So, who here is enough of a 1911 nerd to be able to discuss just about any crazy modification that has ever been performed on one?
I'm considering buying two old Para frames and finding or building 7" barrel slides for them. From there there's a *BUNCH* of possibilities... bushingless, linkless, coned, full length guide rods, two piece guide rods, classic bushing, and more. But I'm not really sure how much of that is pointless race-gun trappings that will badly effect reliability.
I'm looking at a 10mm chambering. The (really) long slide should soak up some of the kinetic energy that usually breaks 10mm 1911s. I have considered the use of IAI Javelina slides... but there are some issues with that. They tended to gall, I don't like the sights and rib, the port isn't done, you can't Parkerize stainless, good luck finding two to pull slides from and if I did I'd feel guilty. I already asked Numrich, they don't have any.
So far the only constants are double stack frame, 7 inch barrel (preferably Bar-Sto) with matching slide, Trijicon sights, flat mainspring housing with lanyard loop, EGW oversize firing pin stop, EGW pin kit, 10mm chambering, and parkerizing.
My innovative idea is a progressive counterspring buffer toward the bottom of the slide travel for a last line of anti-battering protection. Kinda like what some of the smaller 1911s do for a recoil spring in total but only for the last inch of slide travel or so. It's more of a guess than anything right now....
as a side-note for the 1911 nerds:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=198096076
There's also a chopped Ballester-Molina up, but darned if I can load GB again right now.
I'm considering buying two old Para frames and finding or building 7" barrel slides for them. From there there's a *BUNCH* of possibilities... bushingless, linkless, coned, full length guide rods, two piece guide rods, classic bushing, and more. But I'm not really sure how much of that is pointless race-gun trappings that will badly effect reliability.
I'm looking at a 10mm chambering. The (really) long slide should soak up some of the kinetic energy that usually breaks 10mm 1911s. I have considered the use of IAI Javelina slides... but there are some issues with that. They tended to gall, I don't like the sights and rib, the port isn't done, you can't Parkerize stainless, good luck finding two to pull slides from and if I did I'd feel guilty. I already asked Numrich, they don't have any.
So far the only constants are double stack frame, 7 inch barrel (preferably Bar-Sto) with matching slide, Trijicon sights, flat mainspring housing with lanyard loop, EGW oversize firing pin stop, EGW pin kit, 10mm chambering, and parkerizing.
My innovative idea is a progressive counterspring buffer toward the bottom of the slide travel for a last line of anti-battering protection. Kinda like what some of the smaller 1911s do for a recoil spring in total but only for the last inch of slide travel or so. It's more of a guess than anything right now....
as a side-note for the 1911 nerds:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=198096076
There's also a chopped Ballester-Molina up, but darned if I can load GB again right now.
