1911 Build - Complete

[Danny]

Whats everyone think? This is the end of my first build, or the end for now at least. Bead blasted, parkerized and final assembly was done today. I am pretty happy with the results. The real test is the next two days (1000 round, 2 day training course).

I have a bajillion other photos of the whole build that i would like to do a whole write up with, ill get to that this summer sometime i hope :D

Comments/suggestions welcome. Special thanks to Dave for dealing with all my retarded questions.


http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/park1.jpg

My parkerizing assistant (aka girlfriend) and the ghetto setup on the grill, but it worked, i think.

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/park2.jpg

Bubbly goodness.
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Some final assembly shots. Higher quality shots in a week or two, no time tonight.

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[Alan®]

very nice man im lookin to get a sig at the end of the year for my 21st along with my CCP

[Danny]

Nice man! bet your looking forward to it.

[81911SC]

Unreal man. The fit and finish is really good.

[sikfricks]

just got my my gun today its a colt 1911 wanna build mine

[Truegiant]

^^ for 100 million dollars.. looks good danny. Tear down on mine is been haulted. I had to setup all my merchant services stuff with the bank for the business. The .357 project is almost done though.. and its looking super sexy.. hah.

[Truegiant]

I meant to ask how you like the grip tape.

[DamnDisLaOsBoY]

damn i want me a 1911 so bad! no funds at the moment tho! nice job!

[Danny]

I meant to ask how you like the grip tape.


Well after 8 hours of running this gun in the dust and drit today with sweaty hands, i can now say i like the grip tape aalot. Checkering is now in the near future :D

Also, the instruct who has a wilson 1911 did a demo that i almost started clapping and yelling amen. It went as follows:

Ken (instructor): "whats this" (hold 1911 by the end of the slide in the air, looks like a hatchet)
Me and a couple others: "a tool"
Ken: "exactly, some of you are scared to get dirty, if thats the case put you gun in the safe and LEAVE IT THERE".
Me in my head "amen brother"
Ken: "this is a tool, get it dirty" *turns around and throws it like a baseball at the dirt and rock backstop about 25 feet away, it sinks into the soft soil. he walks over picks it up and*
Ken" get it dirty, beat the hell outa it, it should still RUN" * he then throws it on the ground one last time, chambers a round and fires a magazine through it.*

thought that was good stuff.

[Truegiant]

Yep.. I feel the same way. I actually did that with my second les bear that I had and my friends thought I was retarded. I have been wanting to run some grip tape for a while but have been scared, haha. Anywho.. When I get done with my blending I will send it to you for the strip and parker that we spoke about before. I am going to try and start it tomorrow. I will let you know when I get the box ready.

How did that ammo work out for you? I got 2 more cases in the mail as we speak so if you need more I can hook you up. Good luck and learn as much as you can.

[ShooterMcGavin]

sweet, when do i get to shoot it? lol

[green91]

Gun definitely looks nice danny! I was also wondering how you liked the grip tape.

Having never parkarized a gun before, what all is involved?

[Danny]

sweet, when do i get to shoot it? lol


whenever man. just hollar. my instructor is offering a 1911 class in the next month or two, 1 day, 100 bucks. :D

[Danny]

Gun definitely looks nice danny! I was also wondering how you liked the grip tape.

Having never parkarized a gun before, what all is involved?


Liked the grip tape, checkering just was added to the list of future mods for sure!


Parkerizing was pretty simple.

1. bead blast all parts
2. degrease all parts (lots of break cleaner)
3. heat up parking solution to 200deg
4. dip parts in hot water for 1 min about
5. dunk parts into park solutions for about 13minutes
6. pull parts out and dunk them in warm water a couple times
7. immediately set parts down and DRENCH in lots of oil, wipe oil off then re apply tons of oil and let sit a few hours.
8. clean and assemble

[Danny]

Two days of running pretty hard and getting tossed in the dirt, rocks and weeds. No malfunctions.

If anyone is interested i can compile a list of mods, i probably should anyways before I forget.

