1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
Lower Lug
I've gotten a report on two that did need light fitting after bringing the frame rails down. The guy said that he had to take a light cut...no more than a finishing cut...after the pads had been fitted to center the barrel in the slide
after the swaging operation. (I even ran into that once using a new in paper
GI barrel during a salvage/rebuild on an old Ithaca.) He's into restoring worn-out old warhorses like I do...so I figure that there's probably at least an even chance that's what I'll run into since that's going to be part of the rebuild. I rarely work with new frames and slides, so sometimes things gotta be juggled
to make'em work.
I've gotten a report on two that did need light fitting after bringing the frame rails down. The guy said that he had to take a light cut...no more than a finishing cut...after the pads had been fitted to center the barrel in the slide
after the swaging operation. (I even ran into that once using a new in paper
GI barrel during a salvage/rebuild on an old Ithaca.) He's into restoring worn-out old warhorses like I do...so I figure that there's probably at least an even chance that's what I'll run into since that's going to be part of the rebuild. I rarely work with new frames and slides, so sometimes things gotta be juggled
to make'em work.