So PSA had these 1911 frames on sale for Black Friday...

[awp101]

And I bought 2...for $99/ea....

5" 1911 Frame size
Forged Frame
4140 Carbon Steel
Model 70 style
Cut for beavertail safety (EGW)
.250" radius
Standard cut rails
palmettostatearmory.com/oem-psa-1911-frame-45-5-carbon.html

What does the .250" radius refer to? Does that have to do with the beavertail?

Anyway, my thinking is to build one up as a Commander and the other as...? A .38 Super build leads the pack but something like .45 Super or .460 Rowland are interesting ideas as well.

[JM]

Shows that they are sold out now.

I take it that these frames have serial numbers & need to be shipped to an FFL & then transferred to the private party?

[awp101]

Yes these are stripped, completed frames not 80% frames.

If I ever hit the lottery one of these Ghost Gunner CNCs is coming to my house, especially if they get the 1911 coding done.

[Yetiman]

The .250" radius is indeed for the beaver tail. Ed Brown (and others I am sure) used to sell a fixture with two wide discs connected with a pin that you could mount up to file the rear horns on a frame to fit their grip safety that was a .250" radius. I did a number of them myself back in the day when decently shaped grip safeties were far from the standard fare.

[awp101]

Nov 27, 2016 18:06:57 GMT -5 Yetiman said:

The .250" radius is indeed for the beaver tail. Ed Brown (and others I am sure) used to sell a fixture with two wide discs connected with a pin that you could mount up to file the rear horns on a frame to fit their grip safety that was a .250" radius. I did a number of them myself back in the day when decently shaped grip safeties were far from the standard fare.

Thanks for the info!

[awp101]

Surfing gunbroker for 1911 parts and found this:
Springfield armory 223 1911-A2 sass upper


Very neat but I'm not sure it's $700 of neat...