As always, the more comments the better.

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/dirty1.jpg

Gotta work on the trigger a little, the hole for the overtravel screw has sharp edge and cut a nice hole in my finger. you can see the dried flesh and blood. Yummy. :biglaugh:
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/dirty2.jpg

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[Danny]

just got my my gun today its a colt 1911 wanna build mine


thats a niceeee choice man. Series 70 i hope :D is it repro or original?

[Danny]

I am glad the fire control parts wernt dirty hahaha

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/dirty5.jpg

[Truegiant]

thats not dirty.. haha.. glad to see a fellow 1911 owner knows how to treat his stuff. I am working on my again. I got alot of blending done today. I am not sure if i want to try stipling or just break down and buy a checkering kit. anywho.. What are the top three things you learned at your training?

[Danny]

Top 3 things?
1. refresher of the basics (most important imo)
2. high center chest ready as #3 in the drawl stroke, instead of the side of pec #3 that i had previously known.
3. engaging multiple targets: coming to high center chest ready instead of fully extended or at low/door ready seems like it could potentially be faster and more accurate (less rotating mass to stop directly on target). More practice experience will tell, same with #2.
4. Learned a couple new drills worth remembering
5. I shoot a 298/300 on the georgia police firearms qualification (99.3%)

[Danny]

thats not dirty.. haha.. glad to see a fellow 1911 owner knows how to treat his stuff. I am working on my again. I got alot of blending done today. I am not sure if i want to try stipling or just break down and buy a checkering kit. anywho.. What are the top three things you learned at your training?


post up some photos. whatcha blending? sounds funnn

[Truegiant]

i got work extra early tomorrow. i will post some pics tomorrow hopefully. anywho.. goodnight.

[Danny]

fine then, skip over my list of top3 things, that happens to be 5 items long lol. night man..

[GSRteg®]

So, professionally done. :goodjob:

[Danny]

THANKS teg.

[Danny]

Got word there is a 1911 1 day course next month sometime. details to follow... yummmyyy

[Danny]

Got word there is a 1911 1 day course next month sometime. details to follow... yummmyyy

Course- 1911 "operators"
Location- 9 miles east of alabama on I-20
Time- 6.20.2009 0830-1630
Conditions- 98+deg F with 105++ heat index, clear skies


She survived another course with no malfunctions. A dan wesson cbob broke down, par for the course apparently. And a couple others had some malfunctions, a kimber (no surprise there) and a wilson. So far i am happy with this gun. Hope she keeps it up.

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Michael Jackson, rofl. The "silent whine" as we called it, he put his little shooting glove on half way through the day lol.

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/1911operator/IMG_4410.jpg

[Danny]

Shownin a little wear. Few scratches here and there from rocks/concrete, along with a little holster wear. Not bad imo for a home park job.

Oh ya, new grips shown here. I like them better.

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/1911operator/dirtyb1.JPG

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/1911operator/dirtyb2.JPG

[Truegiant]

those are the same grips i got. i love them too. I got to put about 500rds through my little ccw today. she is holding up. now i need to order new sights though. i have been holding off for some time now. glad to see you enjoyed the class.

[Danny]

those are the same grips i got. i love them too. I got to put about 500rds through my little ccw today. she is holding up. now i need to order new sights though. i have been holding off for some time now. glad to see you enjoyed the class.


you ccw is an officer right?


The class was pretty cool. The overall level of skill was a little higher than my last course so that makes it better.

The big dude standing next to me in the photos had like 5 1911s, all semi-custom browns and wilson's, crazyness lol.

[Danny]

oh i got a desert tan set of g10 vz grips too now, allthough im not a big fan on the desert tan. But i got a good deal.

maybe ill build a sandbox gun one of these days

[Truegiant]

you will re-park or color yours one day. i had a full size i built like 4 times and it changed colors like 6 times, haha. Glad to know you had fun.

[SiRed94]

Gun looks good. Still looks good after some use too.

