Park Ranger LC MOD (Choil haters should not look)

[Midwest Firecraft]

Decided to remove the front talon hole and make a large choil. Was nervous as hell, but went slow and never got hot enough to were I couldn't touch it. let me know what you think.

 

[adc5]

I like it! Looks real user-friendly. Lines are quite clean too.

 

[diavoli]

Very nicely done sir!

 

[Sethrotull]

Yep I like it. Choil mod seems like a good move.

 

[cashville]

Not a big fan of choils in general, but that looks better than most choils I’ve seen, homemade or from the factory. Nice work!

 

[NJBillK]

Did you lose any cutting edge?

Nicely done.

 

[Midwest Firecraft]

Did you lose any cutting edge?

No sir!

 

[NJBillK]

No sir!

Fantastic.

One quick and easy tweak that you may want to keep in mind, break the corners of the micarta, where you removed the choil area.

That 90° corner can be a little rough under extended use, and just a rounding of the corner, or a slightly more drastic thinning or profiling will work wonders.

Again, nice work.

 

[Midwest Firecraft]

Fantastic.

One quick and easy tweak that you may want to keep in mind, break the corners of the micarta, where you removed the choil area.

That 90° corner can be a little rough under extended use, and just a rounding of the corner, or more a more drastic thinning will work wonders.

Again, nice work.

I will keep that in mind. Thank you for the advise!

 

[gunfixrjoe]

Well played sir.

 

[freehouse32]

It looks great!!! What was the process you used??? And what tools?

Everyone knows I love me some choiles!!!

I would suggest chamfering the edges of the grip now like this.

 

[Midwest Firecraft]

It looks great!!! What was the process you used??? And what tools?

Everyone knows I love me some choiles!!!

I would suggest chamfering the edges of the grip now like this.

Dremel cut off wheel at low speed. 3/4 inch sanding drum in cordless drill on 1. 1000 grit sandpaper to smooth the edges.
Would like to chamfer the edges but I noticed that anything I did to the green micarta turned it white.

 

[Pykrim]

That looks really good! Nice job!

 

[freehouse32]

Dremel cut off wheel at low speed. 3/4 inch sanding drum in cordless drill on 1. 1000 grit sandpaper to smooth the edges.
Would like to chamfer the edges but I noticed that anything I did to the green micarta turned it white.

It's only white while you sand it down. Once you clean it up it will go back to the color it should be.

 

[Leonardo63]

I gotta tell you, man, I really like that! I really admire the balls to go for it like that and make it your own. I'm digging that look

 

[DamascusBowie]

Choil hater here, that looks pretty nice, well done.

 

[zmbhntr]

Very nice work! I would definitely round over all the edges at the sharp point at the back of the choil though.

 

[Midwest Firecraft]

Choil hater here, that looks pretty nice, well done.

When you get a choil hater on board, you know you done good!

 

[Bottom Line]

That is SWEET. IMHO the PR needed that from the factory. Nice work.

 

[tsiloics]

Nice. I may do one of mine that way.