My Norinco 1911A1 Project

I " two toned" a old beater colt 1911 slide about 20 years ago
and use some car wax on it and still looks good, no other finish
on it, other than oil when in use, but it sits for months (years?)
at a time with just the wax.
Marshall
 
NAA said:
Looks like an interesting project. If you are happy with it that's all that matters.... ;)

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NAA.
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Agreed :yingyang:
 
I de-Norced mine last year. I started with a file and shaped the slide and the frame to remove the markings till they were just about gone. Then I took some 220 grit sand paper and smoothed out the file marks and finished with 400 grit wet or dry sandpaper. Sandblasted it and parkerized it.

To be different I parked everything but the frame, changed the sights and the barrel bushing and added a different trigger and a cheap set of grips.

I fitted the slide to the frame which took about 1 hour, fitting the bushing was about 2 hours. The cost of the sights was 45.00 off of evilbay, 20 for the grips and 25 for the bushing.

Beside my Colt Gold Cup I am ashamed to say that it is just as reliable and accurate as the $1400.00 colt. Some will argue with me but I have the targets to prove it. Shooting H&G #68 bullet with some bullseye powder you can not tell which pistol I used for which target.

It is a fun pistol to shoot and very accurate for the 300.00 and 100.00 in accessories.

I could add an extended grip safety and thumb safety but I didn't.

Wish I had a good camera, mine is an old crappy 2 meg camera from 10 years ago. Maybe I should sell my Gold Cup and get a good camera,lol.






Love the look of your Norc job there Dacton.
 
hunter64 said:
I de-Norced mine last year. I started with a file and shaped the slide and the frame to remove the markings till they were just about gone. Then I took some 220 grit sand paper and smoothed out the file marks and finished with 400 grit wet or dry sandpaper. Sandblasted it and parkerized it.

To be different I parked everything but the frame, changed the sights and the barrel bushing and added a different trigger and a cheap set of grips.

I fitted the slide to the frame which took about 1 hour, fitting the bushing was about 2 hours. The cost of the sights was 45.00 off of evilbay, 20 for the grips and 25 for the bushing.

Beside my Colt Gold Cup I am ashamed to say that it is just as reliable and accurate as the $1400.00 colt. Some will argue with me but I have the targets to prove it. Shooting H&G #68 bullet with some bullseye powder you can not tell which pistol I used for which target.

It is a fun pistol to shoot and very accurate for the 300.00 and 100.00 in accessories.

I could add an extended grip safety and thumb safety but I didn't.

Wish I had a good camera, mine is an old crappy 2 meg camera from 10 years ago. Maybe I should sell my Gold Cup and get a good camera,lol.






Love the look of your Norc job there Dacton.
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Thanks :)

im liking yours aswell, I should pick up another one and start another project :evil:
 
It reminds me of the dudes 1911 in the untouchables. You know, the guy that kills sean connery and then gets thrown off the roof by costner? I think they look pretty similar, but I could be wrong. Anyway, really nice job man. Did you have a lot of experience doing this sort of thing and knew it would turn out nice? I would be too scared to try this to one of my guns. Even a cheap norinco. 400 bucks for a pistol is still 400 bucks.

Oh, and sorry for the untouchables spoiler. But if you haven't seen it by now...
 
Glockster Dude said:
It reminds me of the dudes 1911 in the untouchables. You know, the guy that kills sean connery and then gets thrown off the roof by costner? I think they look pretty similar, but I could be wrong. Anyway, really nice job man. Did you have a lot of experience doing this sort of thing and knew it would turn out nice? I would be too scared to try this to one of my guns. Even a cheap norinco. 400 bucks for a pistol is still 400 bucks.

Oh, and sorry for the untouchables spoiler. But if you haven't seen it by now...
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no I dont think i've seen it :p

I honestly had no idea how it was going to turn out, it was my first time doing something like this. I just read on the internet alot how to strip bluing off and buffing :p
 
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