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[Truegiant]

Here are some pics from this weekend. I have a couple of pics of the milspec danny and i worked on until 5am. I have some pics of the new fighter. I also have some pics from plinking in the backyard in the snow this weekend. LULZ.. Snowing in late march!

SPECS on the MILSPEC BUILD:
Springfield MilSpec 5" 1911
Custom Graphite Black Cerakote
Custom Light Dehorn on sharp edges
Smith and Alexander Hard Fit Beavertail Safety Grip
Fit Beavertail Safety Grip
Extended Thumb Safety
Extended Mag Release
Extended Slide Stop
Commander Hammer
Aftermarket Trigger
Ed Brown one piece guide rod
Ed Brown Recoil Spring
Ed Brown Recoil Spring Buffers

SPECS ON MY NEW FIGHTER:
FS--Springfield 5" 1911
HARD PARTS:
Wilson Combat Barrel, Hand Fit
Wilson Combat Tactical Thumb Safety
Cylinder and Slide Match Trigger, Disconnector
Cylinder and Slide Slide Stop
Tactical extended Mag Release
Novak Night Sights
Ed Brown High Grip Beavertail Grip safety
Smith and Alexander mag guide custom contoured
Mil-tac Black and Desert Tan Grips
Wilson Combat 8rd Mag
Novak Rail Mount

GUNSMITH MACHINE WORK:
20 LPI front strap machine checkering
Machine frame for high grip front strap
Machine frame and fit high grip beavertail
Flat top Slide
Serrate Slide to help with light glare
Dovetail front and rear sights
Serrate Rear of Slide to help with light glare
Trigger tuned to a crisp 4.5#
Blend Smith and Alexander Magwell
Bevel Slide at frame
Install Novak Rail mount
Install Wilson Barrel Assy

Anywho.. Lets the pics speak for themselves.

[Truegiant]

Inspection of the fighter follows: I typed this up and sent it to the original builder.

Well I finally got to tear down the pistol today and these are some of my findings.
Bevel Job on the slide is extremely wavy. At one end there is no bevel and at the rear of the slide its huge.
Magwell blend looks like it was done with a roll disc and a dremel and there are two really wavy spots in it. I took a flat file and some ignition files and cleaned it up but it still isnt perfect.
Thumb safety primary face was filed at an angle and is giving an inconsistent feel in the locked position. It does pass both click test and functions test so no biggy.
Strut and strut pin are both horribly loose. Strut actually has lateral movement when hammer is moved.
The throat of the barrel face is not even. I am not sure if it was done from wilson combat that way or hand throated but the left side of the throat has alot of machine marks in it and isnt even.
Feed ramp was chewed up. I fed about 75rds of jhp through it to see how it fed. Most of the ftf and fte i had were with the JHP's. I personally dont feel any gun should ever have and problems feeding any kind of ammo. Especially a "custom" one.
The ejector was loose. So loose in fact that I could wiggle it side to side. I am still investigating this problem.
Sear face has alot of machine marks in it. Not sure where they came from but they are there. It also had to really large burrs on it.
Trigger did not pass the "fall out of the frame" test. I have always been tought that the trigger should be just tight enough that when you flip the frame upside down the trigger should fall out. I put some dyken blue on the trigger bow and trigger itself and there were alot of wear marks. I am not sure if this gun was bead/media blasted before it was coated but there was alot of grit and what appeared to be media in the trigger stirrup/slot area. I cleaned it up with some popsicle sticks and sandpaper and also cleaned up all the burrs on the trigger itself. It functions a million times better and hopefully will not lock itself to the rearward position ever again.

For the most part everything else looked to be in pretty good shape. I cleaned up alot of the rough surfaces and checked fit of everything else. I didnt see any file marks on the barrel to indicate it was a hard fit barrel. The headspace checked out and the barrel to slide clearance checked out as well. I am hoping there are no hiccups on the next outing. If I do continue to have problems with the gun and if it is ok i would like to send the gun back to you Mr. James and have you look over the gun since you are the original builder. I plan on doing a full media blast and coat here in the next couple of weeks if everything checks out ok and since I have already started fixing all the little imperfections in the gun.