I had been wanting one of the new 99041's, but I wanted a decocker. I remembered surplus ones turn up every once in a while. I was lucky enough to snag one off of Gunbroker last week. I haven't gotten it yet, but I've purchased an Israeli surplus P-01 with the weird incomplete rail from CDI before and that was one of my favorite guns ever. It looked like it was in worse shape than the one I'm waiting to get to my FFL. I've seen Psyop's and Puddintame's 75D steel frames and they look amazing. I don't have the tools or the skills necessary to do that kind of work. My question is can I take it to a local gunsmith or should I send it out to CZC or CGW? I think I might want the beavertail recontoured at least and maybe the trigger guard undercut. I definitely want the old lanyard post ground off so I can put new grips.
I'm literally doing this project in the gunsmithing forum. It's been quite the undertaking.
http://www.czfirearms.us/index.php?topic=96277.0I've never used CZC but they seem to keep people happy. I'm very happy with CGW (I do my own work but use their parts).
If I didn't do work myself I'd send the gun to CGW. I've seen local gunsmiths F things up. Not worth it in my opinion. The CGW guys really know their stuff.
As far as beavertail modifications and refinishing. Totally in agreement with you on the beavertail. I hate the old stubby ones but love the newer more upswept ones. I'm not sure who would do the beavertail modifications but CGW uses another company for refinishing and from the looks of it they do an amazing job.
I'm currently still modifying my frame and shaping everything.
After that the CGW parts will go in. I ended up getting the Pro kit. With the extended firing pin they provide a 13# hammer spring so you won't have issues with ignition.
Because my Compact 75 is 17 years old and very very well used I decided to replace some other parts for kicks as well. (excuse the horrible color coding)