[Bluebeltbuckel]

Well after a brief lapse in judgment I left my pistol on my bed to run to the store to get a cold beverage. I had been dry firing for a little while when I became thirsty my house is directly across the street from a jiffy store and my room mate was home so I just decided to leave my pistol on my bed unloaded while I got a drink. I told my roommate what I was doing and also mentioned I left my pistol out of the safe and once I came back I noticed one of my dogs had decided to get on my bed and chew the grip on my fairly new pistol. I was obviously furious but mostly at myself as a 5 minute mistake could be so expensive. The grip was a little twisted and a magazine would not go in with less than forcibly and wouldn't drop free. There were several holes to the bottom of the grip and the replaceable blackstrap was completely gone so I assume he/her chewed and ate it. Luckily the animal only chewed the lower part of the grip so I decided to try something since the frame is already practically ruined. I basically did a grip chop to the highest point that wasn't damaged and then I did a stipple job to cover and random marks and tried to blend it all together. I am by no means a professional just a hobbiest. I then decided to modify a magazine to sit fairly flush which was much more complicated than the polymer frame. I basically put 2 screws in the bottom of the magazine to catch the spring since I removed some material from it and the base plate didn't attach as firmly as it did originally and I gotta say if you've ever had to drill into one of the mags (I hope and doubt you never have to) they are definitely tough lol anyways I don't recommend doing this however I was just trying to make better out of a bad situation. I've only ran 100 rounds through it but still no malfunctions and I need to clean the mag well up a bit more and the modded mag holds 10 rounds.



This wasn't something I planned so don't bash me too hard

 

[Huntdown]

When life gives you lemons... I think it looks cool. Your the first to have a fnx tac compact!!!

 

[akitainu]

Dogs...you gotta love em'. My old dog chewed all the bluing off a Mossberg 500 barrel.

My hat is off to you on the salvage job.

 

[Smurky]

Nice Recovery, from the pictures looks pretty good :th_thumbsup:

 

[djv38]

Sucks that you had to do that, but the salvage job looks pretty decent.

 

[KameronTKelly]

Damn dude kudos to you for thinking on your feet! It functions and doesn't look to bad to boot! Nice job. Is the dog still with us or...?

 

[roaddog359]

I wanted to see the chewed up pictures! Sounds like something my big cow of a dog would do. He'll chew anything and recently chewed a bunch of stuff for the pool lIke the light skimmer basket and a flow valve. If he can get to it he will chew it next he'll chew my crates of ammo!

 

[Bluebeltbuckel]

Thanks everyone I couldn't actually look at the gun for a couple of days I was so mad so I never took pictures of the carnage and I actually have two dogs a male American bulldog/pit mix and a female husky and since I don't actually know which one did it I just had very explicit words with both of them but they are still with me. And I've always said I wanted an FNX 45 compact just not like this but it does conceal so much easier now lol. And yes with the x300 and RMR is exactly how I carry this pistol. Thanks again

 

[Fnpurist]

I wonder if FN would sell you another lower and have it sent to a ffl for a transfer

 

[Fnpurist]

Excellent job on the work by the way

 

[KameronTKelly]

Back when I had a pit she could chew through anything. I had to give her those brontosaurus leg bones (you know the ones the size of your arm?) to keep her busy. She would have the nuckles off of those things in a day or two. Couldn't get through the middle though. Then I found out that Deer antlers are damned near indestructable. She couldn't even crack those. One good size piece of antler lasts 6 months or more. That's all I would use anymore. If you haven't I would give those a shot. My husky loved them too.

 

[Milspec]

You can get another dog but you can't fully restore the TAC = The dog goes!

I admire your testicle fortitude and creativity on the salvage job.

 

[HilldaBeast]

Man you made that look good. Looks good giving what it was.

 

[stumblebum]

Way to channel your angry energy! Nicely done.