The DIY 1911 thread... I think I'll call her Becky

[TeXJ]

I was just saying that ingest, the knowledge you are receiving is pretty cool. Plus, you'll know how to do a ton of a lot more on that platform than I would.

I got a SR1911 for ~$650, thinking of having a trigger job done and then that would be it.

[jalopi]

sorry for the lack of updates bros - i just bought a new car so i've been super busy with trying to get it track ready before the track day this sunday.

doesn't look like that's happening though, so i figured i'd start messing with the 1911 again. while peeking through the parts to see how things fit i noticed something bad... looks like brownells sent me the wrong goddamn slide :curse:

what tipped me off is that the firing pin doesn't fit into the slide. like, the pin is too big to poke through the breechface and too long to fully go into the slide... guess they sent me a slide for a 9mm or something, hopefully the new slide fits the frame i fitted to the old one :curse:

[AndrewBird]

One thing to keep in mind, any kind of coating is going to add material. Make sure you don't make it such a tight fit un-coated that the coating binds things up. Even nickle plating will add a few thousandths.

[DER E30]

Some slides don't use a 45 cal firing pin and are designed for a 9mm pin. I don't know why exactly.

[pablo]

All Caspians are cut for 9mm firing pins.

[jalopi]

yep, got a message from brownells this morning. while it DOES state that on the product page, its in such small font near the bottom of the page. i wish they had put that little tidbit on the specs of the slide or something... oh well, not much to be done now.

on a positive note, i put the beavertail jig on last night and started filing it down. progress has been slow and the beavertail pinhole doesn't quite line up with the frame yet, but it's getting there

[Vedubin01]

any updates?

[jalopi]

unfortunately not - i mean, i finally fit the barrel bushing to the slide, but that's about it. been SUPER busy lately with the new car & finishing up my house so i can sell it. after that i should have plenty of free time :D

[jalopi]

so things happened yesterday



really starting to look like a real gun now, thanks for reminding me that i've got a gun to finish :D

[TeXJ]

Haha, looking good man!

I forgot if you mentioned this; do you think you'll do a bobbed grip?

[jalopi]

i actually had to look up what a bobbed grip was; HOLY SHIT that seems like it'd be a lot of work considering what i have right now. i think the frame's gonna have to be left as-is :(

so here's the list of parts i'm currently missing:

*sights
*grips (though i plan to make those myself)
*main housing spring (thought i ordered that, guess not though)
*9mm firing pin

i've been really bad about taking pictures, i'll take a few after work and go over a few issues i've had

[DER E30]

Hav you started on the firing components? Like hammer, sear, and stuff?

Wondering how big a pain that part is...

[TeXJ]

i actually had to look up what a bobbed grip was; HOLY SHIT that seems like it'd be a lot of work considering what i have right now. i think the frame's gonna have to be left as-is :(

so here's the list of parts i'm currently missing:

*sights
*grips (though i plan to make those myself)
*main housing spring (thought i ordered that, guess not though)
*9mm firing pin

i've been really bad about taking pictures, i'll take a few after work and go over a few issues i've had

could be another project for another day :D

[jalopi]

could be another project for another day

yeah but i get the feeling i would butcher that sooooo bad lol. not sure what i think about the bobbed grips, i get that it's more of a "snag free" design but i don't really plan on concealed carrying this thing (not that you really can in MD anyway). if i was gonna CC something i'd get an LCR or something of that nature

Hav you started on the firing components? Like hammer, sear, and stuff?

Wondering how big a pain that part is...

i think i got really fucking lucky because i pretty much just slapped that shit together and it works like this



:)

[AwakenNoMore]

you test the trigger pull lbs yet? looks pretty light even for a 1911