The birth of a unicorn or the rise of the Phoenix? Creation of a custom phoenix

[XEMON]

Hello MCB,

Always loved the Phoenix, always love when someone make something cool and makes it available ...

So, I go a hold of one the last remaining "new" Phoenix kit and decided to make it my dream setup 😎

I got most of the parts here (the guts are in the part bin):
- Thanks to @haveblue for the second milled body - Thanks to BMC for the freak job
- Thanks to Mike for kit


Whats missing/need to be done?
- The grip frame
- The pump guide
- The valves body machining (I have a plan 😅)
- The feed
- Assembly
- Play!

1) The frame:
I could go the easy route and use a CCI trigger group and a fancy grip, but where's the fun in that? Here is the frame I want to use.
I have made it work for phantom already, just need to clean up a few things and it's gonna be good to go 👍


Next i noticed a large gap on the Phoenix kit where the cocking rod rides, it has to be that way to be able to be assembled, but a bushing takes all that slop away 😅
Before:


After:


To be continued ...

[XEMON]

2) the valve:

I like BBA, but I also want to be able to put a vasa or bottom line asa ... And I don't want double macro lines ...
So I started with 2 BBA valve bodies, side taped the right one on both sides and popped the back of the left one for a gauge.







3) The pump guide.

this is a prototype/moch up, but that's the idea.
I need to tighten up the block design and machine a rod the proper OD (this is just a 1/4" tube I had laying around)



Looks just like the mockup, but with a solid pump rod and finished block i now have a functioning pump kit.
I may tweak a few things to try to make it slightly smoother toward the end of the stroke, will see how it umps when fully assembled.

[XEMON]

Reserved

[XEMON]

Reserved for final pic and thought 😁

[JeepDVLZ45]

Looking forward to this

[NONOBLITUS]

Yessssssss , I’ve been waiting for this build. Looking forward to it and I need one of those bushings for your Phoenix sibling that lives with me.

[XEMON]

I made 2 spare 😁
PM me your address and I'll send one to you 👍

[NONOBLITUS]

Awesome , Thanks

[BigRed]

Oh this will be fun!

[Chuck E Ducky]

I like ware you are going with this! I’m not a back bottle guy but man this thing sounds cool. What’s the grip frame from spider?

[Brokeass_baller]

I do too. I picked one up from wooooouuuulllf (however the hell you spell it), and it's definitely machined. Very comfy.

[XEMON]

Yep, picked it up from him.
Was originally gonna put it on a PGP, might do that with h the second one ... Or pick a third 😅

[Brokeass_baller]

They're priced very reasonably. Why not? I bought one for my Hammer. I just need to drill and tap a new front hole for it.

[Spec]

Love the joint valves. So clean!

[Chuck E Ducky]

Super clean how the gage is set flush like that. Didn’t notice that.

[XEMON]

Love the joint valves. So clean!

I stepped the body so the threads would be hidden.
Here are some more pictures:

[NONOBLITUS]

Shim installed. Thank you !!

[chrislognshot]

i still have my first run of dye boomstick they did around 1994 not sure how long they made for phantoms. its one piece all black one.

[latches109]

Bow Did Carter make the first dye boomstick barrels?

[XEMON]

I didn't knew they made them phantom threaded
Those are cocker threaded ...

[XEMON]

Thanks to NONOBLITUS for the hardware and Nish for the pump guide.

Here is first moch up:




But the barrel doesn't fit with the original pump handle ... So I'll have to machine it a bit to fit the cocker barrels.


Now I need to finish the custom trigger and the feed ...

[NONOBLITUS]

My handle rubs just a hair on stock Phantom barrels. I want to see about having a new handle made

[XEMON]

Once I do mine, I can do your's if you want ...
Might eventually make a new one, but no idea if/when ...

[NONOBLITUS]

That would be awesome !

[XEMON]

Finally got a cutter the right size ...
First layout, now I need to start working on the rest 😅

[NONOBLITUS]

Yeassss , looking good.

[JeepDVLZ45]

I'm tossing a Hail Mary out there, but you should "side saddle" that thing 😁

[XEMON]

I do have a side-port on the right side (currently plugged) to put a bottom-line or VASA ... at some point ...😅
Sooooooo ... I coooouuuld potentially put one 😁

[chrislognshot]

if was unicorn would have first run of dye boomstick for phantom like i still have

[NONOBLITUS]

You know what they say about opinions

[JeepDVLZ45]

Both my kids know that saying already 😂🤣. I chalk that up as a “parenting win”

That and “you can wish in one hand…”.