Yes it's a Norinco!

[Potasz]

X2 on who milled

 

[motoman]

Wow!! Very nice

 

[j_06]

Norinco. The 1911 by which all others will be judged.

Yup, nobody said the bar had to be set at the top! Looks great op!

 

[Hrcboy]

Who milled your slide for the sights? Thanks.

Dlask Arms.

 

[LAV]

It shoots well, looks great and did not cost a lot. What else do you want? Nice job!

 

[maple leaf]

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing

 

[supahdave]

Is the serial number still visible? In order to cerakote You need to sandblast the frame and this would probably wash out the Serial number cause they engrave it so light, is it still totally visible?

I've been wanting to do this to my 45 norc and give it a bead blast on the rounds and wet sand the flats of the frame and slide to give it that polished brushed look mixed with the matte bead blast like a dan Wesson pointman 7 but not sure about messing with the serial number..

 

[turbo_bird]

I've bead blasted and parkerized a couple norincos with very faint serial numbers, and they're still fine. Even after smoothing out the flats before bead blasting.
Kristian

 

[Duke878]

How can one refinish the slide IE remove the Norc logo and Made in China while keeping the serial number?

I'm thinking of something more DIY and cheaper than cerakote

 

[Hrcboy]

Is the serial number still visible? In order to cerakote You need to sandblast the frame and this would probably wash out the Serial number cause they engrave it so light, is it still totally visible?

I've been wanting to do this to my 45 norc and give it a bead blast on the rounds and wet sand the flats of the frame and slide to give it that polished brushed look mixed with the matte bead blast like a dan Wesson pointman 7 but not sure about messing with the serial number..

I just had my Norc Cerekoted as well, but I didn't do the frame as I was worried the bead blasting would wipe out the serial number (light stamping).

Were you able to preserve your serial number?

Got rid of all the China Markings.... Serial # still clearly visible. Rustspot is a professional painter so no problem applying it proper and thin.

 

[Duke878]

Is there anyway to double stamp or engrave the serial number deeper or more prominent before refinishing?

 

[turbo_bird]

How can one refinish the slide IE remove the Norc logo and Made in China while keeping the serial number?

I'm thinking of something more DIY and cheaper than cerakote

The serial # would be on the frame, not the slide, so that part is easy. I just use a sanding block and emery cloth on the flat surfaces, and long strips of emery cloth on round surfaces, kinda like shining up a pair of boots. Once all the machining marks are gone, bead blast and parkerize, or just parkerize, or blue. I did one with cold blue, and it looked decent but isn't nearly as durable as hot blue. It turned out a sort of gun metal dark grey. These were parkerize on my kitchen stove with phosphoric acid I bought at Canadian Tire.



Here's the one I cold blued after it had a bunch of holster wear. It's the same gun as in the picture above.

Kristian