Cutting back a 1911 slide

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I want another commander length 9mm (my best friend talked me into parting with my Colt 9mm Commander) and I am really thinking about starting with a Norc due to the price. I want to do a bull barrel with this one, so I don't need to worry about the bushing mill work.

Anybody done this? After I hear back from the board and should I decide to go ahead with it I think I'll talk to Gunnar, just want open discussion on it, should be plenty straight forward.
 
i have had a slide sucessfully shortened to commander length. It is also done quite frequently to guns with barrel threaded compensators. A new barrel bushing key slot will have to be milled, but in my experience this CAN BE DONE but unless you have considerable experience, do not do it yourself. An easy job for someone qualified. I know they are not a site sponsor but i get ALL the 1911 pistol work i need (that i can't do) done at Dlask Arms Corp in B.C. , these guys are familiar and very experienced with the job you need done.
 
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45ACPKING said:
i have had a slide sucessfully shortened to commander length. It is also done quite frequently to guns with barrel threaded compensators. A new barrel bushing key slot will have to be milled, but in my experience this CAN BE DONE but unless you have considerable experience, do not do it yourself. An easy job for someone qualified. I know they are not a site sponsor but i get ALL the 1911 pistol work i need (that i can't do) done at Dlask Arms Corp in B.C. , these guys are familiar and very experienced with the job you need done.
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I won't need to worry about the bushing key slot, as I want to go with a bull barrel :) Thanks for the info, I think I'll go with Gunnar though. :)
 
Yes, this is makes a pretty useful conversion. Usually something between 3/8" and 3/4" comes off and the gun is converted to bull barrel configuration by either substituting a barrel or threading and coning the stock barrel (shortened and crowned, of course) with a heat treated chrome moly cone. We modify the slide to take a "reverse plug" for the recoil spring, and when used with a one piece full length guide rod with a take-down hole, you have a captive recoil spring system that just lifts out of the slide. Actually a more user-friendly system than the original. A dovetail type front sight is installed on the slide, and it's done :)
A side benefit is that the barrel gains back pretty well all the weight lost by shortening, and a bull barrel commander feels REAL good in the hand!

I built myself one years ago in .45 and .400 Cor-Bon that a buddy talked me out of :( I even shot that one in an IPSC match in Standard Division once, and did darn well! The light slide cycled a little faster, and I could get back on target quicker. Maybe I need to build myself another one....

Gunnar
www.armco-guns.com
 
7x61 said:
Yes, this is makes a pretty useful conversion. Usually something between 3/8" and 3/4" comes off and the gun is converted to bull barrel configuration by either substituting a barrel or threading and coning the stock barrel (shortened and crowned, of course) with a heat treated chrome moly cone. We modify the slide to take a "reverse plug" for the recoil spring, and when used with a one piece full length guide rod with a take-down hole, you have a captive recoil spring system that just lifts out of the slide. Actually a more user-friendly system than the original. A dovetail type front sight is installed on the slide, and it's done :)
A side benefit is that the barrel gains back pretty well all the weight lost by shortening, and a bull barrel commander feels REAL good in the hand!

I built myself one years ago in .45 and .400 Cor-Bon that a buddy talked me out of :( I even shot that one in an IPSC match in Standard Division once, and did darn well! The light slide cycled a little faster, and I could get back on target quicker. Maybe I need to build myself another one....

Gunnar
www.armco-guns.com
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Good stuff, I just got a NP29 yesteday for this project, so in the coming months I think this project will be a go. :)
 
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