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General discussion => Gun Building => Topic started by: Bob Gerard on February 04, 2023, 04:37:02 AM
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Putting on the rigger guard is my least favorite thing to do.
I was having an uneasy time getting this German Silver trigger guard to bend nicely to fit the pistol grip and was worried about it breaking. I thought that, instead of tapping it into shape against the pistol stock and risk cracking the wood, I would make a shaping form.
I simply cut two blocks of wood to the inside shape of the pistol handle. Then I clamped the front trigger guard tang tightly between the blocks. Next I also clamped the flat down securely. (I had already gut out an area for where the rear tang would go.) Then I tapped the rear extension of the guard against the wood form and it went nicely into shape. I sometimes using a clamp to draw it in also, and I got it close enough that I could lightly tweak it by hand.
It worked pretty well for me.
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(https://i.ibb.co/xqVDTfk/tg-3.jpg) (https://ibb.co/s9L2Y6f)
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(https://i.ibb.co/Km3WNZL/tg-5.jpg) (https://ibb.co/g6BJv1P)
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Thats a great idea,
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You can never be to careful when bending a pistol TG. Ask me how I know...... :( Nice work!!
(https://i.imgur.com/0znZjmxh.jpg)