Posted: 1/4/2012 8:47:18 AM EDT
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I'm really debating whether our not I want to assemble a 1911 from parts. I know that fusion makes frames, slides, and pretty much everything one would need, and I've heard their quality is great (please comment on that). I would Judy but a Colt, but they are getting harder to find (at least around here). Had anyone fine this and do you have pictures of such gun? Any comments are welcome...
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I can put an AR together virtually blind folded but would not tackle a 1911 build as much as I'd like to. Been told too many times that there's no such thing as a kit where it all just goes together like it should. All need some machining / fitting work that I will not tackle.
Good luck OP but I'd advise against it. |
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Apparently, I have been doing it wrong for years. I always thought that you could assemble a decent 1911 type pistol with a minimum of hand tools.
I still think that you can! 
I don't believe my level of expertise is anything world shaking. Still, I have gotten a couple of nice ones together. I think that most people who are Interested in such a project can probably accomplish it. Whether it is worth it or not is some thing that can only be answered by the individual. As for a milling machine, I might be able to identify one if it fell out of the sky, but my only experience with one was helping a friend move his. 
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Well I can tell you I have mechanical skills, just not access to tools like a mill. Is it fitting together that a 1911 would require or complex machining? And thank you very much for your responses, I was unaware it wasn't as simple an AR. Depends on how deep you want to go. but in truth a few files, some punches, a small 4oz brass hammer, vise, and some stones are all that is needed. Brownells has a great section in the benchtalk section on building a 1911, you do not need every tool they list. |