Purchased a P9 frame to customize

[jocko]

that is a fair price for sure. I assume your talking about the detail strip and cleaning of the slide and not the lower portion, which I highly advise to spray clean and leave alone. You can reach everything by this method and risk no chance of screwing something up. removing the trigger pin can at times be one P. I A. and there is just no need to try to take out the cocking cam parts. spray, and oil and u are good to go.

Your gonna come out with one hell of a gun whether u covert it or not. U can always go to covert, so shoot it awhile at a P9 and see what yoiu think. The covert is nice "to talk" about but IMO not a real carry package over ur P9 anyways. and once coverted, it's gone as a P9...

If u ever decide to do it and don't want to tackle the chop job, get ahold of me, I have the ideal person who has done many and is super..

[Bawanna]

Here is what came with the slide assy. So I have some decent spare parts...

Wow, that's way cool. I think you are the king of finding good deals. I nominate you for vice president in charge of acquisitions.
I'm kind of with you wanting to leave it the way it is now that you only got the one frame. You found one, maybe you could find another? I didn't think it was possible. A slide, a frame and sack full of spare parts, what's not to love about that?

[Copper&Black]

Thanks 45
My next project might be sooner then expected, found this P40 frame w/ ns for cheap, $98 shipped. So now I guess I will be keeping my eyes peeled for a P40 frame.





Here is what the P9 slide looks like now. I still have some work to be done, that final little bit to get that mirror shine is a PITA!

[Bawanna]

I'm attempting to do the same slide polish on my K40 with apparently much slower success than you. Did you find that some areas of the slide polished up nicer and faster than other? I just using a dremel with the cotton wheels and polishing compound. On mine the area between the rear sight and the chamber polished easy, from the chamber forward not near as nice. Sides aren't shining up to easy either. Have to get more aggressive I guess. I'm still pondering on jeweling the whole slide too, just sounds kind of slick to me but I better jewel some other stuff to practice before I go sacrificing my K40 slide.

[jocko]

no serial numbers ever on kahr slides, only on the lower frame.. Nice find..

[Copper&Black]

that is a fair price for sure. I assume your talking about the detail strip and cleaning of the slide and not the lower portion, which I highly advise to spray clean and leave alone. You can reach everything by this method and risk no chance of screwing something up. removing the trigger pin can at times be one P. I A. and there is just no need to try to take out the cocking cam parts. spray, and oil and u are good to go.

Your gonna come out with one hell of a gun whether u covert it or not. U can always go to covert, so shoot it awhile at a P9 and see what yoiu think. The covert is nice "to talk" about but IMO not a real carry package over ur P9 anyways. and once coverted, it's gone as a P9...

If u ever decide to do it and don't want to tackle the chop job, get ahold of me, I have the ideal person who has done many and is super..

Exactly what I had in mind, everything in the frame for the most part can be visually inspected with the frame assembled. I have already cleaned and oiled the frame and everything seems good. Thanks for the tip on the chop, I'll let you know if I go that route.

[Copper&Black]

I'm attempting to do the same slide polish on my K40 with apparently much slower success than you. Did you find that some areas of the slide polished up nicer and faster than other? I just using a dremel with the cotton wheels and polishing compound. On mine the area between the rear sight and the chamber polished easy, from the chamber forward not near as nice. Sides aren't shining up to easy either. Have to get more aggressive I guess. I'm still pondering on jeweling the whole slide too, just sounds kind of slick to me but I better jewel some other stuff to practice before I go sacrificing my K40 slide.

Sand Paper! 1000 then 1500 on a flat surface and rubbing the slide back and forth forever, fliping it to get all sides. Then with a cotton wheel mounted to a tabletop grinder and polishing compound. Of course with sights still installed the top will be difficult.

[Bawanna]

Sand Paper! 1000 then 1500 on a flat surface and rubbing the slide back and forth forever, fliping it to get all sides. Then with a cotton wheel mounted to a tabletop grinder and polishing compound. Of course with sights still installed the top will be difficult.

Mein Got! You are aggressive! I guess being stainless if you scratch or get rough you just keep going till it's pretty. I guess I'm gonna have to man up and get rougher. Mines looking ok just going slow. I was hoping not to knock the sights off but I've knocked off a few in the past so I'll do it if I have to. Got a bench grinder, guess I could be me a cotton wheel for that too.

[Copper&Black]

Mein Got! You are aggressive! I guess being stainless if you scratch or get rough you just keep going till it's pretty. I guess I'm gonna have to man up and get rougher. Mines looking ok just going slow. I was hoping not to knock the sights off but I've knocked off a few in the past so I'll do it if I have to. Got a bench grinder, guess I could be me a cotton wheel for that too.

You have to be this stainless is hard! Infact now that I have done it I would start with 800 then move to 1000, 1500 and then 2000. After 2000 you would only need to hit it lightly with the cotton wheel with polishing compound and you should be looking at yourself. The flat surface is key, levels everything off so it polishes up nice.

[jlottmc]

I may do that to my P45, just gonna take some time. Of course that is one of the things that I really lack right now.

[Copper&Black]

Done with the polish! There are some very small pores in certain areas that can't be polished away without really digging into it, and I don't want to go that far. You can't notice them unless you are focusing in on the object in the reflection. Also finished up the barrel, feed ramp, barrel hood etc.
Here is how she looks!

[Bawanna]

That is really looking fine! I had some reservations about trying it on mine but you've removed any doubt I had about doing it. I seriously doubt I'm gonna come close the quality of polishing that you've accomplished but it gives me something to aim for. Hope I don't get labeled a copy cat. I suspect there's alot of that around these parts anyhow and I'm thinking that's OK. Kind of what we do around here.
Very nice job! You've set the bar way high.

[jocko]

indeed a nice job, as good as any I have seen..

[jlottmc]

Wow, that's pretty. I was thinking my P45 would look good like that, but I'm not taking sand paper or any other rough stuff to it. Though I grew up in a machine shop, I'd find a way to screw it up. Well done.

[Copper&Black]

Thanks Guys

Wow, that's pretty. I was thinking my P45 would look good like that, but I'm not taking sand paper or any other rough stuff to it. Though I grew up in a machine shop, I'd find a way to screw it up. Well done.

Thanks, I understand being apprehensive about taking sand paper to your slide. But 800 grit is the roughest I would use and it will leave it brighter then the rough texture your slide already has. Step it up slowly from 800 1000 1500 2000 then you almost won't even need to use the wheel with compound. You are essentially doing the same thing when polishing with just a wheel; you are removing material until you get down far enough removing any irregularity in the surface. Only with sand paper you can have more control of the specific areas and can sand it all down to one plain, not to mention worlds faster. With just a wheel it would be like trying to get a mirror finish in a car's paint job with a palm sander. Sure it might shine, but it will be wavy. For a mirror finish you need long blocks of not so coarse sand paper to get everything on the same level. The slide may look flat but when it comes to a reflection it is not.