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For years I've wanted a monolithic 1911 with the full dust cover I had a decent year financially and decided I needed a winter stay busy project. My goal is a CA compliant 2011 double stack in .40 S&W I chose this caliber because most of my autoloading pistols are .40 and I like the idea of fitting a .40 and a 10mm barrel and swapping barrels and springs to have both calibers. The compatibility between 10mm and .40 would make this extremely easy (at least in theory)
The goal is to get as close to this as possible, inspired by the pistol Vincent Volaju carries in the "cowboy bebop" film.
The grip/trigger/mag release were a great deal thanks to a a calgunner getting rid of a NIB set for a great price, the frame was a limited 10 Heavyweight 1911 80% - Carbon Steel, Eric was was nice enough to hook me up with a 1" dust cover piece I planned to weld onto the frame.
The 10mm barrel and slide were a budget priced matched set which required some fitting of the hood, as of right now the lockup is ridiculously tight, might require even more filing of the hood but, I feel its better to be safe and leave extra materials. The .40 barrel I have not attempted to fit yet, as I'm saving that as towards the end for highest accuracy and tightest fit the 10mm I see as more important to be reliable and if that means loosening some tolerances at the cost of accuracy so be it.
mock up of extended slide piece/frame grip slide and barrel obviously uncut rails and needs bead blasting and a cerekote to match.
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The frame rails were cut using matrix jig, and the slide was driven over the rails back and forth with a soft blow rubber mallet and a steel sledge and a block of wood 400 grit was used for final lapping, there is a light play I am not happy with but I am not concerned it will affect accuracy or fit.
a makeshift jig was made from a flat piece of bar stock I had and the frame and dust cover were beveledat the meeting point and slowly fill-welded and then ground flush with a dremel and sanding drum.
AL foil protects from welding spatter
starting to look like a real 1911
I realize I am probably going to have to cut approximately 1/8" off the dust cover where the slide stop naturally stops this is going to be probably the last thing I do before bead blast/cerekote
like an idiot I ordered a BUSHING style spring cap when I should have ordered a REVERSE cap. considering how long I waited for the parts I decided to make one on my lathe at least till a factory made stainless/heat treated quality part arrives and hold off on ordering anything till I realize 100% what I need. (reverse cap, barrel link kit guide rod buffers etc etc) I will update the project as I go along.
The goal is to get as close to this as possible, inspired by the pistol Vincent Volaju carries in the "cowboy bebop" film.
The grip/trigger/mag release were a great deal thanks to a a calgunner getting rid of a NIB set for a great price, the frame was a limited 10 Heavyweight 1911 80% - Carbon Steel, Eric was was nice enough to hook me up with a 1" dust cover piece I planned to weld onto the frame.
The 10mm barrel and slide were a budget priced matched set which required some fitting of the hood, as of right now the lockup is ridiculously tight, might require even more filing of the hood but, I feel its better to be safe and leave extra materials. The .40 barrel I have not attempted to fit yet, as I'm saving that as towards the end for highest accuracy and tightest fit the 10mm I see as more important to be reliable and if that means loosening some tolerances at the cost of accuracy so be it.
mock up of extended slide piece/frame grip slide and barrel obviously uncut rails and needs bead blasting and a cerekote to match.
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[/IMG]The frame rails were cut using matrix jig, and the slide was driven over the rails back and forth with a soft blow rubber mallet and a steel sledge and a block of wood 400 grit was used for final lapping, there is a light play I am not happy with but I am not concerned it will affect accuracy or fit.
a makeshift jig was made from a flat piece of bar stock I had and the frame and dust cover were beveledat the meeting point and slowly fill-welded and then ground flush with a dremel and sanding drum.
AL foil protects from welding spatter
starting to look like a real 1911
I realize I am probably going to have to cut approximately 1/8" off the dust cover where the slide stop naturally stops this is going to be probably the last thing I do before bead blast/cerekote
like an idiot I ordered a BUSHING style spring cap when I should have ordered a REVERSE cap. considering how long I waited for the parts I decided to make one on my lathe at least till a factory made stainless/heat treated quality part arrives and hold off on ordering anything till I realize 100% what I need. (reverse cap, barrel link kit guide rod buffers etc etc) I will update the project as I go along.
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