Bought this pistol about a year ago, cheap, abused 422, that had been in a fire. No damage to the frame, although the grips were a little toasted. The seller appropriately named it the "Crispy Critter". I tore it down, internally it was fine although I did clean up the internals a bit. I then went about making some subtle changes to the frame. I cut off the hump on the trigger guard, fit the pistol to my hand better by under cutting the trigger guard, and raising the "beaver tail" just a little. I also did a little milling on the muzzle, similar to the cuts on the 4.5" 622VR. Then I blasted the entire pistol and slide.

Here is the before pic:



This is after all of the first round of work, it shoots great, but I still want it black like a 422 should be:



So I found a local guy that does Cerakoting, and he is very reasonable, had the "critter" done in tactical black. Added some silver accents, and some nice wood grips, really pleased with the final result. Now I want to 'cote all of my 422's.

Thanks for the post!
I liked the 'Critter' after the first round of work, but love the Cerakoting and wood grips.
You've done a great job bringing the 422 back to life!

Those grips remind me of the M41 grips which are usually quite nice. You have done a great job restoring this gun as it looks better then new. Good for you.