Dug relic 1911 restoration (Pics and Video)

They are WWII Army contract pistols made in low quantity and are especially prized by people from Swissville PA

Is Union Switch & Signal some rare 1911 producer? Yeah, I know they made them back in the day, but is it some especially collectable mark?

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US&S manufactured 55,000 pistols under contract, as well as various small parts. Only Singer made fewer. They're highly sought after by collectors.

I was thinking of the frame's pivot pin hole.

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If you mean the slidestop crosspin hole, all that does is bear against the pin and stop the slide as it goes to battery. Thinning it may cause it to elongate a bit under hard use, but that's about it.

AJAX22 said:

I have a little bit of experience with making abused 1911's go bang...

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Agent 47?






That is pretty durn cool btw.

Sam Cade beat me out on the Agent 47 comment.

Seriously, I LOVE what you're doing getting these old abused firearms working. I've actually always wanted to do stuff like that, but I don't have the time or technology (yet...), so it's REALLY, REALLY good to see that at least some people out there are giving it a shot.

Shot... err... no pun intended...

Whats the story on when & where the gun was "dug" up??

rc

rcmodel said:

Whats the story on when & where the gun was "dug" up??

rc

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If that weapon turns out to be of historical significance (I read about 1911s being found in that condition in late WW1 battlefields, 80 years later) I can put you in contact with the curator at the National World War 1 Museum, should you wish to donate it to posterity.

Too late. He's already started knockin' the hickies off of it.

Whats the story on when & where the gun was "dug" up??

rc

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I'd love to know the back story to the gun as well. Good job, that's very interesting!

I have been wanting to find a old gun and restore it but I would never thought you could do anything with that gun. Good luck and can't wait to see it finished.

This is absolutely awesome! Subscribed.
-Chuck

nice job

???? What's with the video?

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I've seen recovered anchors from ships sunk in the 1600's that look better than that thing. Was that found on the moon or something?

Dan

coming along nicely- excited to see the slide pop off

What kind of solution are you using with the charger? I also have a rusty 1911 that needs this the slide is frozzen on mine as well.

I've never used electrolysis, but why can't you use a grinder to grind all the crap off of that large plate you're using instead of replacing it?