The Amazing Race Gun Thread

[ILLusion]

It's still in discussion. We need to organize something that would allow us to train a group of range officers so that they are willing to operate unsupervised under the initial guide lines the Canadian Airsoft Practical Shooting regulations currently follow, which are closely related to the current IPSC Action Air guidelines.

We're not trying to "control" groups. We simply want to make sure we are all on a level playing field, and that all clubs that shoot with us run at LEAST as safely as we do on all levels.

[Wilson]

Originally Posted by m102404

Viking is slow as molasses... (or at least very smooth so it appears slow). Talon's the same way...everything seems so slow that he's done before you realize what's going on.

But if Viking were to kick down your door and yell at you...you'd probably shit your pants.

If Hitman kicked down your door (it'd be a different structural door than the one that Viking could kick down) and yelled at you...you'd probably giggle and say "Sorry dude...I'm a little busy right now".

Hahaha!

No one got my sarcasm.

[the4thpower3]

Mr. Hitman, it looks like you've improved a bit from your first videos.
Making vids of yourself can be an excellent training tool. If you watch pros and compare what you are doing, you can find ways to make yourself better and faster.
BTW. Why don't you short stroke that race gun of yours?

Anyhow, here's some pics of my newest custom project.
I only have a few more plans for it. I need some steel ambi-safeties. I bought a set of NOVA Kings MEU 1911 hoping that the pin would fit the ProG4 frame...but it didn't. So now I have a brand new, useless ambi-safety set.

I'm going to polish the frame, only because it put a very light scratch in it and tried to polish it out, and wound up shining up the frame (from it's original bead blasted finish)..so now I kinda have to finish polishing it.

I may change the magwell to a steel unit to add some backend weight.
I forgot to get an extended mag release button, which is why you see my drilled and tapped mag release looking so lonely.

I'll shut up now. Here's some initial pics.
I'll have to try to take some better pictures later, after I polish the frame.
These will have to suffice for now.















Parts List:

Infinity SVI Custom 5 inch 2011 – Tokyo Marui Base

Designed by the4thpower3, Custom CNC’d by ProG4

ProG4 Custom Slide 5” – 303 S.Steel
ProG4 Custom Outer Barrel Hybrid Marked .38 Super Hybrid – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Guide Rod 2 Piece Full Length – 303 S.Steel
ProG4 Steel Red Fiber Optic Front Sight
King Arms 150% Recoil & Hammer Springs
The4thPower3 Short Stroke – Nylon Bushing
ProG4 Breech & Piston Head – 6061 T6 Aluminum
NineBall Floating Valve Spring
Shooters Design Loading Nozzle
Shooters Design Piston Head O-ring
Action Floating Valve – Aluminum w/ O-ring
TM Hop-Up Chamber
NineBall NON-Hop 6.03 Inner Barrel and Chamber
ProG4 Custom 5.1 Standard Upper Frame – 6061 T6 Aluminum
ProG4 Hammer Spur Type – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Hammer Strut – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Valve Knocker– 303S.Steel
ProG4 Sear – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Grip Safety (polished) – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Slide Stop (black) – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Mag Release (polished)– 303S.Steel
ProG4 Trigger Bar – 303S.Steel
ProG4 Trigger – 6061 T6 Aluminum
The4thPower3 Trigger and Hammer Tuning
ProG4 SV Grip Logos – 6061 T6 Aluminum
TM Lower Frame – Grip
Tru-Grip PreCut Grip Tape
Shooters Design Trigger Guard (fake) Screws
PDI Grip Screws - SUS 304S.Steel
ProG4 Magwell – 6061 T6 Aluminum
ProG4 Mag Base Pads - 6061 T6 Aluminum
The4thPower3 TM Custom High Flow Mag Valves
Shooters Design Mag Feed Lips

[Shirley]

Thanks the4thpower3.
I would short stroke my gun, but I really need to work on counting shots. I never pay attention, and sometimes, I really need the slide locked back to show me I'm running dry. If I put those buffer shock/rings or whatever they're called, I can never tell if I'm hitting those paper targets if they're far..

Nice guns, those slides looks super light, and super fast huh. And sweet converting those TM grips into SV ones.

[RacingManiac]

btw, his "standard gun" has steel slide....

[the4thpower3]

RM is right. If you look at my parts list you will see I used a steel slide for this build to try to maximize kick/recoil. I'm going to have to swap out the breech in different weights to see what I like best. So far so good with the ProG4 aluminum breech. It kicks hard.

[ILLusion]

Very nice looking piece.

You don't find the cycling speed to be sluggish with the heavier slide?

[the4thpower3]

That's what I was afraid of...but surprisingly it cycles very nicely with some nice recoil.
I'll try to make some comparison video.

[RacingManiac]

not the same gun obiviously, but the stainless steel guarder slide for the Glock also works a lot better than I thought.....

[the4thpower3]

Here's the video I promised, not that it really does it justice.
Too bad I don't have a highspeed camera.
YouTube - Plastic Aluminum Steel

[Shirley]

Wow the trigger response to that race gun. Holy smokes dude, excellent job.

[RacingManiac]

dude, trigger job, details...now...lol

[the4thpower3]

I worked for a long time on that trigger pull, and it was very much worth the effort.
I learned to tune triggers from Gene Shuey's videos

[ILLusion]

Shuey's site is chock full of awesome info

[the4thpower3]

I've actually sourced/dowloaded all of the AGI Gene Shuey HowTo 1911/2011 Gun Building and Tuning videos.