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Any people with a good eye for design?
I have a local guy I have been going to for slidework. He did a Glock 43 for me back when no one was cutting for the Shield RMS. He did a great job. He evened machined the bosses around the mounting holes for the optic which I have not found a ton of people to be doing. (Most are a completely flat surface for optic mounting)
I now have a G43X and G48 with him and am trying to decide on what to do. So what better way than to get the opinions of others on this forum.
Goals:
1. Reduce a bit of weight to compensate for the weight of the optic and then some
2. A bit of grip - I've never been a huge fan of factory serrations. The window I have on my current G43 is great but I realized I don't need a full window. A recess is fine.
What I asked him for:
1. Cut for Shield RMS-C or RMS-W (same as the Shield RMS0
2. Angle cut the top fronts of the slide to reduce some of the weight
3. Round the transition from angle cut to ejection port
4. Some sort of recess up front for aesthetics and/or press checks (Here is where I struggle.)
I don't need really fancy cuts everywhere. I don't need holes drilled into the slide. I don't need a lot of fancy patterns. Mostly stock with some light differences are fine with me. These will be carry guns.
Ok here are the pics. He has tried a rectangular recess and shadow boxed it as well. Then I asked him to try a cone type of shape. I'm not sold on either one and don't want him to spend a ton of time designing.
Rectangular Design:
Cone design:
Single cut
Shadow boxed
I have a local guy I have been going to for slidework. He did a Glock 43 for me back when no one was cutting for the Shield RMS. He did a great job. He evened machined the bosses around the mounting holes for the optic which I have not found a ton of people to be doing. (Most are a completely flat surface for optic mounting)
I now have a G43X and G48 with him and am trying to decide on what to do. So what better way than to get the opinions of others on this forum.
Goals:
1. Reduce a bit of weight to compensate for the weight of the optic and then some
2. A bit of grip - I've never been a huge fan of factory serrations. The window I have on my current G43 is great but I realized I don't need a full window. A recess is fine.
What I asked him for:
1. Cut for Shield RMS-C or RMS-W (same as the Shield RMS0
2. Angle cut the top fronts of the slide to reduce some of the weight
3. Round the transition from angle cut to ejection port
4. Some sort of recess up front for aesthetics and/or press checks (Here is where I struggle.)
I don't need really fancy cuts everywhere. I don't need holes drilled into the slide. I don't need a lot of fancy patterns. Mostly stock with some light differences are fine with me. These will be carry guns.
Ok here are the pics. He has tried a rectangular recess and shadow boxed it as well. Then I asked him to try a cone type of shape. I'm not sold on either one and don't want him to spend a ton of time designing.
![cropped.jpg cropped.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193677-a1a5f2ced7d46266001829c423b73c86.jpg)
Rectangular Design:
![7145574a535543469a395de0abf26fb4373a4f11-1S_1280.jpg 7145574a535543469a395de0abf26fb4373a4f11-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193672-14202cbfc2769b05842dcd182363197e.jpg)
![b81f294d81b904f62778faa01a098bd8cb98ad7a-1S_1280.jpg b81f294d81b904f62778faa01a098bd8cb98ad7a-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193673-e46a494f3e282d7af902dfaad1c575c4.jpg)
![98cbdee7e1bde76899842aca77403b24d07aec82-1S_1280.jpg 98cbdee7e1bde76899842aca77403b24d07aec82-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193671-0baeffd0f592abb1e3331a7167a62110.jpg)
Cone design:
![23d65b263969249aeddb49453d9688d3b6f120d1-1S_1280.jpg 23d65b263969249aeddb49453d9688d3b6f120d1-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193674-461089f9a395f9001707a6cb9ef0afb5.jpg)
Single cut
![57dbfc71b634107faef004e3b04390afeb38ec3b-1S_1280.jpg 57dbfc71b634107faef004e3b04390afeb38ec3b-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193675-2b2efe1a21152d093ba4b6dd97578a76.jpg)
Shadow boxed
![d3871f807bbe6d3cd614477120e5f653a0f9fcc6-1S_1280.jpg d3871f807bbe6d3cd614477120e5f653a0f9fcc6-1S_1280.jpg](https://www.northeastshooters.com/xen/data/attachments/193/193676-8d7f154b767d35a4b51272b634e6ef1d.jpg)