justin22885
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im building a 1911 soon, im wanting to do an 80% project.. anyway, this will be a combat pistol type of configuration, so weight and concealment are not a factor as itll primarily be carried open on a thigh holster when carried... whats most important to me with this type of build will be reliability.. but i also want good accuracy and a decent capacity as well... this will be chambered for .38 super
it will probably be a full size with extended threaded barrel, it will need an underbarrel rail.. whether this is part of the 80% or welded on prior to heat treating i dont know, doesnt seem to really matter.. and since reliability (and with it durability) are key while weight is a non-issue, it will of course be a steel frame..
i will also be welding the grip safety and mainspring housing together and clearing some material on the inside to de-activate the grip safety and i may even omit the thumb safety as well, as it will probably be carried hammer down only quite possibly with a light DAO trigger group using a para frame but im not opposed to carrying it hammer down single action so long as i have a large spur hammer
so im still trying to decide on DAO or a single action trigger.. and im also trying to determine if this pistol should be a doublestack (based on a p14 or STI 2011 style frame), or single stack.. ive heard the doublestack pistols are much more prone to feeding problems resulting in malfunctions due to the double stack, single feed configuration of the magazines.. so for the sake of reliability i may just stick with a single stack but use an extended 12rd magazine (wont even stick out that far for a 38 super)
im also still looking for slide options, as well as sights.. id prefer either fixed tritium or a really small red-dot in place of the rear sight.. and may do some lightening cuts just to make it a tad more unique
any ideas as to things i can do it, things that may be out of the ordinary or would lend itself well to reliability, accuracy, or durability?.. or just simply make it that much more unique or different when finished?
it will probably be a full size with extended threaded barrel, it will need an underbarrel rail.. whether this is part of the 80% or welded on prior to heat treating i dont know, doesnt seem to really matter.. and since reliability (and with it durability) are key while weight is a non-issue, it will of course be a steel frame..
i will also be welding the grip safety and mainspring housing together and clearing some material on the inside to de-activate the grip safety and i may even omit the thumb safety as well, as it will probably be carried hammer down only quite possibly with a light DAO trigger group using a para frame but im not opposed to carrying it hammer down single action so long as i have a large spur hammer
so im still trying to decide on DAO or a single action trigger.. and im also trying to determine if this pistol should be a doublestack (based on a p14 or STI 2011 style frame), or single stack.. ive heard the doublestack pistols are much more prone to feeding problems resulting in malfunctions due to the double stack, single feed configuration of the magazines.. so for the sake of reliability i may just stick with a single stack but use an extended 12rd magazine (wont even stick out that far for a 38 super)
im also still looking for slide options, as well as sights.. id prefer either fixed tritium or a really small red-dot in place of the rear sight.. and may do some lightening cuts just to make it a tad more unique
any ideas as to things i can do it, things that may be out of the ordinary or would lend itself well to reliability, accuracy, or durability?.. or just simply make it that much more unique or different when finished?