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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Thu Oct 15, 2015 10:36 pm

The barrel and slide just fit together perfectly so no fitting needed. Got the slide all put together but the sights.

Fitted the ejector had to file it down a little. to get it to fit into the slide.

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Dropped in the trigger, mag catch, sear, disconector, and Hammer. When I put on the grip safety I could no longer move the trigger even when it was depressed so had to fit that also.

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Got that all moving and so I then put the main spring housing together and that just slid right into place. Put on the plunger tube and dropped in the thumb safety and it worked with no fitting needed!

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Will post more when I have more together. :D
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Postby my1stpistol on Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:48 am

Progressing nicely!
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Ghost on Fri Oct 16, 2015 6:27 am

Thread is very interesting, looking good.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:35 pm

Well here she assembled

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Fit is very tight. Still need to get the sights put on the slide but I did run a few rounds through it. 3 of them nose dived in to the feed ramp, all reloads. I will polish the feed ramp and test again. I am going to cerakote her in graphite black and tweek where needed. The trigger is short but heavy so will need to play with that some more. Over all I could not be happier with this.If any of you have thought about doing this DO IT!!! :D :P :D It is not that hard believe me!! If you all knew my gunsmithing experience I think you would be even more impressed with what I have built. I mean really how many on this board has BUILT THEIR OWN 1911!!!! 8-) :twisted: 8-) :twisted:
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby westhope on Sat Oct 17, 2015 1:49 pm

Looks like nice work.

... dropped in the thumb safety and it worked with no fitting needed!


I have replaced many 1911 safeties and have NEVER had one that did not need fitting of the manual thumb safety. They are made oversize to be fit to the individual gun. Be sure to check its operation.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Sat Oct 17, 2015 4:28 pm

I too was amazed that no fitting was needed. I have triple checked and it is working fine with no fitting.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby my1stpistol on Sat Oct 17, 2015 7:15 pm

Dakotared wrote:Well here she assembled

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Fit is very tight. Still need to get the sights put on the slide but I did run a few rounds through it. 3 of them nose dived in to the feed ramp, all reloads. I will polish the feed ramp and test again. I am going to cerakote her in graphite black and tweek where needed. The trigger is short but heavy so will need to play with that some more. Over all I could not be happier with this.If any of you have thought about doing this DO IT!!! :D :P :D It is not that hard believe me!! If you all knew my gunsmithing experience I think you would be even more impressed with what I have built. I mean really how many on this board has BUILT THEIR OWN 1911!!!! 8-) :twisted: 8-) :twisted:

Boy. You didn't play around with that. I'm impressed! FWIW...
Let us know how your tweaks work out.
I'm sold. I probably won't do it near as fast as you did...
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80% 1911?

Postby LumberZach on Sun Oct 18, 2015 7:52 am

I am very impressed. How much did it all run you overall if you don't mind me asking?
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:41 am

If you click on the links on the first page it will tell you. I bought the complete kit and had to buy the jig separately for about $1300. So by no means is this a cheap way of getting a 1911. But that is not why I did it. I wanted to build one and learn a bunch in the process. This gun is very tight and so far it is very high quality parts. All CNC no cast parts. I figure that it is around a Kimber or STI or better on the quality scale.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Geezer43 on Sun Oct 18, 2015 12:26 pm

The frame is aluminum.... correct?
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Mplsspyder on Sun Oct 18, 2015 3:59 pm

That is awesome. Nice job on building your new gun!
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Sun Oct 18, 2015 9:17 pm

Geezer43 wrote:The frame is aluminum.... correct?


Yes it is.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby sawgrass on Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:02 am

What did you need for tools/jigs for this endeavor?
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby Dakotared on Mon Oct 19, 2015 12:04 pm

sawgrass wrote:What did you need for tools/jigs for this endeavor?


I used the jig in the 2nd link in the OP to cut the frame. It is what they call the phantom jig. It basically is two aluminum plates that has a slot on each side where the rails need to be cut. Then there is a third aluminum plate that slides in the slot that has a carbide cutter that you can adjust the cutting depth, as you cut you keep adjusting the cutter deeper until you get to the depth you need. Also need a drill press to drill the sear and hammer pin holes. The company does make a different jig that requires the use of a mill.

Then all you need is basic files and stones to fit the parts.
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Re: 80% 1911?

Postby TooFewGuns on Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:13 pm

Very cool. It looks like a fun little project.
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