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Justins1877

Justins1877

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I'm at a cross road here;

I have a S&W 1911 stainless. I have shot many, many rounds through, and have enjoyed it for a long time.
Some problems I have with it - (due to being left handed.) I need an ambi safety installed, slide stop lever grinded down flush with the frame. I would also like a flared mag well, for easier mag changes.

So;
Here is my choices, buy another pistol, (custom) or get the work done by a gunsmith?

If I do stay with the current pistol, what parts should I use for the ambi safety, and flared magwell, and why?

I need the slide stop level grinded down flush with the frame, because while shooting my thumb pushes it out - seldom leading to stoppages. What I would rather have is one that is already manufactured flush with the frame, if it's made.

There is only 1 (one) pistol I know has these features, that is the Spinger Operator custom. (Perhaps Night Hawk and Wilson as well.)

Please keep in mind when suggesting a part, i'm not interested in cosmetic appearances, strictly rugged and reliable parts.

I don't know much about after market parts for the 1911, as I prefer to keep it as simple as possible. I'm hoping some members here will know a thing or two more then myself.
What say you CGN?
 
Order a Brownells 1911 catalog. It's free. It will show you many of your options.
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http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/sid=48687/sku/1911_Catalog
 
your THUMB pushes out the slide stop ????? i'm left handed, shoot a colt, and there's at least a good inch between my thumb and the "button" of the slide stop, and i have an extended one- i'd sure like to see a pic of your grip( ie your hand holding the pistol in your interpetation of the proper hand grip- if this indeed is the case- VERY WIERD
the mag funnel is of questionable value unless you're banging off the sides of the magwell right now and remember, you should also buy pads for your mags as this is going to extend the grip, if i remember correctly- i do it the old fashioned way- muscle memory- ie i KNOW where the hole is and practise a lot- some guys use it, some don't - and if you must have a flush slide stop, for gods sakes
DO IT YOURSELF- buy a couple or 3 ( they're dead cheap) surplus 1911s ( if they fit - i don't know about s&ws) put one in your gun( not your original- you may want to go back ) scribe it level with the frame, take it out of the gun, out it in a vise and take a file to it- keep the file level and take off what you need - it takes about maybe 10 minutes if that, then re-blue with the spot blue and you're good to go- i still think it's weird
 
I have huge hands. They eat 1911's and Glocks for breakfast. USP's are about the only gun my hand doesn't engoulf.

I practise muscle memory and trigger drills 15 mins every second day, I just wouldn't mind the extra "help."
I'm not looking for people to ridicule my choices, just suggestions in parts.

Thanks for the link, Wendell.
 
Take it to Dlask, an S&A magwell (because they're one piece, and available in stainless with the mainspring housing of your choice). Get a picture of the Heinie/Nighthawk, with the recessed slide stop end (I think that would address your problem) show it to Jo, and tell him what you want in an ambi (wide, medium,or narrow). Here's a pic of the Heinie/Nighthawk

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i wasn't ridiculing you in any way- i wear a size 13 glove myself- there's a reason why that slide stop is as long as it is, and that's to guide it into the hole, esp if you have to replace it in the dark or under combat conditions- ie so you don't have to line up the second hole- it "slips in and home" in one operation-after doing a field strip in the dark under pressure, you learn a few things-
 
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