Custom 1911 Build question

[chun12]

I am a PA resident moving to CA on military orders. I would like a custom 7 in long slide 1911 built. First, is there any smith in CA that could do this? Second, if not, can I get the 1911 long slide frame into CA from Brownells? Or would I have to buy a 1911 in CA then send it to my smith in PA? Any help would be great. Thanks.

[Rogue187]

Buy it before you come to California..Buy the frame..CA doesn't allow them..can't pass the safe handling demonstration..

[chun12]

Well, crap, already in Utah, will be in CA tomorrow, oh well. So plan B would be to buy a decent 1911 in CA and ship it to my FFL and have him build the slide.

[CrippledPidgeon]

Well, crap, already in Utah, will be in CA tomorrow, oh well. So plan B would be to buy a decent 1911 in CA and ship it to my FFL and have him build the slide.

Correct. I'd recommend a Springfield Loaded as a base pistol. The milspec works, but if you're going to add a beavertail, material will need to be added to the frame, and the gun refinished.

[wamphyri13]

That's funny. When Chuck Rogers did my beavertail, he removed and reshaped, but didn't have to add anything.
Ryan

[ERdept]

Contact Alan Tanaka, in Gardena

[1911Luvr]

Correct. I'd recommend a Springfield Loaded as a base pistol. The milspec works, but if you're going to add a beavertail, material will need to be added to the frame, and the gun refinished.

That depends entirely on which grip safety radius you choose.

[CrippledPidgeon]

That depends entirely on which grip safety radius you choose.

This is true. A .250 won't fit a Springfield frame

[Fatcat]

Correct. I'd recommend a Springfield Loaded as a base pistol. The milspec works, but if you're going to add a beavertail, material will need to be added to the frame, and the gun refinished.

The best grip-safety for Springfields (& some Colts, Caspian frames) is the one from EGW. They started to make them w/ .220 radius:

http://www.egwguns.com/miscellaneous-parts/egw-beavertail-grip-safety-.220-radius/

What was used before is the one from S&A:

http://www.smithandalexander.com/gripsafety.html

These will NOT require material added to the frame, but will require a lot of hand-work to fit & blend, then to refinish.

Here's an Ed Brown fitted to a Kimber, then Ionbonded just to give you an idea of what the finished job would look like:


Work done by Wil O'Hara in Corona.

[crazychinaman]

Buy a springfield V-16 longslide

[enzo357]

Call Will Ohara in Norco, Jimmy V in Riverside, or Tanaka in Orange.