This is my first attempt to make a pistol Trigger Guard (TG) from sheet brass. I know it's comparatively less costly (if you factor time in the equation) to just buy a cast brass TG, but I've not had good success with those as both a buttcap and a TG have voids in them that caused cracks. Then, they won't solder back together which indicates they are not truly brass but some other junk metal.
Anyway, my initial piece making I was just going to bend this lollipop piece 90-degrees and brass color solder it to the trigger bow. But then after holding parts together, I realized my thinking was wrong.
Here's pics of the initial pieces I made (broken cast pieces at top, my sheet brass pieces at bottom. And just to back up and clarify I made the trigger bow from bending (anneal first) a cut piece of brass around a wooden form I shaped from scrap maple. :
Well, after I made the bow and the front "foot" piece, I realized it would not be correct. I needed the inside of the TG to have a "foot" pieced in there.....like this TG from TOTW:
So (and I hope you can follow my explanations here) I took my original piece that I cut (lollipop and foot) as in 1st pic below and bent it\filed it to attach as I show in the second pic below, and finally in the third pic below, I cut a slot in the foot so it will fit over the top of the bow and snug up against the lollipop bend.
Now, the trick will be to hold these three pieces together in order to solder....and then on the inside of the bow, solder on a fourth piece so I can get the foot shaped right. I may solder on the inside piece with the others.....not sure yet.
Anyway, my initial piece making I was just going to bend this lollipop piece 90-degrees and brass color solder it to the trigger bow. But then after holding parts together, I realized my thinking was wrong.
Here's pics of the initial pieces I made (broken cast pieces at top, my sheet brass pieces at bottom. And just to back up and clarify I made the trigger bow from bending (anneal first) a cut piece of brass around a wooden form I shaped from scrap maple. :
Well, after I made the bow and the front "foot" piece, I realized it would not be correct. I needed the inside of the TG to have a "foot" pieced in there.....like this TG from TOTW:
So (and I hope you can follow my explanations here) I took my original piece that I cut (lollipop and foot) as in 1st pic below and bent it\filed it to attach as I show in the second pic below, and finally in the third pic below, I cut a slot in the foot so it will fit over the top of the bow and snug up against the lollipop bend.
Now, the trick will be to hold these three pieces together in order to solder....and then on the inside of the bow, solder on a fourth piece so I can get the foot shaped right. I may solder on the inside piece with the others.....not sure yet.
