The owner of this in-progress 1911 wanted a retro look, but with some upgrades for USPSA. The hammer is one such item. Has the old school spur, but skeletonized for a bit of weight reduction. This particular hammer came with a solid half-cock shelf and it needed cut to expose just the "notch"...
Finishing up the initial frame clean-up. The frame will have to be addressed again just prior to sending it to finish to remove any sanding marks and any marks from other machine processes, as well as to make sure all of the lines are straight.
Removed machine marks off of the frame deck. This doesn't enhance the performance, but looking at machine marks in a not so inexpensive 1911 is unthinkable...
That is a very good question! There are very few places that do Cerakote well for tight fitting 1911's. Accuracy X is a company that is building really tight, hideously accurate 1911's and they Cerakote. It is not an easy task to Cerakote a tight fitting 1911 and do it correctly. The tolerances...
Fitted and roughly contoured the grip safety. I will clean up the contouring after fitting the barrel. The first picture shows how to properly address the frame to make radius disappear in the grips safety. Second pictures shows the profile.
Upgraded licensing and a bunch of custom work to existing guns has been the norm recently, but back to the 1911 build. I am falling behind! Pics to come...
Rifles are not my forte, but I have bedded them before. I would differ to anyone with more experience and knowledge than me. Having said that, pillars serve a couple of purposes and one it to prevent compression of the stock material between the action and the head of the bolts when tightening...