Band of Brothers themed Xd, need help

[Guest titanwolf]

I am trying to think of a way to create a pistol that would reflect the WWII era. I thought of using Band of Brothers as the theme.

Add a spade on both sides of the slide or grip and maybe having parachutes engraved on each side, with BoB in the chute. Also give the grip a bit of a old, used look to give it come charactor. To resemble the US Army Helmet (M1) of WWII.

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Currahees", after Currahee Mountain located inside the boundaries of the camp. The Cherokee word, which translates to "Stand Alone", (put "Stand

Alone" on the side of slide release.

Maybe get the adds duracoated to add color.

Spades to be White, "Stand Alone" Blue or green if a chute is there maybe olive green.

Easy Company should be there as well.

colors of 506th, the chute if used would look similar to the one on the patch, outline only so to add BoB

[Guest EasilyObsessed]

If going for a WWII theme....why not use a 1911?

[Guest titanwolf]

I own a XD .45, My carry gun.

If I had a 1911 I would do this but maybe go with a different theme based on WWII

[Guest ETS_Inc]

If going for a WWII theme....why not use a 1911?

I agree, a WWII theme on any gun besides a MilSpec 1911A1 just seems about as wrong as it gets. Nothing personal, just my opinion. If you need a base gun on the cheap, check out Rock Island Arsenal's or High Standard's lines.

[saintsfanbrian]

The Springfield Mil Spec series are in the right line of money and I too would probably go that route, but if this is the gun you want to do it on and you have the funds, I say go for it.

After all, it's your gun.

[TGO David]

I'd leave it alone. Doing this will ruin any resale value of the firearm, and despite what you may think right now there may come a time when you'll want to sell it to buy something else.

Just ask the moron who did THIS to their Glock...

[saintsfanbrian]

Hey, Just ask Mars, that increased the value of that Glock.

I do plan on having some custom grips made the next time I get a 1911 with my kids birthdays on them.

[TGO David]

Custom grips are easily changed back out. Custom finishes on a gun in a popular color (black, OD, coyote brown, stainless, chrome, even pink for the ladies) are not a deal breaker normally either. Sometimes they add value to a firearm if the finish is particularly desirable or improves the quality of the firearm (Tripp Hard Chrome, Robar NP3, etc.).

But a custom theme on a firearm usually limits the appeal of the firearm to the public at large. Not a big deal if you're going to keep it for life, but otherwise kills the resale value.

[molonlabetn]

I think the best (and cheapest) modification you could make to your XD, to enhance it's representation of history, would be to trade it in on a Mil-Spec or G.I. 1911. The XD bears little resemblance to any weapon of that era, and I don't think there's anything one could do which would change that...

[BimmerFreak]

I think the best (and cheapest) modification you could make to your XD, to enhance it's representation of history, would be to trade it in on a Mil-Spec or G.I. 1911. The XD bears little resemblance to any weapon of that era, and I don't think there's anything one could do which would change that...

+1

[DRM]

Obviously the "3" version above is overdone, but I think you can under-do it and have it come out tasteful and looking good.

A guy on another forum has been doing these:

[Guest racr28]

Add a Pair-a-dice symbol

Currahee

A CO 1/506TH INF(AASLT)

Edited May 30, 2008 by racr28

[nightrunner]

that dale earnhardt glock would be "ok" if they had used the right font for the "3"

[Magiccarpetrides]

It probably doesnt help that the XD is made in Croatia and not America ;-D

[Guest racr28]

Modern Currahees use M9's, So that is another option.

don't forget the pair a dice

racr28

Edited May 30, 2008 by racr28

[bushfox25]

It's your gun so i say do what you want if you plan to keep it resale value won't matter.

[Guest CleanSeries80]

the mil spec has the slanted serrations though....not very ww2 era