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[Chapped Hide]

. Where's Sunday?

[71MUSTY]

If you scratch it a little deeper you can call it custom machining and charge a premium for it.

[tommyboy1966]

Just do what everybody looking to sell a 1911 with an idiot mark does. Tell anyone who asks " the previous owner" did that.

[duc71]

Use 1500 grain sand paper, sand it down then polish it. I did the same my first and fix it ...LOL

[denpython]

YouTube...also look up 'removing scratches on wristwatches'
Get the technique down.
Mask off your work area with tape.
Nice 1911 !

[sealocan]

Just make two more little dot like circular marks with the tip of a Phillips screwdriver and make it all into a





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[plumbum]

Better go buy a new one!

[TripleThreat]

Everyone 1911 owner gets 1 free pass.

[newbie1234]

If you don't want to sell your 1911 then who care about the dummy scratch.

[MachineGuntongue]

Nevermind the scratch. How does the gun shoot? Did it run reliably straight out of the box? I've been eyeing that same gun and was wondering how they are new? The Kimber 9mm Target is good out of the box. I've had problems with the only 2 Springfields that I've tried. One compact 45 and an M1A.
I know those are completely different guns. Both didn't run right when new and even after breaking in. Ended up selling both. Really wanna give Springfield a chance. I like that they don't have the other safety. I hear they have great customer service but never gave that a chance. But from what I read, it's hit and miss with Springfield.

Rename it guidance groove. Precision tracking.

[jimmythebrain]

I Had a pretty noticeable idiot scratch on a Springfield armory stainless 1911 I purchased used.
Used Scotch bright (brite) pad and took about 80-90% out with just 2 hours of time. Light to medium pressure, stroke one direction along the grain of the frame- start at muzzle and move towards hammer end.
Start with no pressure then apply pressure gradually as you move, then let up pressure before you stop. Move in strokes, not back and forth movements
No swirls.
Avoid steel wool unless it is "stainless" steel wool. Regular steel wool will supposedly leave metal deposits, like galled areas in the frame that will rust.

It cost me less than $6 for the Scotch pad from a car paint supply place, and I used less than 1/4 of it.

Do not polish the frame unless you do the entire "flat" area, SA uses a brushed finish on the flats. Flitz is a polish.

[johnthomas]

Get some 0000 steel wool and rub it out, take one of those grips and try the steel wool out.

[Widdle]

What scratch?

[Rorge Retson]

Good thing it's not a real 1911.

[MosinVirus]

And might I suggest the Log Man modification to the slide stop?? Best 10 minutes I ever spent modding a 1911!!

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^^^^I second this. Every 1911 Slide Stop should be Log Man cut.