1911's Pics Thread

[Deckard]

I'd Duracoat Stainless the frame, but nice anyhow.

 

[NAA]

Not as purty as some, but here's a before,




And after,




I'm trying to get it close to what it looked like back in 1914. KD

Very nice job on restoring an original old war horse!

NAA.

 

[NAA]

My 2nd 1911 project much more work than the 1st. Went really good...alot of time fitting time. Shoots a really good group. Nork Comander frame and slide everything else Fusion. Do you like?

Very nice job on this one, too...

 

[RDevigne]

Very nice Squitto . I don't know about you, but i find it very satisfying after spending lots of time fitting upgrade parts and seeing your 1911 baby grow up into your own personal masterpeice! Ive put my Springfield on hold for a little bit ( the one in the pics above ) and am now customising a .22 Drulov!! lol. Going balls out on the thing from compensator to adding a shoulder stock to the hand grip, drill and tap to mount a nice set of optics and im even thinking of adding a wood foregrip to it which will hold either a vert grip or a harris bi-pod. heh. Not sure what got into me to do this with a Drulov but what the hell.

Again, very nice work. And Dixda, im impressed how you managed to restore yet keep the pistol looking authentic!!

Cheers

 

[Halger280HVMag]

How did you manage to restore the contours of the ejector port?

Not as purty as some, but here's a before,




And after,




I'm trying to get it close to what it looked like back in 1914. KD

 

[agilent_one]

How did you manage to restore the contours of the ejector port?

That's gotta' be a different slide.

 

[Paulinski]

How did you manage to restore the contours of the ejector port?

Looks like he used a different slide with untouched ejection port.

 

[KevinB]

before and after of my work gun, and some during

CF SOG tool file (before a buddy lent me his dremel) use on high cutting the trigger guard

Parts Arrive

Fitting the barrel bushing

COATING (Brownells Alumahyde II)

Fitting the parts

Less grip Screws

Finished work

Proof than any ham handed bozo can build a gun

With lot of help for friends and 1911 builders stateside.

I dremelled a bit of the grip safety - so it really takes a hair of movement to disengage


PARTS:
STI Slide (cut for NOVAK's)
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof Extractor
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof Firing Pin Stop
WC Firing Pin
Wolff Spring Kit
WILSON COMBAT Barrel and Bushing (DROP IN -- LOL)
Dawson Light Rail
Dawson precision ejector
pretty much all the internals are Wilson or Ed Brown.
S&A Magwell and mainspring combo
Simmonich Gunner Grips

 

[RDevigne]

Looks like he used a different slide with untouched ejection port.

J B Weld

 

[NAA]

Finished work

Proof than any ham handed bozo can build a gun

With lot of help for friends and 1911 builders stateside.

Amazing what one can do with a 1944 mfg USGI Rem-Rand frame...

Interesting that you left the GI stamped trigger in her?

 

[KevinB]

I have two other triggers here.

BUT

The biggest issue I notice shooting in gloves all the time here is those triggers take up most of the area inside the trigger guard.
I fitted one then the other - and went back to the stock 1943 USGI.

It was an Armoury rebuild at some point after WWII - it had a Colt slide -but was a "duplicate" Ithaca (FJA stamp) frame - so a 1943 Ithaca war gun (I wish it could talk).

 

[raks]

Fantastic, nice work!

 

[dixda]

Looks like he used a different slide with untouched ejection port.

You're right! I was lucky enough to find a slide from the same era, the original had been buffed and butchered. It just about broke my heart to see it in that condition. I am now on the lookout for a lanyard mag.KD
P.S. Beauty work there Squitto and KB, they look awesome!
P.P.S. Anyone looking for a slightly used slide?

 

[Rebel Till Death]

my first handgun, just picked her up this afternoon, shoots like a dream

 

[Max Owner]

Very nice.

Simmons?

 

[Rebel Till Death]

Very nice.

Simmons?

nope, silverdale

 

[Max Owner]

I remember when Silverdale was a shack.

 

[Rebel Till Death]

business seems to be going well up there

 

[mrharley]

1911's and a 2011

View 1 of an old AMT Hardballer(sold to a friend who really wanted it)

The other side.

My Edge in .40 S&W, a fabulous shooter.

My newest acquisition, bought here on CGN, a little roughed up but I changed the thin grips , polished the feed ramp and cleaned her up a little.

One side of my Kimber Super Match II, one hell of a shooter.

The other side.

Kimber Tactical Custom II - My best shooter

Again, the other side.

STI Trojan in 45 ACP

Identical Trojan in 9mm

I intentionally removed the serial numbers to post them on here.

 

[(Ronin)]

is that a commander slide on a government size frame?