80% 1911's?

[Click Boom]

Anybody do one?

[mnichols]

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=890626

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=962633

[vlady]

I'm building a TM frame with a Fusion long slide. There is a very long thread over at the Gunsmithing section on the TM frames and various builds that people are doing

[davidb]

theres the TM like posted above, KTO makes or did make one, and then theres the Ares if you want to take a chance on a polymer frame

sucks that all of these frames are railed and IMO a little weird looking, Sarco used to sell a traditional 80% but havent seen them for sale

[Click Boom]

Thanks

[Click Boom]

You have to do the slide rails? Damn.

[vlady]

You have to do the slide rails? Damn.

Yep. A small mill and a keyseat cutter, shallow passes and you can have a very smooth, tight fitting slide. It's actually easier to machine than a 80% ar lower. Fitting the parts is a whole different game though. Every 1911 has parts that are custom fit to that frame

[bigcalidave]

What did you think would make it an 80% ?? lol. There has to be a significant amount of work to make it a firearm.

[Click Boom]

making a long straight slide is harder with my tooling than just hogging out a place for a FCG and drilling a couple holes. I'm sure its not hard if you have a real mill, but i dont.

[SilentPea]

There's the "rock in a cave" thread in the gunsmithing section, all you really need extra compared to an AR 80% is a few files.