Let's mod my Vigilante!

[stalwart]

My pleasure, Chris.

OK, let's have a look... The sight just slides in, and is held by the side plate. That screw is part of the elevation adjustment. You might try resetting the elevation before sliding it all in, that screw has a indexing slot to keep it positioned as it is adjusted.

Check the pic against your gun, and holler if that doesn't help make sense of it.

[UCChris]

My pleasure, Chris.

OK, let's have a look... The sight just slides in, and is held by the side plate. That screw is part of the elevation adjustment. You might try resetting the elevation before sliding it all in, that screw has a indexing slot to keep it positioned as it is adjusted.

Check the pic against your gun, and holler if that doesn't help make sense of it.

Everything looks good there. The sight is replaced and good. Now I gotta figure out why it is indexing weird.

[stalwart]

Is your return spring in place correctly?

[UCChris]

Alright guys. I figured it out. I'm going to post this here in hopes to help other people with the same problem.

The bad indexing was the spring inside the receiver-to-clip transfer port. The spring pushes out the port so it seals better with the clip holes. When I disassembled the gun, that spring must have fallen on the ground. I found it yesterday and couldn't figure out where it went. Once I did figure it out, the indexing problem went away. The indexing part pushes the clip about 1/8 inch past correct alignment with the hole. The spring loaded transfer port brings the clip back to perfect alignment.

[silent_airman]

Alright guys. I figured it out. I'm going to post this here in hopes to help other people with the same problem.

The bad indexing was the spring inside the receiver-to-clip transfer port. The spring pushes out the port so it seals better with the clip holes. When I disassembled the gun, that spring must have fallen on the ground. I found it yesterday and couldn't figure out where it went. Once I did figure it out, the indexing problem went away. The indexing part pushes the clip about 1/8 inch past correct alignment with the hole. The spring loaded transfer port brings the clip back to perfect alignment.

Great job, Chris!

[soolio]

You guys are sure gonna make things easier for me when I rip INTO this thing  Thanks for that!!! I finally got a red dot and I'm making the final cuts and welds for the stock to fit snug. The PUG should be accurate by this weekend

[stalwart]

You guys are sure gonna make things easier for me when I rip INTO this thing  Thanks for that!!! I finally got a red dot and I'm making the final cuts and welds for the stock to fit snug. The PUG should be accurate by this weekend

Let's see it!

I played with mine a bit today. Cleaned the coating off all surfaces in contact with moving parts, and powder coated everything shown in Teflon. Revolvers in general have slow lock times, but you could take a short nap waiting on these.


New pics... smoothed the frame. Not sure what color it will be.

[stalwart]

Went with anthracite at about 60% gloss.

The double action is now glass smooth... single feels slick, and is noticeably faster. I really like this stuff!

[silent_airman]

Went with anthracite at about 60% gloss.

The double action is now glass smooth... single feels slick, and is noticeably faster. I really like this stuff!

Sweet!

[soolio]

Nice job Eric! You are certainly making some progress with this fun little gun!

I mounted the red dot on mine, as well as a laser and flashlight...last night I got it to the point where I was hitting every beer can I pointed it at up to 10 yards. I finally feel like its ready to be unveiled. I'll get on that after work tonight;)

[stalwart]

Thanks, guys! I'm quite happy with the function now... feels good and tight.

I want to try .22, but can't find any of the old 6 shot clips to convert. Any ideas where I should look?

[silent_airman]

Nice job Eric! You are certainly making some progress with this fun little gun!

I mounted the red dot on mine, as well as a laser and flashlight...last night I got it to the point where I was hitting every beer can I pointed it at up to 10 yards. I finally feel like its ready to be unveiled. I'll get on that after work tonight;)

Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike! What day is it? It's Pug day!

[UCChris]

I second that! I wanna see it!!!

[soolio]

Thanks, guys! I'm quite happy with the function now... feels good and tight.

I want to try .22, but can't find any of the old 6 shot clips to convert. Any ideas where I should look?

That would be sweet!!! I like the way you think! I wonder how hard it would be to bore the holes bigger in the BB clip that is included with the V...I don't (and won't unless it's an emergency) shoot BB's out of mine, so i wouldn't mind sacrificing it for the cause;)

[stalwart]

The BB clip is a little big for half it's bore. It could be worked with sleeves, but the 6 shot pellet clips would only require boring.

Until I can find a few, I'm going to see what it can do as a break-open single shot .22. Got the breech block roughed in... looks like I can make this work.

Lovin' the PUG, Mike... it's pretty clear you know how to have the most fun for your money.

[UCChris]

That's freaking sweet stalwart!

[stalwart]

Thanks, Chris!

Set a 10" barrel... getting close!

 

[stalwart]

Made my first choke today, it turned out well... but, I didn't have a gun for it. It's a P17 barrel, so all I had to do was turn it to fit the V. Being able to swap barrels with 1 screw is fun. 

[soolio]

Sweet! Nice job Eric!

[stalwart]

Thanks, Mike. I'm having a good time with this thing.