I have a question for the experienced buyers and sellers here UPDATE

[9Cal_OC]

He's not going to replace anything. He's trying to get you to offer up some cash to make him feel better. Offer to refund his money after it is received back.

And make sure everything is back exactly how it was before DROSing it over to yourself.

[FatCity67]

Send him some sand to pound.

[sigstroker]

He's not going to replace anything. He's trying to get you to offer up some cash to make him feel better. Offer to refund his money after it is received back.

Exactly. Or if he really does want to put a new slide on THAT gun, he's too stupid to own it.

Did you shoot it with the new barrel? If it functions, I'd leave it as is. At WORST I'd do some work on the barrel, not the slide.

[sumdood]

Tell him you already gave it to him for $300 off.

[Barang]

yep! picky/finicky.

[559BearDown]

Another vote for pounding sand

[hermosabeach]

You offered a 15 day inspection


Have him return it to you on his dime.

It’s an 70-80 year old shooter.

[cgseanp1]

Who bought it? Would suck for another member here to ship him something and have him pull the same crap.

[003]

I would not under any circumstance give him a discount or refund any money. I would offer to return 100% of what he paid, after receiving the gun back. He eats the return shipping.

[stormvet]

First I’m surprised you sold it to begin with, seems just the family connection would be worth more then $1300. But anyway, sounds like the guy thought he was getting a new gun. What was he thinking, he bought a very old piece of history it’s ridiculous you owe him nothing.

[Romeo_alpha01]

If he won’t pound the sand, make him kick a rock.

[sailor74]

Tell him to pound sand. What an idiot this guy is.

IIRC it is not the depth of the lug groove that matters, it is the amount of engagement with the barrel lugs. And that is usually around .04 - .05 so I don't know how you would achieve that with a .03 slide lug depth

Maybe he is saying the lug depth is .03 but should be .06?

I think the mid-spec slide lug depth for a GI 1911 is ~.059

I looked at that ad many times - it was always very tempting to me. The only thing that kept me from buying was the frame ramp mod, but at that price it is really not a problem for someone who is not an OCD collector.

Where is this gun at now - maybe I will go buy it from him

The feed ramp is original and untouched, the only thing that was done was widening of the barrel throat.

[sailor74]

Tell him to pound sand. What an idiot this guy is.

IIRC it is not the depth of the lug groove that matters, it is the amount of engagement with the barrel lugs. And that is usually around .04 - .05 so I don't know how you would achieve that with a .03 slide lug depth

Maybe he is saying the lug depth is .03 but should be .06?

I think the mid-spec slide lug depth for a GI 1911 is ~.059

I looked at that ad many times - it was always very tempting to me. The only thing that kept me from buying was the frame ramp mod, but at that price it is really not a problem for someone who is not an OCD collector.

Where is this gun at now - maybe I will go buy it from him

This guy is definitely an OCD type

The gun shoots and functions as should, that's what I know.

[sailor74]

Tell him to pound sand. What an idiot this guy is.

IIRC it is not the depth of the lug groove that matters, it is the amount of engagement with the barrel lugs. And that is usually around .04 - .05 so I don't know how you would achieve that with a .03 slide lug depth

Maybe he is saying the lug depth is .03 but should be .06?

I think the mid-spec slide lug depth for a GI 1911 is ~.059

I looked at that ad many times - it was always very tempting to me. The only thing that kept me from buying was the frame ramp mod, but at that price it is really not a problem for someone who is not an OCD collector.

Where is this gun at now - maybe I will go buy it from him

It's in San Diego

[Dirk Tungsten]

Who bought it? Would suck for another member here to ship him something and have him pull the same crap.

I'm not normally in favor of outing people, but the buyer's story sounds sketchy. The tolerances are off so it needs a whole new slide/top end? Sounds like he's trying to have his cake (gun) and eat it too (I assume he want's a partial refund to cover the cost of the slide). If there was an inspection period, he should have sent it back if it wasn't up to snuff, period. Totally shady. Hopefully this guy doesn't try this with anyone else.