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Last edited by Marcus von W.; 07-12-2013, 3:09 AM. -
Sir, I am sincerely sorry for your dilemma and sadly I cannot offer any good advice...
However I must thank you for this...
I needed a good laugh.toothless inbred albino livestock molester -
Post pics...Then people can give input."But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little and who talk too much." -John DrydenComment
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It'll cost you some livestock which you wont be able to recover when you decide to sell.Don't take refuge in the false security of consensus.
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
Nothing worse than an overrated F*** and an underrated S***
iF it'S nOt an aCt of goD, iT's a ConSpirAcy. If it can be measured, it can be optimized.
"What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence." Chris HitchensComment
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sounds like history to me... treasure your unique 1911 from 1918Comment
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Find a good tig welder and have it welded up and reshaped. It can be fixed it will not be perfect but it will be much better then it is right now. And yes you will never get out of it what it will take to repair as it will kill some of the collector value more so due to refinishing.Comment
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I just saw an article on a Turnbull Restorations 1911.
They started with a 1911 that didn't really need restoration but the result looked factory fresh.
The price might be more than you can stand but it could probably be saved.Comment
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It won't be worth the money you put in it to refinish it; collectors have a saying "it's only original once" and refinished pistols aren't very collectible. It would be cheaper to find another vintage 1911 and sell your existing one to someone as a shooter I'm afraid."You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
"What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
"An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"
"While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"Comment
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Yours having already been Bubba'd is an exelint candidate to turn into the shooter of your dreams! Its much like this one. It's a 1919 Remington Rand that was cut up durring the Clinton years. I used two frames, and welded them together. when its all together Ill Dura Coat it and It will make a nice shooter for my youngest son.
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Yours having already been Bubba'd is an exelint candidate to turn into the shooter of your dreams! Its much like this one. It's a 1919 Remington Rand that was cut up durring the Clinton years. I used two frames, and welded them together. when its all together Ill Dura Coat it and It will make a nice shooter for my youngest son.
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The cuts on that frame are making me think it's Ithaca, but he may be confused with a Remington Arms UMC frame, which were made during 1919. The Rands didn't come into existence until 1942."If it wears out, replace it. If it breaks, upgrade." -Cranky Air Force Vet.
KevinComment
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I've seen mag spring housings with those marks before on original 1911s
It may be a period 'in theatre' modification
Trenches got muddy , mud is sliperyComment
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Yeah know maybe someone should have a good look at this pistol before anything is done to correct anything on it. Ajax might be correct. It may be bubba'd but if it was done in theater it adds to the interest.
If so correcting it would seriously kill the value.
Now there is no way to know for sure if it was done in battle but if the patina is the same as other areas of the pistol it very well might be original to the pistol as far as a first own modification.Comment
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I would have to agree with Ajax22 alot of pistols in that period got modified by the soldier it was issued to. If you look at alot of other pistols and rifles in that period as well you will see similar modification as it was issued to soldiers in the field.
Heck even to this day there is soldiers modifying their standard government issued M16/M4 in the field.
BUT pictures would be extremely helpful to better determine if you might have a unique pistol with history .... or a bubba blunder.
The other thing to keep in mind the steel used in that period was carbon steel and not like the alloys used in more modern 1911 pistols, so it is more brittle.Comment
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