Posted: 9/13/2009 10:42:41 PM EDT
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Nearly done with my first 1911 build. I built it to be a reliable "beater." It's not pretty, and I made some mistakes along the way, but I'd trust my life to it.
I've got to file down the back of the extractor where it protrudes from the slide (it's a Wilson Bulletproof, and all the Bulletproof stuff seems oversized), and probably duracoat it. I just finished staking the front sight today, and if it shoots wiggly at all or is twisted in any way, I'm yanking it out and putting another one in (and now that I know what I'm doing, it'd go better the second time around). Specs: Rock Island Armory - frame, slide, barrel Ed Brown - drop in match bushing Wilson Combat - all other parts Hogue - grips LPA - sights I know, pics or GTFO: Before the new sights: 
With the new sights: 
Thoughts? And what color/s should I duracoat it? |
| Congratulations for taking the iniative for your project. It's a confidence builder in both you and your weapon. Having done just a few of those and working on two more high dollar projects right now, let me suggest you range test your weapon before doing finish. You might find some adjustments or add-ons, and you probably don't want to finish twice. I'd make sure my weapon runs any type of ammunition accurately put through it and then worry about finish. |
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I'm absolutely going to range test it first. I've got 2 trips scheduled already, and I'm planning on running 200rds of the cheapest crap I have through it. I've already run about the same amount through and after the first 50rds and a hiccup on a new mag, it's had no problems. I just want to see if that front sight staking holds. If the front sight flies off, I know I'm going to be glad I didn't refinish first. And besides, duracoating it is a couple of months out - I need to do research, gather the materials, and decide on a color scheme.
Thanks! |
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how did you stake your front sight? I have one coming loose on one of mine that needs to be restaked. I bought the Brownell's tool, put the back end of the slide in a vice, put the front sight on a stack of wood so everything was level, doused the area in red locktite, and started banging the hell out of the stake. I probably did it wrong. The front sight canted about a third of the way through, and I had to adjust it before I could continue. Also, because of the tape I put on either side of the sight, there was a bit of space under the sight, which gave me a hairsbreadth of wiggle. I took the tape out and again doused it in locktite and pounded on it, which seems to have stabilized it. The sight is I think just twisted to the left just an angstrom or so, if it is it's such a minuscule defect that I can barely detect it. The rear sight's adjustable so unless it really throws the gun off I'm just going to leave it and make all the adjustments back there. |