Hello !!
I picked up an old series 70 Colt a while back. The finish was gone, the internal parts were butchered up, front sight was almost off, grips were gone, all in all pretty poor shape. The reason I picked it up was the fact that the slide was in great shape, the frame rails were perfect, no rust and no pitting anywhere on the gun. I figured with a little TLC, I could bring this old warhorse back to life.
I totally disassembled the pistol, ground the frame tangs and installed a new BTGS, then took the slide and frame to my local smith to have a front dove tail cut, new Wilson nighteye's sights pushed in and refinished. After a few weeks, the slide and frame was ready, I went to pick it up and while there bought all new parts. Trigger, hammer, sear, disconnector, all new springs, pins & misc parts.
Finally finished up today, having to rework the GS trigger block arm, polished the sear & hammer surfaces and adjusted the sear spring for proper tension for the trigger & GS. The Colt operates beautifully now, nice trigger with no creep, breaks crisp @ 5#.
Although it's not a high-end 1911, I am very proud of the way it turned out. I have yet to shoot it, thats next
I have included a few pictures, (we all like pictures !)
Regards Dogg
I picked up an old series 70 Colt a while back. The finish was gone, the internal parts were butchered up, front sight was almost off, grips were gone, all in all pretty poor shape. The reason I picked it up was the fact that the slide was in great shape, the frame rails were perfect, no rust and no pitting anywhere on the gun. I figured with a little TLC, I could bring this old warhorse back to life.
I totally disassembled the pistol, ground the frame tangs and installed a new BTGS, then took the slide and frame to my local smith to have a front dove tail cut, new Wilson nighteye's sights pushed in and refinished. After a few weeks, the slide and frame was ready, I went to pick it up and while there bought all new parts. Trigger, hammer, sear, disconnector, all new springs, pins & misc parts.
Finally finished up today, having to rework the GS trigger block arm, polished the sear & hammer surfaces and adjusted the sear spring for proper tension for the trigger & GS. The Colt operates beautifully now, nice trigger with no creep, breaks crisp @ 5#.
Although it's not a high-end 1911, I am very proud of the way it turned out. I have yet to shoot it, thats next
I have included a few pictures, (we all like pictures !)
Regards Dogg
