A little drawfiling on my 1911

[Aggie01]

Decided that I needed to get back to my 1911 project.

It's a Norinco slide on a RIA lower. I wasn't a big fan of the roll stamping on the slide.
Here is a before pic - I had left the sides of the slide in the white after polishing out the machining marks in them.
It's a Work In Progress and my first 1911, so don't judge me too hard, please.


After a few hours with a file and sandpaper on blocks:
Here it is with a 600 grit finish and Oxpho-blued.



I feel I did it well enough for this gun at least.

[sixshot]

Aggie01, I'd say you did a very good job, think I'll send 5-6 slides to Texas, OK! ;D ;D

Dick

[groo]

Groo here
Watch the rail areas .. A friend had a Colt done that way and the metal was thin.
Ok for once an a while but for a gun shot a lot -- keep an eye out for cracks and
loosen of slid to frame fit...
Looks good I just don't know how deep you needed to go...... I don't need friends to have no K-booms you know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[greygt]

I like the look of the Norinco slide with out the nonsense on the slide. I wish I would have done that to mine norinco back in the building stage before sending it off to robar np3. I just spent the last 2 weeks removing the warning label off a ruger SBH with a file and sand paper. So can appreciate the work that went it to this gun.
How hard is that Oxpho-blue to use?

[Aggie01]

Dick -

I'm not scared of working on another, but I won't get in a hurry.
It took me about 4 months to get around to this one.

groo-

I'm not worried about the thickness. I didn't measure anything before or after I started (since I was going to do it anyway, checking first wasn't needed to slow me down), but my uncalibrated eyeballs can't tell a difference in thickness of the two sides. Also, the Norinco is made of 5100 series steel, which is a bit tougher grade than most domestics (4100 series)

greygt-

Oxpho-Blue is very easy to use. I have tried a couple different cold blues, and this one seems to be the best for me. I brush it on with a cotton puffball, wait a bit, wipe off any excess and buff with steel wool.
As a cold blue goes, it's fine. Due to the vaguaries of steel wool, I almost always thin the bluing at the edges when buffing. I don't intend for it to be permanent.