My M&P 40

[Hippy]

I've enjoyed viewing all the great pics everyone has shared and thought I better get a few pics of mine in too...

It's a Smith & Wesson M&P 40 with Crimson Trace laser grips and a bit of gold fill. I'm happy with it's apperance, but not sure if I want to keep the red Crimson Trace fill.

It's my primary carry weapon and rides comfortably in-waist-band at about 2 o'clock in a Bianchi 100 IWB holster.

[krunchnik]

Very nice pics,good looking firearm.

[Guest tnmale46]

very nice

[Guest hoss6175]

nice

[Guest mosinon]

Nice pics!

[Guest jwcont1]

MAN THAT'S SWEET

[Motasyco]

Did you do the gold fill and if so what was the process?

[mousegunner]

I like the red print, myself.

[jtluttrell]

Nice avatar. You make it?

[DaveTN]

Looks nice.

Did you do something to the slide or is it just the lighting? In the upper right and left middle it looks like a high polish blue, but in the middle right it looks normal.

[Hippy]

Did you do the gold fill and if so what was the process?

I used a Bonanza/Forster Gold Inlay Filling Kit I purchased from MidwayUSA (product# 720160) for $14.

It's enough to do about 10 firearms, but took me a couple applications to get it right. Basicly, you just clean the area with 1 of the solutions in the kit and mix a bit of the other two (powder & hardener) together to apply. The mixture is only usable for a few minutes, so best to work with only a small area and get it right before moving on. The excess is wiped away with the 1st solution and it all fully hardens in under an hour.

[Hippy]

I like the red print, myself.

I had originally done all the pistol's fill in red (Crayola Brick Red to be exact) to see if I would even like the inlays filled and thought red might be more approiate than gold on the laser so I left it. I'm still undecided if I like it better with red or unfilled.

[Hippy]

Nice avatar. You make it?

Thanks! I didn't draw the skull, but added the blue field and stars from our favorite state and the rest is all me. Even bordered it with my AR-15!

[Hippy]

Looks nice.

Did you do something to the slide or is it just the lighting? In the upper right and left middle it looks like a high polish blue, but in the middle right it looks normal.

I'm not sure how "macro focus" works on my camera and I may have had it on or off from picture to picture. So, I'm not sure if that could have effected it or if it was just the lighting angle or what.

I haven't done anything to the slide other than keeping it wiped down good.