Calguns.net  

Home My iTrader Join the NRA Donate to CGSSA Sponsors CGN Google Search
CA Semiauto Ban(AW)ID Flowchart CA Handgun Ban ID Flowchart CA Shotgun Ban ID Flowchart
Go Back   Calguns.net > FIREARMS DISCUSSIONS > California handguns
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Mark Forums Read

California handguns Discuss your favorite California handgun technical and related questions here.

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 01-28-2013, 7:35 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default My Springfield 1911 Mil-Spec Update

Hey guys and Girls. I havent posted here at CG for a while. Took a short brake from guns while building my car and moving to WA to get back into school. Building wooden boats now
Anyways I wanted to share some fun stuff involving my Springfield Mil-Spec 1911. I absolutely LOVE this pistol. Sadly the slide keeps getting scratched up. Almost anything like a ring or a button on a holster will take the black parkerized finish right off. I guess I could have sent it back to get fixed, but why get the same finish that will just come off again? So I took the slide off the pistol, removed the firing pin and ejector, and sent it to Renewed Finishes for some Powder coating in mat OD green. Dave and his team at RF do great powder coating work and have done REALLY great jobs on lots of car parts so I figured I'd give them my slide to work on as well. I am really excited to get it back.
Well you all know what a 1911 looks like but what the hell. This is a before shot from a few months ago. Its seen a bit more actions sins I took this picture.

And here is the slide all cleaned up at the powder coaters.


I will update in a few days when I get some pictures from Dave of the finished product, and later on some pictures of the slide all put back together with the frame.




Hey! Bonus shot! Name the pistols I got to shoot last weekend.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:20 PM
Javi's Avatar
Javi Javi is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chino, CA
Posts: 4,540
iTrader: 23 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by deutschman View Post
This is a before shot from a few months ago. Its seen a bit more actions sins I took this picture.
Dang! That thing looked great! Looking forward to how it turns out. Hoping to get a barebones Springfield or Rock Island/Armscor to hopefully participate in SASS "Wild Bunch".
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by d4v0s View Post
My girlfriend and i used froglube last night in a pinch and it works great.
R.I.P. Thomas C.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:29 PM
Firerescuebatt07 Firerescuebatt07 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: High Desert
Posts: 2,378
iTrader: 6 / 100%
Default

awesome SA!!!!
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:32 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Thanks guys. I am also looking to get a set of VZ grips for this pistol, but I want to wait till I see what the rest of the gun looks like before I decide on the grips.
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:59 PM
Firerescuebatt07 Firerescuebatt07 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: High Desert
Posts: 2,378
iTrader: 6 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by deutschman View Post
Thanks guys. I am also looking to get a set of VZ grips for this pistol, but I want to wait till I see what the rest of the gun looks like before I decide on the grips.
right on... I just bought my first and second 1911 and I am trying decide on grips... The one I have in my possession is a stainless SA Loaded Target and the other is a tactical compact Rock Island Armory which I DROS this weekend... Those all brown grips are totally ugly. I am so much in love with the stock cocobolo grips on the SA... they look super nice...
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:56 PM
den888's Avatar
den888 den888 is offline
I need a LIFE!!
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Alameda County / East Bay
Posts: 10,521
iTrader: 10 / 100%
Default

Very nice!
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 01-28-2013, 8:59 PM
Javi's Avatar
Javi Javi is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Chino, CA
Posts: 4,540
iTrader: 23 / 100%
Default

I'm not sure if I will add VZ's to my G.I. but most definitely on any more modern looking 1911.

(Thanks for the bump on my listing by the way Not too many cowboys on Calguns, it seems.)
__________________
Quote:
Originally Posted by d4v0s View Post
My girlfriend and i used froglube last night in a pinch and it works great.
R.I.P. Thomas C.
Reply With Quote
  #8  
Old 01-31-2013, 7:54 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Firerescuebatt07 View Post
right on... I just bought my first and second 1911 and I am trying decide on grips... The one I have in my possession is a stainless SA Loaded Target and the other is a tactical compact Rock Island Armory which I DROS this weekend... Those all brown grips are totally ugly. I am so much in love with the stock cocobolo grips on the SA... they look super nice...
Wow they put cocobolo on the SA 1911! Thats some cool wood! I was going to turn some shift knobs out of cocobolo on the lathe at school.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Javi View Post
I'm not sure if I will add VZ's to my G.I. but most definitely on any more modern looking 1911.

(Thanks for the bump on my listing by the way Not too many cowboys on Calguns, it seems.)
Well I can see your point. You know that VZ makes some run of the mill double diamond pattern grips like the stock 1911 grips as well right? Its nice to have some different colors to choose from some times.
I dont really want to mess with my Mil-Spec to much. I really enjoy the way it shoots as is. So I only really plan on doing some cosmetic bull **** on the Mil-Spec
Reply With Quote
  #9  
Old 02-01-2013, 7:50 AM
esartori's Avatar
esartori esartori is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 745
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

I hope it turns out great! I love my mil-spec. Fantastic firearm, classic look
Reply With Quote
  #10  
Old 02-06-2013, 7:12 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

So I got a few pictures of the powder coated slide. Looks good. Its a few shades dark in real life then in the pictures below. Florescent lights and all. I will take some better pictures when I get it in the mail. The engraving got a bit berried under the paint. Doesn't bother me much. I guess I could always have some one redo the engraving at a later date.




