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  1. I want to replace the ambi safety with a single side (left) safety
  2. Help with extractor.......
  3. Well, It's Done.
  4. Replacing RH thumb safety with LH?
  5. From 9 To 45
  6. Looking for reliable electroless nickel plating
  7. Springer GI FTFs - a possibility?
  8. front sight machining
  9. Nose dive onto frame ramp, subsequent refusal to chamber
  10. Dedicated Single Shot Receiver
  11. .357 Cqb?
  12. want to re-do the top of my defender slide.
  13. Slide advice
  14. i just got a ton of files, got a question.
  15. Looking for methods of measuring distance from Breech Face to Slide Lug
  16. Fitting Alumagrips
  17. fitted grip safetys, do you have to file the frame?
  18. Help with thumb safety
  19. Gun Kote and the kitchen oven
  20. sear and hammer
  21. Found footage on performing " The Click Test" for when fitting a safety
  22. 3 1/2" Build questions
  23. Refinish a Colt Blue ser80 suggestions?
  24. Hammer falls when slide closed
  25. Just put 1st 150 rounds thru my new SA Loaded
  26. PT1911 slide release
  27. Ejected case on the top of my head : (
  28. what tools needed.
  29. Installing new EGW FPS
  30. Sight install question...
  31. Pictures of my father fitting an EGW FPS to my Kimber. Did we do ok?
  32. Spray on finishes, whats the best?
  33. Colt SS advice needed on finish fix TIA
  34. What causes a double feed?
  35. Marked Brass
  36. Refinishing alloy frame?
  37. Trigger resets in dry-fire but not in live fire?
  38. EGW bolt on plunger tube ??
  39. frame to slide
  40. Selecting a GunSmith
  41. Lefty friendly 1911
  42. another BTS install adventure
  43. Loose Rear Site
  44. What file is needed for extractor tuning?
  45. bushing install: turning the OD
  46. Inaccurate Norinco.
  47. 6"KART easy fit barrel in a 5" slide?
  48. New SA Loaded shooting low
  49. Brownells Moly / Teflon
  50. Gun kote OD or dark earth
  51. beavertail grip safety
  52. Trigger Job?
  53. AMT Frame cutouts
  54. Parts in the Mail
  55. Satin nickel finish/sights 2 subjects
  56. Thumb safety issue
  57. Finally finished my rock
  58. Refinishing and Replacing Escort Sights
  59. What to use? Polishing..
  60. Repairs and upgrades, hardest to easiest?
  61. Lowering The Bridge By Hand?
  62. Houston gunsmiths that bobtail 1911s?
  63. Fit my first Grip Safety
  64. Kimber Custom II + Mech-Tech CCU?
  65. Mod to 1911 A1
  66. Need info on a new trigger I just installed
  67. How do you eliminate trigger pre travel?
  68. Wrong Firing Pin Block? (recoil reduction mod)
  69. polishing a barrell
  70. Barrel Link Pin ??
  71. plunger tube
  72. Does any 1 sell wide body frames
  73. Officer's ACP self destruct
  74. firing pin stop
  75. 1911 dissassembly tools
  76. Sarco Auto Builders kit.
  77. Melonite vs. Ionbond DLC
  78. Dings in spent casings
  79. 9mm Officer's barrel
  80. Bull barrel In Colt Officer's
  81. Thoughts on removing very tight barrel bushing...
  82. What Kind of Thumb Safety is This?
  83. Fixtures and Jigs
  84. Advice and Info needed GC Trophy
  85. Replacing mainspring.
  86. Want to add a rail to my TRP... Possible?
  87. Hammer and Sear? Wilson vs. Cylinder and Slide who makes the BEST?
  88. Using the slide release... some questions
  89. What is the benefit of a bobtail?
  90. This has been asked a million times...........
  91. Long or short trigger?
  92. Slide holding fixture
  93. Which parts to replace...
  94. I disassembled my 70 series Gold Cup and...Help!!
  95. Sear Spring Issue
  96. THUMB SAFETY moving up while hammer decocked
  97. Broken extractor
  98. Help trying to refinish hard chrome
  99. staking a plunger tube?
  100. I need a extractor
  101. RIA 45 Jamming
  102. Chainlink question
  103. Ed Brown Firing Pin
  104. Sight recomendations for the AO project
  105. Slide wear from hammer?
  106. maxi well Q
  107. Can slide ware cause ejection problem
  108. Last round jams, dents brass on top?
  109. Why does Hilton Yam reccomend this?
  110. How to open up a breech face?
  111. New to me, problem
  112. touching up a parkerized finished gun.
  113. Trigger reset
  114. Yes, its a Colt!
  115. problems with Ed Brown ambi safety?
