Finally arrived

[Wes Kenney]

Just got my new pistol today: a Springfield XD(m) in .40. My first attempt at posting some photos below:

If that works, I'll edit to add a couple of others.

 

[Wes Kenney]

Figured out the size problem, so here are a couple more shots of my new pistol:

 

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

Nice pics.

So did you color in engravings or did you buy it used from someone else like that?

I'm a fan of colored in engravings.

 

[Wes Kenney]

I colored them in. I had ordered the gun nearly two weeks ago from my local FFL, and expected it in two days. Then his truck broke down at an out-of-town show over the weekend, so I had about ten days to do nothing but read about this pistol. I learned the crayon trick from the guys over at XDTalk, and was ready to go when I got home with it. Took me about fifteen minutes, it looks great (that closeup of the slide makes it look worse than real life), and if it gets messed up, well, who cares? It's just crayon, and can be removed just as easily.

 

[Quick_Draw_McGraw]

You did a great job. It looks sharp.

 

[Wes Kenney]

Thanks. It was easy, and totally removable. I'm in OKC today, and plan to stop by H&H later to see how it looks after a hundred rounds or so.

 

[Fly]

All I can say is SWEET!

 

[CutBaitNBlowSh*tUp4ALivin]

You did that with a crayon? Come on, now ya gotta tell us the trick..

 

[Wes Kenney]

The trick was learned in this thread. After reading what others had done, I did my own version of that. Basically I used a BBQ grill lighter to warm up the area of the engravings, then took the white crayon and rubbed in hard over the surface until it looked like everything had filled in. Then I set the slide in the refrigerator for a few minutes to cool.

Then, I took a thin piece of plastic and scraped off the excess, then wiped the area with a cloth slightly damp with Hoppe's #9 (I had forgotten how much I love that smell).

That was it.

 

[rhodesbe]

The trick was learned in this thread. After reading what others had done, I did my own version of that. Basically I used a BBQ grill lighter to warm up the area of the engravings, then took the white crayon and rubbed in hard over the surface until it looked like everything had filled in. Then I set the slide in the refrigerator for a few minutes to cool.

Then, I took a thin piece of plastic and scraped off the excess, then wiped the area with a cloth slightly damp with Hoppe's #9 (I had forgotten how much I love that smell).

That was it.

Curiously, you've just described the method I use to fill in my deep skin craters.