks. There is a smaller and regular one. Probably what you are looking for.

 

[GKC]

Walmart sells an uncle mikes sleeve that is real thin. 10 bucks. There is a smaller and regular one. Probably what you are looking for.

Thanks! I'll check it out.