1911 Project Gun - Progress Thread

[churchmouse]

Springfield requires the .220 radius on their grip safety's.

 

[vermilionbird]

Thank you all! Trying to not get too ahead of myself but I'm already thinking up details for my 2nd project.

 

[Steel and wood]

This thread is great. The blending on injector and extractor look great

 

[Steel and wood]

8524698[/URL]]This thread is great. The blending on injector and extractor look great

Huh should have been extractor

 

[vermilionbird]

Did some dehorning on the frame. Updates are gonna roll in pretty sporadically this month and the next since I'm on break.

 

[churchmouse]

You appear to be a very patient individual.

 

[vermilionbird]

Better that than to rush it and screw something up!

 

[churchmouse]

Better that than to rush it and screw something up!

Of course....

 

[johny5]

Better that than to rush it and screw something up!

Some of us have to learn this the hard way. I got hemmed up on my last build because I did not properly card after bluing. Took it to the range and by the 3rd mag she was coughing and spitting carbon.

 

[vermilionbird]

The stock bushing on the Springfield was really loose. It rattled when it sat in the slide and its inner diameter was also much larger than the barrel's diameter. I decided to replace it with an EGW angle bore bushing by sending in my measurements and having them cut it to the right dimensions. My goal was to get the bushing finger tight in the slide but as snug as I could get it around the barrel. As it came, the bushing was a little too tight to go into the slide so a bit of sandpaper and JB bore paste got it to how I wanted it. It was actually spot on in its inner diameter and it slipped over the barrel very snug and didn't show any signs of barrel springing. I still want to dehorn the edges of the bushing but I'm much happier with this than I was with the stock bushing!

 

[vermilionbird]

Cut the secondary angle on the sear; 1/3 secondary, 2/3 primary. From there, I set the sear spring pressure on the disconnector to be 2 lb before adding the rest of the fire control parts and ending up at my goal trigger pull weight of 4.5 lb. This was done according to the pretty basic techniques in the 10-8 duty tune video so it's not really a full "trigger job." However, it is a pretty crisp trigger that I'm happy with .

 

[churchmouse]

The stock bushing on the Springfield was really loose. It rattled when it sat in the slide and its inner diameter was also much larger than the barrel's diameter. I decided to replace it with an EGW angle bore bushing by sending in my measurements and having them cut it to the right dimensions. My goal was to get the bushing finger tight in the slide but as snug as I could get it around the barrel. As it came, the bushing was a little too tight to go into the slide so a bit of sandpaper and JB bore paste got it to how I wanted it. It was actually spot on in its inner diameter and it slipped over the barrel very snug and didn't show any signs of barrel springing. I still want to dehorn the edges of the bushing but I'm much happier with this than I was with the stock bushing!

Snug can be OK but the barrel will get hot.

 

[vermilionbird]

I'll adjust it depending on how it goes!! I can always take more off later

 

[vermilionbird]

I'm out of town so I won't be able to provide any new updates for awhile but I was able to snap a few pics of the build so far before I left. Still a few steps to go and the slide is at Novak's right now to get milled for a front sight but we're getting pretty close!

 

[churchmouse]

Sweet.

 

[mototc]

Very Impressive

 

[vermilionbird]

And I'm back - big update: it did not blow up! Total of 100 rds fired today. 75 rds were Sig FMJ and 25 rds were my carry ammo, Remington Golden Saber 230gr. All the golden sabers were fed as the top round out of the magazine and the only magazine I use is the 7rd Wilson 47. I also fired 7 rounds of the FMJ in the extractor test and it passed just fine. Prior to this range trip I already did 20 reps of the slow feed test using the Golden Sabers so I'm feeling pretty good about how this gun feeds.

The only weak link here was me, as I'm not the greatest shot lol

 

[vermilionbird]

I put a Wilson 298B beavertail on my Springfield Operator which already has the Wilson compound radius cut from the factory. This is my first time taking a file to a beavertail grip safety so it's a work in progress. Everything was done with files but it went pretty quick.

Before:

After:

 

[Jaybird1980]

Pretty slick. What finish are you going to use?

 

[vermilionbird]

probably parkerizing! I have a third project planned down the road that I wanna matte blue