Last edited by deutschman; 02-06-2013 at 7:14 PM..
Reply With Quote
  #11  
Old 02-06-2013, 7:59 PM
chozenfew805's Avatar
chozenfew805 chozenfew805 is offline
Calguns Addict
 
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Ventura County
Posts: 5,010
iTrader: 51 / 100%
Default

Keep us updated! Sweet 1911
__________________
....I will support and defend The Constitution of The United States of America...


Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 02-14-2013, 4:38 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Just got my 1911 put back together. I had to clean a very small amount of powder coat off of the slide so that it would slide ll the way back, but besides that the powder is perfect. There really was no way Dave at RF could have masked that off. I am super happy with it. I am not very happy with these pictures as the lights all weird and the red back ground doesnt help anything, but I cut my right thumb on a band saw today nice and deep and moving stuff around kinda hurts a bit...
Ones I put a few round through through the pistol the rest of the paint on the slide will wear its self in nicely I think. I know it did with the parkerization.


Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 02-14-2013, 4:47 PM
Firerescuebatt07 Firerescuebatt07 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: High Desert
Posts: 2,378
iTrader: 6 / 100%
Default

here she is brother with the cocobolo's

Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 02-14-2013, 4:57 PM
8200rpm's Avatar
8200rpm 8200rpm is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ghetto Mesa, CA
Posts: 1,145
iTrader: 72 / 100%
Default

Here's mine...

Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 02-15-2013, 12:35 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Firerescuebatt07 View Post
here she is brother with the cocobolo's

Great lookin 1911!

Quote:
Originally Posted by 8200rpm View Post
Here's mine...

Now those are the grips I want? Which ones are they? Where can I get them?
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 02-15-2013, 2:00 PM
8200rpm's Avatar
8200rpm 8200rpm is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Ghetto Mesa, CA
Posts: 1,145
iTrader: 72 / 100%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by deutschman View Post

Now those are the grips I want? Which ones are they? Where can I get them?
http://www.brownells.com/handgun-par...urer_1=AHRENDS

052-001-102WB Ahrends Cocobolo Combat
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 02-18-2013, 6:18 PM
deutschman's Avatar
deutschman deutschman is offline
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 47
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by 8200rpm View Post
http://www.brownells.com/handgun-par...urer_1=AHRENDS

052-001-102WB Ahrends Cocobolo Combat
Thanks for the link buddy!
I am going to try and get a better picture of the pistol tomorrow with some natural day light instead of the **** lighting in my house. Hopefully it will capture the color of the slide better. The first pictures I took make it look horrible.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 02-15-2013, 1:04 PM
appagohm's Avatar
appagohm appagohm is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 1,126
iTrader: 77 / 100%
Default

I have the same gun, that i wanted get to get BLUED.... also thinking about getting the beavertail grip safety, speed hammber and trigger... Gosh i love 1911s. I regret selling my previous 1911s
__________________

"Gun control is like trying
to reduce drunk driving
by making it tougher for
sober people to own cars"
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 02-15-2013, 1:21 PM
pc_load_letter's Avatar
pc_load_letter pc_load_letter is offline
Veteran Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: San Diego
Posts: 2,507
iTrader: 59 / 100%
Default

I was going to put up a trade offer for my new CZ SP-01 for a SA 1911-A1. They are sexy.

If my LGS can't get another one in, I might opt to SSE the Auto Ordnance 1911-A1.
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 02-15-2013, 2:05 PM
rsmorgan's Avatar
rsmorgan rsmorgan is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Orange County, CA, USA
Posts: 370
iTrader: 0 / 0%
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by pc_load_letter View Post
I was going to put up a trade offer for my new CZ SP-01 for a SA 1911-A1. They are sexy.

If my LGS can't get another one in, I might opt to SSE the Auto Ordnance 1911-A1.
No need to SSE an Auto Ord 1911A1, its is on the roster
__________________
RSM

The Truth will set you free, but first it will make you damn mad!

Old Scottish proverb:

If ya' cinna' drive the fooging trook, dinna buy the fooging trook!
Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump



All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:28 AM.




Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
Proudly hosted by GeoVario the Premier 2A host.
Calguns.net, the 'Calguns' name and all associated variants and logos are ® Trademark and © Copyright 2002-2021, Calguns.net an Incorporated Company All Rights Reserved.
All opinions, statements and remarks made by Calguns.net on this web site and elsewhere are solely attributable to Calguns.net.



Seams2SewBySusy