New MicroMag in the collection

[robertsr1811]

So there I was... trolling eBay for deals when I came across a beater of a MicroMag that really needed a new home.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/Bq4II9QBGkKGrHqIOKjwEuuiC8JwBLQv6GM.jpg

It had some things going for it... It had a right-feed. Um. Well, that's actually all it had going for it. The rest was pretty bad. It had been anno-stripped, and had some fairly bad pitting. The original gripframe was cut, there was a trigger-shoe to make it kind-of a double trigger, there was no original barrel, and overall, it was more than a little beat up.

The price was pretty low though, so I snapped it up. I figured I would do SOMETHING with it. After some heming and hawing, I decided to contact Ken at KPCS again. I was really happy with what he had done for me on my last MicroMag build, and I wanted to work with him again.

Here's the last MicroMag build for those of you who are keeping track...
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/pneumaticXmag.jpg

I had really wanted to replicate the Tropical Jungle anno
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/Micro-2000-Tropical-Jungle2.jpg

But after talking things over with Ken I changed my mind. It wouldn't really be feasable with powdercoat, and I didn't want to have to do more to it after I got it back from him. I guess I could have done some kind of 2 stage process and duracoated in the black splash, but it just seemed like a finish that would be doomed to failure.

Ken is a wizard with powdercoat though, and I knew he could make me happy. I ended up choosing another translucent powdercoat like my first Micro with him, because it looks darned near identical to anno, and is comparable in durability.

When you do a translucent powdercoat the first thing you need to do is polish the parts. Ken was kind enough to send me a photo of that step of the process.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/1000612y.jpg

Now, if I didn't know better I would have thought that was as pretty as a MicroMag could get, but I've worked with this guy before...





http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/DSCF4425.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g21/robertsr1811/DSCF4420.jpg

The official color is called candy orange, but it's a full on match for polished copper. The damned thing looks like it's been plated. I don't think I've ever seen anything quite like this before. My Blazer is a polished bronze anno, and looks like brass, and if you put it side by side with this one, it actually looks a bit shabby.

Hats off to Ken at KPCS for another great job.

[going_home]

Very nice sir !
Nice choice of gas thru's, very hard to find mini CP.
I still have a couple left and ones going on my 2009,
although I sent a full sized one to be anodized with it.
Though the Mag Smith still has the tweeners in stock.

By the way, hows that G-Force frame holding up ?

:clap:

[robertsr1811]

G-force is still my primary. Seems to be holding up just fine. (crossing fingers)

[C_losjoker]

dude that is the worst thing i have ever seen, cant believe Ken let this come out of his shop and you are going to put it alonside those other sexy micros. tell you what, send it to me with 30 bucks and i will make sure to destroy it properly.













hahahaha just messing, all those are damn hot, great job.

[SkinnyHare]

i'd never have guessed that was a powdercoat on your mags if you hadn't said so. those are two gorgeous markers, congrats!

[leloup]

I looked at the pics before I read, and I though it was copper plated, very nice. I think I will have to send something to Ken to get a similar color, love the look. He did a pretty good job on my yellow and black mag.