Well as most of us know any self respecting individual armed with a pistol should be carrying a 1911 .45
(Yes Jeff I still have my G19)
With some help and advice from some of the mods here I star
Starting point (well half stripped)ted work last month…
By the numbers a 1943 Ithaca USGI 1911 - with a Colt slide – looks by the letters and numbers to be an arsenal rebuild (from what the 1911 info forums tell me)
I like my 1911’s high cut under the trigger guard - so one night in the TOC – out came Mr File
Dawson and Simmonich care packages
okay not quite straight – but what do you want from a dremel freehand – I recut them and re-threaded with the Rail in place with the one good screw later
Someone people explain to me how DROP IN BARREL AND BUSHING - leads to hours of filing and polishing etc.
Coated in Alumahyde (CB – told you it was going to be different – well for a 1911 in Iraq)
coming together
almost done
Yeah I forgot the grip screws - and I used the old trigger (so I lose in the CDI)
I debating keeping the old trigger - but the grip screws are coming ( I wanted hex head ones…)
*the 1911 w/ Dawson rail and X200 does not fit well in the 1911/wX200 6004 – working on it…
Parts
STI Slide pre cut for the Novaks (there is a limit to my knuckledragging shop skills)
Novak Bar Dot sights
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof extractor
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof firing pin
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof firing pin stop
Wilson Combat “Drop In” Barrel and Bushing
Ed Brown recoil spring guide
Ed Brown recoil spring plug
Dawson Precision Light rail
Dawson Precision Ejector
Wilson Combta Ambi Safety
Wilson Combat Drop in High Beaver tail (looking back at it – I wish I had got the S&A one and cut the frame down – I think I am competant enough with a file to do that and S&A included a guide with it…)
Ed Brown 1911 rebuild kit
Cylinder and Slide Professional 5lb Trigger kit (something else I did not want to muck with)
S&A Ambi mag release – dont ask me why – I also got a Ed Brown Extended one (thx GotM4)
Wilson Combat Bullet Proof Slide stop
Wilson Combat Plunger Tube
Wolff 18lb recoil spring (and Wolff firing pin spring)
Smith and Alexander Magwell/Flat mainspring housing 20LPI (I wear gloves all the time except in our villa - and If I am repelling boarders in my flip flops and 1911 – worrying about it being rough on my skin is the least of my worries)
Kevin,
Dare I ask where you got the 1911…and if you are going to try to get it back to the US.
PM me if you need to;)
Looks great and take care man,
Dave
Still have not shot it DSS won’t let me shoot .45 at the REO (apparently the awesomeness of a 230gr round woud cause the earths crust to crack or something :rolleyes: ) It cycles JHP at least by hand. I’m still running my G19 and will be for some time until I can get a few hundred out of this bad boy – and gradually dremel the 6004 and Blade-Tech IWB to fit the hair of drop lower than an integral frame rail that the Dawson rail has – used to be most 6004’s fit the dawson too…
So next time we are the SF camp we shall see.
Some very nice people got me some 230gr JHP ammo – but USGI 203gr ball is the norm.
1911’s grow on trees here don’t you know
5th SFG pretty had all their ODA’s kitted out with 1911’s around here (I think they swung the ammo via the .45 UMP’s that they let collect dust - but where good for justifiying a metric shitload of .45) There was a civie armorer over here with the B team - and he was rebuilding 1911’s either from US stocks - or acquired locally…
When 1st swung in I was out of town - and did not get a good foot in the door to pick up food scraps they did not want on the RIP.
Now I just had to put together my 13" DSA OSW FAL…
Being a Euphrates River Pirate has its advantages.
I saw a few Remington Rand 1911A1’s while in your AO and always wished for one. Unfortunately that was an immediate termination issue with the herd I worked for. I did whore myself out to Brownell’s for lots of parts, accessories and supplies during the two years there and fixed up a couple of those pieces for deserving LAs, etc.
This thread brings back some great memories! Hope it runs good and it should with FMJ anyway.
Wayne, yeah we are lucky in that respect that while we are issued G19’s and/or G17’s we have the option of other handguns in 9mm or .45ACP as long as you qualify.
How much do you have invested in parts and equipment for that bad ass mutha?
Post some pix of that 13" DSA OSW FAL. You know we love all makes and model around here.
I’m impressed. But then again, if those mofo’s who wipe their asses with their hands can build an AK from scratch in the mountains, YOU ought to be able to rebuild a 1911, right?
ETA: Don’t take the Dawson horseshoe back off of the X200 after firing it. It will be getting a hairline crack at that front adjustment screw during the first few hundred rounds and when you try and take it off it will split in half due to the spring pressure. I split one when replacing the pressure pad with the factory backplate.
– but what do you want from a dremel freehand – I recut them and re-threaded with the Rail in place with the one good screw later
nice job.