Hey all, as some of you know I'm a big fan of the 1911.  Have been working on them for years off and on and I'm considering investing in some tooling to get into some of the more serious 1911 work.  The reason I'm thinking about this is because I just finished reworking a Colt "1991" Officer's model for Brother Kane and I was pretty happy with how it turned out, but there is alot more I could do if I invested in the proper jigs and tooling.  Right now I am limited to drop-in sights, combat triggers which are basically nicely polished factory parts with a little tweaking of the hammer and sear, refinishing with Norrell's Moly or hot tank bluing, and fitted (non-drop-in) beavertail safetys, of which Brother Kane's was my first.

For those of you with 1911s would you be interested in having any custom work done?  What features would you like the ability to change or add?  You can make multiple choices in the poll I just added.

Quoted: Can you cut the "bridge" to install a ramped bull barrel?  How about tightening the slide-to-frame fit?  How about installing "high-ride" beavertail grip safeties?  How about "low-mounting" Bomar rear sights and cutting dovetails into the slide for drovetail front sights?  As as bargain alternative to finely checkering the frontstrap, consider offering a "stipple" job. I've got a couple of Colt Delta Elite 10mm pistols that need a lot of TLC after years of abuse by other "gunsmiths", including myself.

Our mill can cut the bridge in the frame for the ramped barrel with no problem.  In the pic Kerry is cutting the small slot in the side of an AK receiver for a Bulgarian sidefolder set up.  It'll also do dovetails and mill the rear of the slide for the Bomars, if I buy the correct tooling (which I haven't done yet).  I can already do stippling, its easy, and I really love the look and feel of a good hand-checkered 20 lpi front strap.  

This is the high-ride beavertail I installed for Brother Kane.  Should have taken pics of the gun when it was done, but it won't be the last one I do anyway.

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I tinkered with my first 1911 until I had just worked it to death.  It was a cheap IAI GAL M6000, and nothing was right on it when I finally got rid of it.  That was years ago now, but it just serves to remind me that the road to true firearms knowledge is paved with money, time, and shots fired downrange.

My next 1911 project for right now is a Llama MAX-1 that looks like it was milled out with a saws-all.  My mission is to get it to work and shoot straight.  Yikes...

Originally Posted By Brother Kane: Leave my 1991 alone you weirdo, its fine!!!! home.sprynet.com/~kjackson/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/colt1991a1.jpg

LOL.  Did you smear oil all over the frame before you took that pic?  It looks strange.  Have you shot it yet?