How I spent Wednesday night (AO 1911A1 adventures)

[AeroDillo]

There is that.

It's a concern for refinishing too, though not quite as much. Usually the process of heating the steel gets rid of any moisture.

[Super Ordinary Guy]

Have you ever thought of browning a 45 ???

I don't know if they ever do that... I know a lot of original black powder rifles were browned and I was tempted to do that on one of mine that I built, but never did...

This thread has me wondering about browning a 45 since you will be starting from the frame up......Just curious about if you have ever seen one, might be different for me to have if I was still in the business.

[AeroDillo]

Can't say as I have. I've seen a couple that have been brown, but usually half an hour or so with some fine-grain steel wool and oil fixes that.

[Super Ordinary Guy]

Can't say as I have. I've seen a couple that have been brown, but usually half an hour or so with some fine-grain steel wool and oil fixes that.

[AeroDillo]

The shakedown continues. I went to the range with a buddy today who was working on a review of a new top-secret goodie for his website. I took the project gun out and ran seven more magazines (I've got a whole stockpile of cheap .45ACP that I wouldn't trust for carry, but which is fine for shooting under controlled nobody-trying-to-kill-me conditions). Counting aside one known problem magazine that gave me two misfeeds, I ran the bunch with one stovepipe and one failure to chamber.

So it's not the point of being super-dependable. But at the risk of getting a corner clipped on my retro shootist card, that's why I have a Glock.

But we're getting there.

[n11pilot]

The shakedown continues. I went to the range with a buddy today who was working on a review of a new top-secret goodie for his website. I took the project gun out and ran seven more magazines (I've got a whole stockpile of cheap .45ACP that I wouldn't trust for carry, but which is fine for shooting under controlled nobody-trying-to-kill-me conditions). Counting aside one known problem magazine that gave me two misfeeds, I ran the bunch with one stovepipe and one failure to chamber.

So it's not the point of being super-dependable. But at the risk of getting a corner clipped on my retro shootist card, that's why I have a Glock.

But we're getting there.

It sounds like your project is coming along. Any ideas on why you had the two problems? Most of the time when I get an FTF it is either the magazine lips or the ramp, but I can't even guess at what would cause one stovepipe out of 49(?) rounds.

Don't worry about your retro shootist card. They gave me a waiver on my Kimber 1911 so I think they're getting pretty open minded lately. Just to be on the safe side if you are called before the Retro Review Board make sure you have extra DVD copies of Last Man Standing, and Miller's Crossing to hand out. They are strict, but they can be bribed.

[AeroDillo]

At this point (discounting the known issues with that one magazine) I'm going to venture a guess that it's an ammo issue. The stuff I'm using is independence - the crap of the crap - which I purchased in copious amounts while working at the gun/pawn place. This is also the brand which had case/bullet separation issues in the 1917 as referenced a few threads back. Mostly I'm just using it for the break-in.

One day I need to take a box of Winchester White Box out and see if the problem persists.

[AeroDillo]

Hmm.

We seem to have resolved the issue with the slide not locking open on an empty magazine. And gotten rid of that hitch when drawing back on the slide. Ejection seems to be going pretty well with snap-caps.

This calls for more range time.

[n11pilot]

Hmm.

We seem to have resolved the issue with the slide not locking open on an empty magazine. And gotten rid of that hitch when drawing back on the slide. Ejection seems to be going pretty well with snap-caps.

This calls for more range time.

Good work, Dillo. I hope the ejection problem stays fixed. I've noticed in one or two of my own problem children that they will eject fine with snap-caps at home and still stovepipe at the range. I think it may have something to do with the speed and force of actual firing v/s racking the slide by hand.

[AeroDillo]

Could be. I'm half-wondering if I don't need to swap out extractors on mine, but a few magazines at the range will tell.

In other news, I'm leaning back towards getting this one parked. I switched grips again, back to issue checkered plastic, and it's sort of grown on me. Nothing looks quite as businesslike as a plain GI model.

Which of course means I'll need to buy another one to get blued.

[n11pilot]

Could be. I'm half-wondering if I don't need to swap out extractors on mine, but a few magazines at the range will tell.

In other news, I'm leaning back towards getting this one parked. I switched grips again, back to issue checkered plastic, and it's sort of grown on me. Nothing looks quite as businesslike as a plain GI model.

Which of course means I'll need to buy another one to get blued.

Any excuse to visit the gun shop is a good one.

[AeroDillo]

Any excuse to visit the gun shop is a good one.

Funny story - I'm broke again. Anybody want to venture a guess as to how this happened?

[n11pilot]

Any excuse to visit the gun shop is a good one.

Funny story - I'm broke again. Anybody want to venture a guess as to how this happened?

I think my 4TH EX put it best when she said,"Why would I expect anyone whose freakin' hobbies are freakin' flying and freakin' guns to have any freakin' money?!?"

Of course it lacks a little something when not accompanied by thrown dishes and a ceremonial stomping of my flight bag.

In your case at this moment in time I suspect its a new freakin' gun.

[AeroDillo]

Actually, it's two new freakin' guns.

There's some days that being single is awesome beyond words.

[n11pilot]

Actually, it's two new freakin' guns.

There's some days that being single is awesome beyond words.

Well don't keep us in suspense, what two freakin' guns did you buy?



Yes, single can be very good. However as Maria Christina Rosa was stomping my E6B into a mass of plastic and aluminum spaghetti I couldn't help myself from noticing that for a woman with an obvious personality disorder she had great legs.