Hi-Capa - SVI Strayer-Voigt Infinity Firearms Duo Tone Sight Tracker with Butler Stirrup Cut

[ILLusion]

This one took me almost a year to build, but the result is worth it. I have some insane plans for this bad boy in the future, but for now, it shoots absolutely perfect:

























There are just some very small minor details to *tweak* this build to completion, such as the SV badging on the grip, as well as the imitation cross-bolts that hold the frame to the grip.

Other than that, she shoots nice. Would like to get an actual SVI Trigger Bow on there, but... in due time. As well as a steel polished frame, real steel metal grips, a secondary open division upper.... mmm...

[Shirley]

Sweet! I was wondering why there was no logo on the grip, and fake screws until I saw that little information on the bottom. LOL

[Gunny_McSmith]

I'm jealous.... I think I'll buy one of your pistols (as soon as I get AV'ed (next year) and as soon as I get enough money....)

[RacingManiac]

so it shoots now huh?

you are getting those CNC grip for this AND getting steel mid-frame made? man this is going to be a $5K gun...

[Mud Gunner]

Holy mother of pistols, don't get chubbies for pistols but wow a real stunning build you have there. Don't want to know the price tag on that piece.

Well done

[m102404]

Tight setup. Something about the trigger doesn't do it for me...but I'm digging the magwell/mag-plate combo.

How's the hybrid setup working out re. protecting the slide from being smashed by the outer barrel?

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by RacingManiac

so it shoots now huh?

you are getting those CNC grip for this AND getting steel mid-frame made? man this is going to be a $5K gun...

It shoots perfect. Full blowback with slide lock on the rear of the cycle. I was quite surprised. It shot like crap with the busted slide, and I thought the valve knocker was still mucked.

I thought I'd have to do more work once the slides and barrel came in, but as soon as I dropped it in, she fired like a dream. Very hard, fast and crisp blowback.

And yes... I'd like to get a custom steel receiver made, with mounts to attach a real steel grip, which would not only look the cray zay, but I'll be able to use the real SVI trigger bow, SVI trigger loop, real main spring housing and real SVI enlarged mag well. ... omg, jizz in my pants

[Gato]

Another brilliant and beutiful peice of work Illusion, /applaud

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by m102404

Tight setup. Something about the trigger doesn't do it for me...but I'm digging the magwell/mag-plate combo.

Yeah, I don't like the trigger in it's current state either, but it's the closest I can get to it looking like the SVI trigger. Like I stated above, I'd like to mount a real SVI trigger bow in here.

Originally Posted by m102404

How's the hybrid setup working out re. protecting the slide from being smashed by the outer barrel?

It's great so far. There is almost no visible impact damage at this point, but then again, this pistol hasn't had much mileage put through it yet. That last practice session we had for CAPS was the first time I really put some rounds through it, and even still, I didn't go too nuts with it.

The impact is very well spread out with this setup. This outer barrel was manufactured long before the new design that's being produced right now, but this should do the job just fine. With the additional impact lug, slide damage is not much of a worry, however, there is a bit of concern that the constant hammering of the slide against the barrel will cause the SighTracker stack to break its welded bond from the outer barrel.

[m102404]

The sight tracker being the big lug at 12 o'clock? That's just welded on and not part of the machining? Yikes!

"welded" with epoxy or brazed together? If the epoxy breaks loose and you score a Delta with the lug....you could always just epoxy it back on. There's some trick epoxies that are made for contant vibration environments...they cure with a little ductile-ness (?) instead of "strong as a rock right up until it cracks" hardness. But I don't know...

It's not the shear strength...it's the fatigue that get's these GBBs.

[ILLusion]

Yeah, "Sight Tracker" is just SVI's terminology for the technology that keeps the front sight stable and not moving relative to the barrel.

It supposedly allows for faster sight pickup since it doesn't move. It allows you to "track" the sight. oooooo.... clever name.

I have a feeling it's epoxied on, as there are no brazing marks.

Anyways, we'll see what happens with this. If it breaks, I may be forced to bond it back on with a compensator on the front to create a 5th lug.

[m102404]

I got how they came up with the name ...reminds me of bomber gun sights that were just a line down a barrel.

Drill some "speed holes"/ports. Tap w/ threads and use drilled through allen head grub screws. Expoxy those in place. Then you'd end up with mechanical bond through and through. It'd be fiddly to do though.

If you've got a lost-cause broken one...I'll give it a shot on the mill.

OR....go full out with a under-lug, rail mounted, swiss-cheesed, monolithic bloc comp...spring loaded to push the barrel back and assist with rapid cycling...............................(oh wait....that was robocop's gun! LOL)

[ILLusion]

I've created a monster....

I can't see some of the creations you'll pump out with your lathe/mill.

btw, I can still get slide blanks.

[RacingManiac]

so you've changed your slide/barrel again since the we saw it at the match last time? because it wasn't shooting at the time....

so it locks back too huh?

[ILLusion]

Originally Posted by RacingManiac

so you've changed your slide/barrel again since the we saw it at the match last time? because it wasn't shooting at the time....

No.... I didn't change anything except the mag.

At the time, I was still using an unmodified valve knocker, which as you know, sticks a bit in to the mag wells and requires you to rack the slide before inserting a mag, otherwise it'll get blocked.

Problem is, I have some of my mags tuned with high flow valves that allow you to customize the height of the strike face. Some of them I have tuned so close to the edge, that it just did not work in this gun. When I tested it that day, it was with one of those mags and I did not think to try a different mag - I just assumed the valve knocker was too long.

Out of the 5 mags I have, 3 of them work fine, so the choice is to either re-tune the valve heights, or just take down the valve knocker length, which is the better of the two options.

Originally Posted by RacingManiac

so it locks back too huh?

Yep, blows back very hard and crisp through almost the entire mag.