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Mike,
Thanks! You're very kind! The basic stuff I do is nothing compared to what David and Neil can do, but you have to start somewhere! I am very happy with the Parkerizing that I did on my Remington Rand M1911A1 and I have one more to go! The prep work was the most important step to ensure a great result, so I'm going to send the slide to David so he can draw file the slide back to the way it's supposed to look. My local sandblaster will blast it with 70 grit aluminum oxide and I'll do the easy part (Parkerizing). I'll post pics of the whole process when I get started, probably this winter...