Who is this "Sidkit" and why don't I own his Mal Reynolds pistol?
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oldzey
Sr Member
As an owner of Rich's "Boo", Sid's Metal Mal Firefly, and Joatrash's Jubel Early, I concur.
Looking forward to Falcon dude's magic in building up my Metal Mal. :thumbsup
falcon dude
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I have a blade runner pistol from Rich and a Mals pistol from Sid. They share no similarities, even internal. Riches is far more robust. The sidkit trigger mechanism is completely different.
Do not worry about the Mals Pistol heritage.
falcon dude
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Took me 4 (yes, four) tries to get just the barrel blue right. This metal can be a real PITA when bluing.
Well, perhaps not in regards to Rich, but there were some very odd similarities to Phil's resin castings. Still, Sid would have had to completely reverse engineer it... possibly scan it or something to be able to make his kit, which is significantly larger.
As soon as I get my new camera setup running, I'll take some pics to compare resin, bronze and pewter versions from Sid, Phil and QMX.
If you were a model maker and spent so may years working with the Bulldog frame, you like me would see that the inner frame is a cut down Bulldog frame and the trigger is a cut down Bulldog Trigger and the hammer with the little lever is a (YES) a Bulldog Hammer and lever system.
AND if you were a gun nut like me you would also know NO two guns are made the same way.
So as he ripped off my Blade Runner for years and that Bulldog trigger and hammer system IS a fairly simple one if falls to reason as he all ready had tooling from his copy of my Bulldog model to use for his Mel's Gun model.
No big think just a little info...and why I thoght I might be able to help.
Rich
Not to nitpick, but his name is MAL, not Mel. As in Malcolm, not Melvin.
falcon dude
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*edit* nevermind
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I have a copy of the instructions.
That trigger and snapping thing is a cut down Bulldog trigger and hammer system.
Here take a look and see if you can not match many details with these.
Rich
falcon dude
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Ill take a look. I wasnt going to get into this cause I didnt want to have to take your pistol apart but if you have the instructions it will do, thanks.
falcon dude
Well-Known Member
Well heres a picture of the Mals parts. The trigger concept seems the same. However, when laid the mals frame directly over the BR blaster there was some difference in the overall shape.
oldzey
Sr Member
Seeing as the Sidkit website is down, in case anyone needs the webpages/instructions for the Metal Mal Pistol, I have uploaded them FYI.
Link:
http://www.box.net/shared/rndkbiao52
Link:
http://www.box.net/shared/rndkbiao52
Well heres a picture of the Mals parts. The trigger concept seems the same. However, when laid the mals frame directly over the BR blaster there was some difference in the overall shape.
I did say modifide and cut down... Cut off in front, trim off the top, trim off the lower section... etc.
See?
Rich
falcon dude
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OK, I took the guns out again for a comparison. When I lined up the trigger pivot pins it became apparent that the base for Mals pistols frame could have been (and most likely was) a bulldog. However, its obvious that it was more than just a "Cut off in front, trim off the top, trim off the lower section... etc." Besides the location of the trigger pivot pin and the right angle cutaway on the lower right had corner everything else has been modified, externally and from what I can see, internally as well. Oh and the thickness of the frames are about the same as well, but not much more resemblance actually.
But to sum it all up, yes, the Mal's pistol frame is apparently based on a section of the Bulldog frame that was highly modified. (and I must stress "Highly" modified)
But to sum it all up, yes, the Mal's pistol frame is apparently based on a section of the Bulldog frame that was highly modified. (and I must stress "Highly" modified)
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Here ya go:
That picture is perfect. My fear is that the grips were done individually and may not have been machine drilled on a jig for the attachment screws. If someone else has a picture like this one of their gun we can see how off-center from that round gusset the screw hole is. If it is identical then perhaps the grips were precision jig drilled to ensure uniformity. If not, then no two guns can be considered truly dimensionally identical and there may be fit problems if I drill out the screw holes.
The first set of computer designed walmut grips are done. One half was left as it comes straight from the milling machine, the other had the milling marks sanded down. Pics in a day or two...been out of town for the holidays. I will start a new thread for the grips since this thread has taken a turn.
pennausamike
Sr Member
I have two Sidkit Mal pistols here.
I'll post pics around noon EST.
Mike
I'll post pics around noon EST.
Mike
pennausamike
Sr Member
Two different Mal pistols; notice the difference in the hole placement.
I think un-drilled grips are the way to go.
I think un-drilled grips are the way to go.
