Pocket 457
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I wanted the butt a bit shorter to make pocket carry feasible. A CS45 mag was sourced and 4506 base plate installed. The amount to be removed is about 3/16”. I got out my trusty files... even tho it’s only ‘lumnum, this took an hour or so.
While the now-shorter grip/mag loses one finger, the base plate has a front lip that helps. I didn’t need to notch the grip since the base plate fit “inside” it, so I left that as it was.
While the now-shorter grip/mag loses one finger, the base plate has a front lip that helps. I didn’t need to notch the grip since the base plate fit “inside” it, so I left that as it was.
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Just to make it a little more mine, I sent the slide to Guzzitaco who did his usual superlative work and gave me some great-looking Hi-Power style carry cuts.
The 457 is now a soft-shooting pocket powerhouse, points like a 1911, and is simple DAO with 6+1 of God’s caliber on board. It fits a G26 Nemesis pretty well.
The 457 is now a soft-shooting pocket powerhouse, points like a 1911, and is simple DAO with 6+1 of God’s caliber on board. It fits a G26 Nemesis pretty well.
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Nice work. As an FYI only, the factory conversion was done by removing the SA notch from the hammer. I did one about 10 years ago, but the DAO pull was very long for repeated shooting.
Did you replace the safety/decocker with a plug?
Did you replace the safety/decocker with a plug?
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No, I kind of like still having the safety available. But I will probably pick up a plug at some point and give it a try.
I did shave the safety and slide release, but the width wasn't really a problem - especially with the Nemesis, which is a little thicker holster.
I did shave the safety and slide release, but the width wasn't really a problem - especially with the Nemesis, which is a little thicker holster.
Jeppo
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I admire the work you’ve done. But, I wonder whether you considered a CS45D.
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Nicely done but it seems to me that a CS45 would have been a more obvious place to start.
And it isn't a pocket gun for me, either.
The problem with a CS45 of any variety seems to be finding them. Then finding magazines and springs. All CS guns seem to be coming extremely scarce.
The firing pin retainers aren't hard to come by, only seem to be available in stainless.
Jeppo
Member
Finding the D was very difficult for me. Still looking for a black D. The TDA versions are slightly easier to find. I’ve got one I may sell this summer.
Very nice project...
I have a couple of those plugs..I can blacken one and send it to you...just let me know...
I have a couple of those plugs..I can blacken one and send it to you...just let me know...
JohnHL
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Bravo, mikerjf!!!
You certainly enhanced the "pocketability" of your 457.
I commend your handwork.
While there is no doubt that guzzi is the "master of the milling machine" ("Baron of the Bridgeport"?), with the file skills you have displayed while truncating the grip frame, I am convinced that you could have made the "Hi-Power" cuts yourself.
Our Forum Member "squidsix" has been known to add (by hand) the "Hi-Power" cuts to a slide or two.
IIRC, leaving the manual safety while removing the disconnector would allow the trigger to actuate the hammer even though the safety was applied.
Granted the firing pin is both blocked and arrested, I would be concerned that for me, in the "gravest extreme", I would be pumping away at that trigger and wondering why my opponent seems unfazed
, until I realized the safety was still on.
Again, that's just me.
I'm sure you have trained for that contingency.
I would probably go the next step and install the DAO "firing pin retainer" (manual safety plug), and maybe even substitute an easily fashioned "take-down pin" for the slide stop, for the ultimate in slim.
Anyway, again: Nice work.
It's great to see Forum Members displaying their handiwork.
John
You certainly enhanced the "pocketability" of your 457.
I commend your handwork.
While there is no doubt that guzzi is the "master of the milling machine" ("Baron of the Bridgeport"?), with the file skills you have displayed while truncating the grip frame, I am convinced that you could have made the "Hi-Power" cuts yourself.
Our Forum Member "squidsix" has been known to add (by hand) the "Hi-Power" cuts to a slide or two.
IIRC, leaving the manual safety while removing the disconnector would allow the trigger to actuate the hammer even though the safety was applied.
Granted the firing pin is both blocked and arrested, I would be concerned that for me, in the "gravest extreme", I would be pumping away at that trigger and wondering why my opponent seems unfazed
, until I realized the safety was still on.Again, that's just me.
I'm sure you have trained for that contingency.
I would probably go the next step and install the DAO "firing pin retainer" (manual safety plug), and maybe even substitute an easily fashioned "take-down pin" for the slide stop, for the ultimate in slim.
Anyway, again: Nice work.
It's great to see Forum Members displaying their handiwork.
John
Well done, I'm impressed with your skills!
