Another take on repairing the P7M8 mill mark.

[Shockwave Weapons]

So, I've got one of those "refurbished" (Geez, thanks for "fixing" it, guys.) German police P7M8 pistols with the mill mark. I was thinking of sending it off to Ford's to have them mill the right side of the slide and hard chrome it. But the more I researched their work, the more I wasn't that impressed with the final results. It looks like the font they use to recreate the markings isn't very close at all--and this subsequently prevents them from aligning the marks correctly. See the picture below from alpinetek's web site:

http://alpinetek.netfirms.com/guns/P7/P7rfb.jpg

The mill mark in my slide is incredibly slight. Visibly obvious, but barely deep enough to detect by touch. See pic below:

http://www.theshockwaveproject.com/temp/before1.jpg

So my idea is to mill a forward set of serrations in the slide to break up and disguise the mill mark and reblue it. This pistol will never be a show winner anyway. Might as well make it a tactical winner. What do you guys think of this Photoshop version?

http://www.theshockwaveproject.com/temp/after1.jpg

[AviatorDave]

If it was mine, and that's the only font and size choice on the remarking, I'd consider just having all the lettering removed and not remark anything. It would be easy too, a few swipes on a surface grinder could remove the mill mark and just make the entire side smooth except for the rear serrations.

[jtaliani]

+1. Smooth slide would be much cheaper and still look really nice. When I spoke with Ford's, they told me it runs an extra $125 to put the serial number, date, and eagle back on a P7. To me that isn't worth the value since its not factory lettering anyways. I would either go smooth or serrations. If you pick serrations, it will be unique and potentially functional. Either way, I look forward to some pics. :D