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Please Help me! I want to replace the barrel in my stainless-steel 1911. Can I use a carbon-steel barrel? If so, what else would I have to do? Thanks for your help. David Kraykovic.

Good advice, thank you. I can see your logic. I did hafta spend some time smoothing the burrs. In my defense, I only have small drift punches, and no steel block. I'll get both when my e-bay stuff sells. Thanks again, David K.

I gotta hand it to you, you fixed my problem! I exhumed one of the Ed Brown beavertails I had previously given up on, applied the punch as you described, gently peened it, installed it into my pistol, and it worked just as it was suppose to. Since you didn't specify, I used a center punch rather...

I changed out the standard 1911 Grip Safety, with an Ed Brown Beavertail Grip Safety. I had to use the Beavertail-style because I installed a "commander" style hammer. The problem is that the "foot" of the EdB safety is too short and/or out of place to contact the rear of the trigger bow. If...