My Loaded Turned TRP

[Tom in Ohio]

Hi, I would like to share my 1911 Loaded turned quasi-TRP project. My pistol started as a parkerized Loaded with Novak night sights. I did the following work myself and I am not a gunsmith:

- Trigger job with Cylinder and Slide 3.5# sear spring
- Cylinder and Slide extractor
- EGW square firing pin stop - slightly radiused
- Wolff firing pin spring
- Ed Brown firing pin
- Wolff 14# recoil spring
- Polished throat, ramp, breech face
- Wolff 23# mainspring
- Smith and Alexander mainspring / mag well combo
- Ed Brown hammer strut
- Alumagrips slim-line grips
- Original style recoil guide rod and plug (Wilson)
- Hand checkered front strap (did it myself! with Marvel fixture)
- Brownell's Gun-Kote on frame
- Tripp CobraMags

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/tkoglman/DSCN0410.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/tkoglman/DSCN0405.jpg

It has been 100% reliable and exceptionally accurate. I don't know (or want to know) how much it all cost me, but because I did it all myself I think I came in under what an actual TRP would have cost and I prefer some of the better parts I put in. I probably would have switched those parts anyways (ILS mainspring housing, guide rod, extractor, f/p, f/p stop) so I know I saved some money.

I hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for looking.

[Sandman1967]

looks really sweet!
Nice job!

[Shipwreck]

Damn, I am impressed - especially the checkering.

[Panzer-1]

Hi, for my first post here I'm very curious to know how you did the front strap checkering yourself. And what is a Marvel fixture? I'm not familier with that. I have a SA loaded parkerized also on order. BTW I almost forgot to say it looks awesome.

[Lima1]

Great looking gun. I like the fact that it has a simple look, but internally waiting to exert some total punishment on some unsuspecting target.

Out,

Lima 1

[LordVader74]

You did an outstanding job with that pistol. I had a parkerized loaded that I considered doing the same thing to but I ended up taking the easy way out and just selling it and buying a brand new TRP. Good job. I really like the way it turned out for you! :)

[Jeffrey]

And your not a gunsmith? Outstanding job and a beautiful Springer.

[chul_soo]

do u have a "before picture"?

[Shipwreck]

The checkering - I saw some pics of someone using a "jig" (not really sure what that is) to make their own checkering. But, I am still not sure how it works. Is it basically a file? And you follow a pattern? How long does it take usually. Except for the starting and ending parts, how hard is it to not screw it up? If I got another 1911 and wanted to do it at some point in time, is it just labor intensive, or does it really take someone who knows what they are doing?

[DanR]

Good looking job. I know you will enjoy the "fruits of your labors". Keep us enformed on how the Gun-Kote holds up. I may do the same to one of mine.

[Turrican]

;) When are you available to do mine?