Recent content by skipsan

I think tritium has a half-life of around 12 years, so yours would be approximately half as bright as when new or in year 2000. Replacing the ampules I believe would be around $100.

I went the other way--have a 92FS and bought a 96 Centurian slide and mags. No problems. I understand that the frame is common on the 92/96. Added: the 96 Centurian slide was actually a complete upper--slide and barrel. At the time gunbroker.com had numerous offerings of 92 and 96 uppers...

Here's a long thread from another forum describing an AD with a 1911-type (old Springfield with steel fp) pistol. Minor injury when the pistol was dropped from belt-high onto a hard surface. http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=217601&highlight=Accidental+discharge Here's another...

If the G.I. Is really a G.I., it will be stamped "Made in Brazil" or something similar somewhere on the pistol. All G.I.s (that I've heard of) have a "WW" prefix serial number and were made-complete in Brazil. The Mil-Spec model, on the other hand, can be either made-complete in Brazil, or...

A professionally fit barrel and bushing would probably go a long way in improving accuracy. You could keep the original barrel and collet bushing to preserve the originality of the pistol. You could also just have a new bushing fit to the original barrel and save more than a few dollars. If...

Don't have my reference in front of me, but my recollection is that a field-grade 1911 might have 3-5 mils of lateral and vertical slide/frame running clearance and that would be considered OK. A fitted/match grade 1911 might have 1 mil running clearance. If you can get hold of Kuhnhausen's...

Jerry Kuhnhausen's two volumes on smithing the 1911 are generally considered, I believe, the benchmark for 1911 references. They're available for about $30 each from any gun source like Midway or Brownells. In addition, two volumes by Walk Kuleck--The Owners Guide, and the Assembly...

Springfield Range Officer for $800. Advertised by SA as having equivalent accuracy as the Trophy Match and range reports from users back that up. May need a little trigger tuning to get a trigger equivalent to a TM, but should be able to do that and still be ready to go for less than $1k.

Any 1911 "can" be sensitive to ammo and magazines, even one as nice as a new Wilson. Wilson claims that each pistol has numerous (can't remember the number--100?) rounds put through it to verify proper function and accuracy, but its hardly enough to establish reliability. That comes only...

I think they're kinda of an oddball shape compared to "classic" 200 gr lswc cast bullets. I load them to 1.225" with 5 gr W231 with no issues on any of the 1911s, G21, or Xdm.45.

The ROs at the public club where I shoot ask the shooter whether he/she is collecting brass and if so, what caliber. The RO will then try to sweep the brass to it's proper owner, PLUS any extra that's dropped by shooters who aren't saving. Downrange brass is "gone" except if you wait until the...

One of the Glocks would seem appropriate, assuming the newbie would be happy with a pistol with absolutely no soul. 9mm or .40SW. Relatively inexpensive--$500ish. Ultra reliable out-of-the-box. Easy take-down.

That's all mine gets. No issues at all and no mods required for the guns.

I just loosened the wing nut enough to get enough slack in the system to allow the tool head to be rotated sufficiently to disconect the rod from the bellcrank. Probably an easier/better way, but it works for me and is quick.

I made sheet metal bracketry for the bullet tray (used a Dillon regular bin) and the empty case tray (also a standard Dillon bin with a lip on one end). Since the brackets mount to the strong mount which is angled, I mocked up the brackets with cardboard to get the right bracket shape so that...