Posted: 1/10/2013 10:34:40 PM EDT
| i was wondering how hard it is to build a complete 1911 from scratch. i am very familiar with the 1911 i have did several modification for self & friends . hammers - triggers. main spring housings etc. mostly after market parts but never one from scratch. also is it worth it. i know most parts is a bit over sized to get that perfect fit . but i know you will have to buy fitting tools that i will probably only use a couple times. i am a gunsmith . went to school for 3 years & graduated we worked on alot of different type weapons. have built bolt gun's & a lot of ar15's but not a 1911. any comments would be greatly appreciated |
| With your experience you shouldn't have any problem building once yourself.As far as being worth it,you would just have to shop around and get good deals on the parts you want.I have seen people build them from as little as 350.00 to well over 2000.00 depending on parts they picked and options on the frame and slide. |
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If you're a gunsmith, I'm amazed you've not built one before this! I can't think of many firearms that are more of a staple for gunsmithing.
If you've built bolt guns (at least, if you've built them right), you've proven that you're patient and not afraid to assemble, check, disassemble, fit, reassemble, check, disassemble and repeat until you make parts fit right. If you have that ability (and an understanding of the design), you can build a 1911. But that other question--"is it worth it?" Well, that depends on you. What makes a project 'worth it"? You'll be able to decide how much you're going to spend on parts. You'll decide how much effort you want to put into the pistol. You get to design the thing for your personal use or personal preferences. And in the end, you'll get the pride of owning something you built. All of that is worth something. Also, if you're trying to build a business as a gunsmith, the finished product could be worth much more to you than if you're just building one to play with. Personally, I wouldn't hire a 'smith without seeing what he has done with his own carry gun. If i came to you and asked for proof that you know what you're doing, showing me a custom 1911 that you built from scratch just might be the determining factor in whether you get my money. Good luck! |
thanks guy's for the reply's. i think i am going to build one. it will be a couple month's. and yes the gun's i have built were built to strict tolerances not just slap it together and hope for the best. it's been about 10 yrs since i built my last bolt rifle . and i am very very paticular on any of my builds. my friends say to paticular. when me and my ex future wife split up we sold our house. i had a nice garage with my lathe and all my tooling. i was going to start some builds for friends and see where it went from there and that wh*re  ruined that i had to sell my lathe and most of my tooling - lathe - drill press- fictures - headspace gauges you name it. i could not afford the house payment on my own. so the home i rent now has limited space . but can still do small to medium job's for me & friends.
im sure alot of you out there have heard this one. i love you but im not in love with you. but i have a great daughter that loves gun's -reloading - fishing - horses all the outside stuff. so i would rather have my daughter than what i had before GOD BLESS |