Good point. Tight slide to frame fit contributes 5-10% of accuracy.
It drives me crazy when every single person who gets a 1911 snaps pictures of the rear of the pistol and proclaims they got a tight fitting 1911 as if they struck a vein of gold......... Barrel lock up is much more important IMHO.
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A tight slide to frame fit may not be a huge accuracy determinant (unless it is just sloppy), but it
is, in this case, indicative of the overall quality of these pistols. I photographed the slide to frame fit because it was the easiest way to pictorially show how nicely they are put together. I can't photograph the tightness of fit of the barrel lugs when the pistol is in battery, or many other more important factors for accuracy, but the slide to frame fit of these things is typical of the overall quality. That's what I was trying to show.
Also, some folks (not necessarily in this thread, but in general on the forum) are using the word "tolerance" and "tight" together in a bad way. I am not a machinist, but IIRC, "tolerance" refers to the allowable margin of error from a blueprint. You
want a manufacturer to have very small tolerances. I think some folks mean "clearance" when they are saying "tolerance". They are not the same. "Clearance" is the room between moving parts, and is accounted for in the blueprints. If a pistol is
too tight, then that means there is not enough clearance, because the tolerances were
not tight enough.
I don't know why I felt compelled to type that, but it's just one of those things I keep seeing that irks me, and I thought I'd vent
.
Jason
