The Street Racer is finished!
Sept 28, 2021 12:08:27 GMT -5
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Post by tinkerpearce on Sept 28, 2021 12:08:27 GMT -5
Here's a quick recap for those that missed the original post- I inherited a 'Frankengun' from a dear friend. 25-30 years ago it was his idea of the ultimate fighting 1911a1. I kept it the way he had it set up, Baby-Shit-Green Teflon coating and all, for a number of years out of respect, but in that form it was far from my favorite gun. Eventually I wanted to modify it, but it didn't feel right. Then Linda said, 'Are you kidding? Lee would have been fascinated to see what you would do with it!' When she's right, she's right.
My concept was for a gun that could do double-duty as a carry gun and a match gun for action shooting. I stripped the slide, flat-topped it and installed an Xpress night-sight. Hand-cut 20 LPI checkering on the front of the grip and a checkered flat mainspring housing. Made a set of Quilted Maple grips. Put old-school leather bumper pads on the Colt magazines. Installed a modified low-profile ambidextrous safety. Lastly I fitted a 5" Bar-Sto bull-barrel and heavy guide-rod. I cut the stirrup for a custom reverse-recoil plug and fabricated the plug. Put in a heavier mainspring because I had started getting light strikes.
The gun is tight as a locked vault, and will cycle empty cases from the magazine. No failures to feed or eject in the first hundred rounds. Break-in period? Not needed, because I actually finished the gun. I need to hit the reloading bench so I can really wring this gun out, but so far I'm loving it.
The target shows a few mag-dumps at 7 yards while testing.
My concept was for a gun that could do double-duty as a carry gun and a match gun for action shooting. I stripped the slide, flat-topped it and installed an Xpress night-sight. Hand-cut 20 LPI checkering on the front of the grip and a checkered flat mainspring housing. Made a set of Quilted Maple grips. Put old-school leather bumper pads on the Colt magazines. Installed a modified low-profile ambidextrous safety. Lastly I fitted a 5" Bar-Sto bull-barrel and heavy guide-rod. I cut the stirrup for a custom reverse-recoil plug and fabricated the plug. Put in a heavier mainspring because I had started getting light strikes.
The gun is tight as a locked vault, and will cycle empty cases from the magazine. No failures to feed or eject in the first hundred rounds. Break-in period? Not needed, because I actually finished the gun. I need to hit the reloading bench so I can really wring this gun out, but so far I'm loving it.
The target shows a few mag-dumps at 7 yards while testing.
