25cschaefer
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During the first week of school, this semester, my knife making class got dropped because I was the only person to sign up. I needed one more class to receive my full GI Bill stipend and a friend suggested that I should build a 1911 for him. He was in 1911 class and had a spare so he built a carry gun and had me build his comp/range toy. He paid for al of the parts too.
It is a Para Ordnance P14, that's double stack for those not in the know, it was completely stock with a rough bead blast and parkerized frame and a painted slide.
Now its better. It is actually almost jet black, I was playing with some lighting.
The only original parts are; the frame, grips, barrel, and slide. most of the parts are Ed Brown (my buddy is a brand whore), the trigger is an EGW (took a ton of work, I had to rivet a piece of steel to the back to stiffen it up and get rid of about .060" of take up), and the guide rod is a Wilson Combat. I tightened the frame and slide, welded and re cut the barrel lug, fit a new bushing, flattopped the slide, serrated it, fit a beavertail, fitted the internals, buried the fully adjustable rear sight, made a front sight, and installed a one piece guide rod.
I still need to tweak a few things and sight it in so I can cut some of that front sight down.
It is a Para Ordnance P14, that's double stack for those not in the know, it was completely stock with a rough bead blast and parkerized frame and a painted slide.
Now its better. It is actually almost jet black, I was playing with some lighting.
The only original parts are; the frame, grips, barrel, and slide. most of the parts are Ed Brown (my buddy is a brand whore), the trigger is an EGW (took a ton of work, I had to rivet a piece of steel to the back to stiffen it up and get rid of about .060" of take up), and the guide rod is a Wilson Combat. I tightened the frame and slide, welded and re cut the barrel lug, fit a new bushing, flattopped the slide, serrated it, fit a beavertail, fitted the internals, buried the fully adjustable rear sight, made a front sight, and installed a one piece guide rod.
I still need to tweak a few things and sight it in so I can cut some of that front sight down.
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