Removing Norinco Markings

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I am starting a project to build a custom 1911 using a Norinco I required.
It has the typical Norinco stamped into the left side of the slide and I want it gone.
Is it something that I need to get carefully milled off or is there a way I can do it myself?
Has anyone else had any success DIY?
Is something I can just fill it with? It isn't very deep so thinking anything I use would just fall out over time.
 
A file would work so would many abrasives or stones... The main thing is to keep it flat and not create a noticeable dip chasing out the engravings.
Then you would need to smooth and polish the metal to what ever degree your chosen re-finish requires.
 
a well set up, flat, belt sander can do the job well and allows you to use different grades of abrasive without the effort of filing
 
I had a 1911, that someone had used metal "letter" punches, to put their name on either side of the front of the slide. It looked like crap - the letters weren't even straight. I got a friend of mine, who has access to a machine shop, cut "finger grips" over it - similar to the ones on the rear of the slide. That took care of it. With that in mind - you might find someone who can do some "engraving", over top of the name and make it "disappear". Alternatively, a shop with a table grinder could take .005" or .010" off either side of the slide, which should remove all markings.
 
If it's the electro engraving style marks that the later generations of Norinco's have it won't take much effort to remove it.... a good mill bastard file, some chalk and a file card and follow up with a flat block and some different grades of emery cloth and it will be done with out much effort and with minimal expense.... even just a flat block and the emery cloth will get you there in a couple hours and a few beers.

Belt sanders and lathes are overkill in my opinion and if you were set up for that you would not be asking how to remove the engravings.

You might as well rework the whole gun and get rid of any sharp edges, maybe undercut the trigger guard a bit etc... and then refinish.
 
I have removed Norinco markings on a few 1911's. I used a stone and a buffing wheel with some compound, it worked well. As Can-down said, keep it flat.
 
If the markings are stamped in , you can push most of it back with a burnisher or gentle use of a hand punch. You'll need some magnification to see what you're doing. A stamp displaces metal. You can displace back (mostly).
 
I have done a half dozen flat surface and sand paper rough to fine cleans them up nicely . Be carefull of the serial numbers . I finished with a oxide mix. They make a nice build with decent internal parts.
 
The Dominion arms had no norinco or anything on them, just serial on the frame , and you damn near need glasses to see that.
The old timer's use draw files as Can down said, you need good files, practice. I did a poor slide that way, have also used a big ass belt sander up to 600 grit, but you have to watch heat .
rigged up a water feed to it, but messy. It was dead flat.
I have one now with no marks on the slide, high polish, blue, but it was done by someone else.
I heard of a fellow sand blasting the marks, than filling with JB steel weld, sanding flat and than a coating on the slide, But , I would be worried what the heat would do to the JB filler.
 
Finally got the pistol and that sucker is stamped in there good.
I am thinking my options are a) TIG welded over and milled off or b) leave it there to prove what can be done with a cheap gun.
 
I've worked over a few Norinco 1911's now, and found that the markings are usually not very deep. The ones I've done could be removed pretty easily with a file. If the marks are stamped really deep, see how thing the sides of the slide are, there's probably enough material that you can remove them. I tried to leave the Norinco logo on my NP29, and it's nearly invisible after refinishing.
Kristian
 
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