A few weeks ago there was a thread on LTW about what exactly constitutes a “full-house” custom. As I understand it “full-house” used to mean a gun with every available option. However, considering the work that is currently being produced along with the vast innovation and greater amount of modifications now available on the pistols, I think the gun no longer has to have everything on it but rather be a complete build with every area addressed. As another consideration, one ‘smiths “full-house” may differ from the next, especially considering dissimilar skill levels. But all and all I still believe that a “full-house” ride should still live up to the basics of the original definition.
There was some good dialog posted in the original thread but I stayed away, however, had I replied I think this gun would have been one of the many good examples of just what I consider to be a full-house gun from my bench.
This gun doesn’t have “everything” on it as you’ll note the blasted frame flats and lack of inserts in the sights but it’s a complete conversion with everything that needs addressing taken care of along with a bevy of options that go along way to making the gun better shooting for the life of the owner such as hand checkered front and back strap, weld-up frame and slide fit, Wilson “Bulletproof” extractor secured by an EGW square bottom firing pin stop, lowered and flared ejection port, Kart barrel, hand-beveled mag-well, extended ejector, etc.
Further making it a “full-house” effort are all the niceties that we do to the guns... not necessarily required on every build these are the options that really make a gun “full-house” such as flattened and serrated slide top, serrated rear of slide, chisel beveled and polished barrel bushing, bordered slide, slightly extended mag-catch with polished edge, complete line straightening on frame and slide, slightly rounded butt, and so on. Full-house is as full-house does...
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