Ken Grant
14th September 2006, 22:22
Paid another visit to our friend 1911 Tuner and brought two of my problem children, a like new full sized Norinco and a Series 80 Combat Commander.
The Norinco had been shot very little but was beginning to beat up the barrel lugs. The slide was a little loose but not bad .
He checked headspace and found it to be excessive and needed another barrel. He had a used Colt barrel that would fix it with a little fitting. So this is what he did.
1--- fitted the barrel
2--- swaged the frame rails
3--- lowered the slide and lapped to the frame
4--- installed o/s FP
5--- reworked trigger
6--- reworked G.S. tang so it didn't hurt the web of your hand.
Now to the Colt
It had not been fired a great deal(less than 2000 rds) and one of the first things he pointed out to me was a crack in the frame. Also the frame was battered very bad by the rear of the recoil spring guide.
Using his files he corrected the frame battering and said shoot it and watch out for more of this. Now for what else he did.
1--- fitted a new recoil spring
2---O/S FPS
3---Kart barrel bushing
4---tweaked several of the magazines for FTF and early slide lock
Both pistols work great now and the failures I had have gone away.
Before the visit, I asked him about bringing a friend along with me and he said O.K.
Tuner impressed him a great deal with his skill and knowledge about 1911s.
He showed him how to detail strip an older 1911 with parts of the pistol and show him how various things can stop the pistol and what caused them.
Then in comes Matt with 2 git-tars and wanted Tuner to pick with him.
Both my friend and I really enjoyed the picking and singing.
Then in comes Kelie and Connie and sat with us and carried on conversation with us. Matt picked music he made up and Kelie sang the words that she made up to go along with Matt's tune.
My friend Mike was very impressed by the whole family and talked about them most of the way home to Georgia.
The Norinco had been shot very little but was beginning to beat up the barrel lugs. The slide was a little loose but not bad .
He checked headspace and found it to be excessive and needed another barrel. He had a used Colt barrel that would fix it with a little fitting. So this is what he did.
1--- fitted the barrel
2--- swaged the frame rails
3--- lowered the slide and lapped to the frame
4--- installed o/s FP
5--- reworked trigger
6--- reworked G.S. tang so it didn't hurt the web of your hand.
Now to the Colt
It had not been fired a great deal(less than 2000 rds) and one of the first things he pointed out to me was a crack in the frame. Also the frame was battered very bad by the rear of the recoil spring guide.
Using his files he corrected the frame battering and said shoot it and watch out for more of this. Now for what else he did.
1--- fitted a new recoil spring
2---O/S FPS
3---Kart barrel bushing
4---tweaked several of the magazines for FTF and early slide lock
Both pistols work great now and the failures I had have gone away.
Before the visit, I asked him about bringing a friend along with me and he said O.K.
Tuner impressed him a great deal with his skill and knowledge about 1911s.
He showed him how to detail strip an older 1911 with parts of the pistol and show him how various things can stop the pistol and what caused them.
Then in comes Matt with 2 git-tars and wanted Tuner to pick with him.
Both my friend and I really enjoyed the picking and singing.
Then in comes Kelie and Connie and sat with us and carried on conversation with us. Matt picked music he made up and Kelie sang the words that she made up to go along with Matt's tune.
My friend Mike was very impressed by the whole family and talked about them most of the way home to Georgia.