[Danny]

thanks man. im just happy it runs great. I really need to checker the front strap and add a dawson rail now.

[green91]

Swapped out the kimber for a colt 1911a1 this weekend

[Danny]

Swapped out the kimber for a colt 1911a1 this weekend


good man. So when do we get pics? Series 70 i hope :D ???!@!!?!?!

[green91]

Its actually a pre- 70 series

[Truegiant]

pics or bs

[green91]

LOL reverse psychology doesn't work on me. But i will try and snap a pic or two this afternoon. I just don't care to have pics of my guns posted all over the world

[Danny]

some new parts, and tools! This gun is getting an overhaul and should be its "final" stage when complete.

here is the to-do list so far:

flush cut and bevel slide stop and chamfer slidestop hole 120degrees
thick edge the beaver tail
fit EGW beveled bushing and plug
flush cut bbl, 45deg crown, and polish crown
fit new extractor
dehorn slide stop more
20lpi fs checkering
fit dawson rail
re-parkerize

some pics of the pretty new tools and parts :D

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/phase2parts.jpg

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/egw1.jpg

[Truegiant]

ooooohhhhhh that is purty... i am pissed right now. i bought 2 dirt bikes (xr200r and a dr650 and a 3 wheeler yesterday). I got them all torn down and cleaned up. I decided to ride it over to my buddys house when we got home from riding on the boat. He lives like 2 blocks away and literally less than .5 miles. A cop pulls me over and writes me 4 tickets...


On a side note. I put my ccw officer up for sale and another rifle i have to hopefully finish my 3 other 1911 projects. TOols look good.

[Danny]

got the Outside Diameter of the bbl bushing fitted tonight. shes nice a snug. Finger tight, but takes a hair of ass to spin it, just how i think it should be.

started working on the inside diameter, but thats a PITA without a reamer, arghhh. Tomorrow i hope to finish the inside diameter, sandblast the bushing and plug then start facing, crowning and polishing the crown of the bbl.

Just got my fat ass in from running, shower time :D

Ohh and too bad your selling your officer. I really wanna build a stainless govt size out of a colt s70 just to see if i could sell the end product for more than scrap metal prices lol.

[Truegiant]

i have to finish the 3 others that i have laying around. Once i get those finished i will keep one and sell two.

got to much stuff laying around. i have almost 80 weapons at the house now.

[Danny]

Here is some photos. Still have some finishing touches to do to get the aesthetics how i want it, but for the most part i am pretty happy. Shot about 60 rounds today, flawless as usual.

Some progression photos for those who may find it interesting.....

Stock
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle1.jpg

On the drill press to take the bulk material off, then fitted by hand to get a good fit.
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle2.jpg

Test fit of bushing, seems to be good. Went a little overboard playing with dykem blue, ohh well :D
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle3.jpg

90d facing cutter
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle4.jpg

bbl face down to length
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle5.jpg

bbl with 45d crown, outer edge rounded slightly
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle6.jpg

Test fit with crown cut
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle7.jpg

Fresh out of the sandblaster
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Where it currently sits, pretty much done. I think?!?! Crown high polished also. The plug and bushing are not flush, will try and correct this in the next couple days.
http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle9.jpg

http://dannykay.net/photography/misc/1911/milspec-project/muzzle10.jpg

[Truegiant]

thats purty right there. I might send my next one to you and have you do all the work and see how she runs.. haha..

Speaking of..I think I will have a new 5" gun in the mail..

[Danny]

Speaking of..I think I will have a new 5" gun in the mail..

stainless colt i hope? :D

got some more work to do on the bushing and plug. I want to smooth it out and make the plug in particular easier on the hands. It has sharp edges. Just have to decide on how i want to approach smoothing it all out.

[Truegiant]

If I still have the tool i made for that job in my box i will send it to you. i am off to bed. leave is over and i go back to work today. of all days my birthday.. haha.. i will chat with you tomorrow.

[GAsHONDABOI]

cool thread dude