Being your own armorer on a 1911

[HopetonBrown]

Interesting. Any reason Jardine recommends the 18.5 lb spring over the 16? Reduction of wear?

Sorry, wish I remembered his reason. A couple of other things I do remember is that suggested a .410 brush to clean the barrel.

He would put the extractor in backwards at the rear of the slide, to use the slide as a tool to help you bend the extractor.

[jetfire]

Sadly this is out of stock on the 10-8 Performance website, and with those guys dialing back operations I don't know when they'd get it back in. But I have one and it's a pretty handle little tool for working on 1911s.

http://www.10-8performance.com/produ...rer-Block.html

[SeriousStudent]

Sadly this is out of stock on the 10-8 Performance website, and with those guys dialing back operations I don't know when they'd get it back in. But I have one and it's a pretty handle little tool for working on 1911s.

http://www.10-8performance.com/produ...rer-Block.html

Brownell's to the rescue!

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod27493.aspx

[jetfire]

Brownell's to the rescue!

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-to...prod27493.aspx

God, what would we do without Brownells?

Probably put our kids through college with the money we saved.

[SeriousStudent]

Look at the bright side. You are putting Pete's kids through college.

[45dotACP]

God, what would we do without Brownells?

Probably put our kids through college with the money we saved.

Spend less money...but hey, gotta spend it on something. When they do sales on Wilson ETM mags I just can't help it

[Wondering Beard]

Sadly this is out of stock on the 10-8 Performance website, and with those guys dialing back operations I don't know when they'd get it back in.[/url]

Can you elaborate on that?

I love 10-8's product line and would hate to see them disappear.

[Mr. Goodtimes]

Sadly this is out of stock on the 10-8 Performance website, and with those guys dialing back operations I don't know when they'd get it back in. But I have one and it's a pretty handle little tool for working on 1911s.

http://www.10-8performance.com/produ...rer-Block.html

In what ways are they dialing back operations? I love their sights.


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[secondstoryguy]

I ran 1911s for years and some of those years they were used as duty guns. As many have posted maintence and repair are completely doable with minimal tools and a little learning curve.

For duty use I wouldn't let the gun go in my holster without firing a hundred or so rounds of duty ammo after any repair involving the moving parts. I did this due to slight variations in the parts and the fitting process.

[jetfire]

Can you elaborate on that?

I love 10-8's product line and would hate to see them disappear.

They're still making parts, but they're not doing classes or really making 1911 content anymore, which is too bad because when it came to the 1911 as a duty gun they really knew what was what.