  116. extractor fixed on 9mm
  117. Barrel Link ID Question
  118. What Kind of Thumb Safety is This? Part II
  119. Should I build on a AMT frame?
  120. Older Gun-Reliability of Cocked and Locked
  121. RIA extended BT safety?
  122. Failures to return to battery?
  123. Ambi safety
  124. School me on bobtails
  125. Hammer Movement
  126. Tool for cutting slot in mag release opening
  127. Thumb Safety / Hammer question
  128. Removing Cold Blue
  129. Think I Might Need A Slightly Longer Link?
  130. Grip safeties - Beavertail v. Standard, dehorning or new parts?
  131. Grip bushing and grip screw came out as one, need some advice
  132. new 1911 with lots of problems. need help
  133. Idiot scratches
  134. choosing a ramp cut
  135. Gold cup trigger
  136. Need GOOD gunsmith to fix this
  137. Full length recoil spring guides
  138. Failure to properly chamber
  139. slide stop travel around the lower lug
  140. Sights getting dull
  141. Explanation of Sear feature found in a Colt New Agent?
  142. hammer installation question
  143. sear spring tension
  144. New Warthog, couple of problems
  145. Finish for Colt Combat Commander?
  146. Caspian Gun-The Continuing Saga
  147. Plunger Tube Staking TOOL
  148. new RIA compact with one troubling issue...
  149. Kimber occassionally not locking back
  150. Guide rod scratches?
  151. where to refinish my RIA?
  152. plunger spring
  153. Filing a Wilson Beaver Tail Safety
  154. Arched Mainspring Housing for Officer size frame
  155. Help with a S.A beavertail
  156. kimber trigger install
  157. Accidental (Neglegent) Discharge
  158. 9mm build
  159. Caspian slides with 38s firing pins?
  160. To peen or not to peen?
  161. Slide stop problem
  162. Series 70 Gold Cup Spring
  163. How many different rear sight cuts?
  164. Wilson Comp on Commander slide
  165. Officer/Defender in 10mm?
  166. Trigger Fitment - why not to skip steps
  167. Are these breechface marks anything to be concerned about? (pics)
  168. Ejection Perfection Finally
  169. Caspian .45
  170. Such a thing as too much vertical lug engagement?
  171. Cracked Frame dust cover
  172. Spray-on finnishes, any smell when cooking?
  173. Ambi safety
  174. Black Magic?
  175. Problem ==> Solution
  176. good frame blue job
  177. Bain and Davis
  178. Feeding Test
  179. Is this O.K.?
  180. 1911 match grade barrel upgrade
  181. Barrel rear and feed ramp gap dimensions?
  182. New Barrel
  183. Best gunsmith
  184. officers conversion?
  185. .38 super to .45 acp
  186. Intermittent FTF
  187. Dangerous condition, maybe?
  188. Dimensional Help Needed
  189. duracoat questions
  190. problem with ao grip safety
  191. Scrap barrels, anyone?
  192. 1 piece guide rod
  193. Officers Trigger Pull
  194. Which Hammer & Sear ?
  195. Temporary finish? Black and "silver"
  196. Need advice on yet another "3 point jam" (with pics)
  197. off set primer strikes
  198. 1911 gun smithing book
  199. What makes for a short reset?
  200. 1911 accurisy
  201. sear rest/engagement test
  202. Buffing a stainless 1911?
  203. Customizing Existing Guns for Resale is Manufacturing
  204. Good General 1911 Smith in Louisiana?
  205. Second to last round fails to eject
  206. Ed Brown sear question
  207. difference in parts
  208. What sight do I have?
  209. Is this normal wear?
  210. Stone Set, FREE!!!!!
  211. What size?
  212. Frame is rubbing slide
  213. half-cock slips
  214. Why Worry About Trigger Weight?
  215. Nickle plating
  216. Help with new Colt Defender...
  217. Should I use Stainless Pins & other parts?
  218. Has anyone had a Caspian with a Intergral Plunger Tube
  219. Gold Cup Slide scratches
  220. Hallston Custom?
  221. Help Please
  222. Lightening Grip Safety Pressure
  223. Retro 1911
  224. While performing a function test....
  225. Chromed heirloom firearms
  226. Thumb Safety replacement
  227. Need help in putting back dovetail sights
  228. AO Series 80 slide
  229. Full size RIA GI .45 beaver tail question
  230. Repace Broken Hammer Strut
  231. to much rail, or to little hood : )
  232. removing old finish
  233. Hot blue- who would YOU send your 1911 to ?
  234. "Sand Cuts" and other related modifications
  235. Slide stupid question
  236. Resources for Customizing My Tac-S
  237. refinishing need someone good?
  238. which grip safety for a 1960s colt gold cup nm?
  239. Kart Easy-Fit barrel need finish reaming?
  240. Novak sight cuts: which dovetail cutter?
  241. Barrel Links
  242. sear and hammer jig
  243. Selecting a Novak Front Sight -how to?
  244. Rear of Slide Serrations?
  245. First post,First 1911
  246. duracoat
  247. Barrel Link Manufacturers
  248. Sistema metal strong enough?
  249. help w/ safety
  250. Hammer Falls to Half Cock...When Inserting a Full Mag