Well folks, I finally got this project to the shooting stage but had not yet put color on it. Any way, I thought I would share what came out as a fine shooting little target pistol. The receiver was originally bought as a clunker that had the top tang sawn off and the lower tang was brazed in 2 places and also stick welded into an abortion that remotely looked like a tang. So this was to be my color case hardening test run of my newly assembled CC kiln & quench system. But If the colors came out good, It should be on a good receiver and not a junk one so the idea was born to make it a usable pistol. I love the 1915's with their superb auto eject. After fabing the pistol frame up I needed to thread the receiver for a Ruger 10/22 barrel I was to refit into this application.
I patterned the barrel from this Navy Luger barrel and you can see the 10/22 clamp cut had to be welded over so I would have the shoulder width I needed and for a round shank. The trigger needed a serious re configure.
Here the barrel is taking shape as the threads are cut onto its shank end.
With the barrel on and chambered, I milled a matching flat under the round barrel rear sight base to fit the receiver flats. I bought that rear sight at a gun show for 10 bucks but have no idea to what it belonged to.
Here is the turned barrel and the neutered take down screw. I also scavenged a mini 14 front sight to be cut into a workable front sight with the correct height. As you can see the hammer & trigger springs needed to be made to fit in the new frame.
I had cut down and reshaped a Favorite forend to fit the barrel and here the grip panels are being fit to the frame that will get 2 weld in retaining stock pins.
Then after some grinding, filing & sanding..... and making brass screw bushings.....