Frame and slide: Its hard to beat Caspain. I've tried cheaper and won't again. The high dollar guy's frames and slides offer the same thing as Caspain for more money.

Small parts ... define small parts

Have used Clark, Nowlin and Kart barrels and liked all three, the Clark and Nowlin in 38 super and the Kart in 45acp. All worked well. Safeties, Ed Brown usually gets my money. Caspain, EGW, Wilson and others for trigger control parts, using a Caspain hammer I once got one of my 38 super race guns down to 19 ounces of pull weight .... I didn't leave it like that.

Best of luck!

Quote Originally Posted by murphy j View Post
I no longer know who the quality players are now. So, if one of you were to build a frame up gun, comprised of parts from different makers, what frame would you use and why? I would also be interested in your thoughts on the variety of small part manufacturers that are out there.