Finally taking the leap and doing it myself

[Moose63845]

Ok so I finally decided that I'm going to start working on my 1911's myself and make one of them mine. But I have no idea if I'm taking on more than I can chew for my first project. Here is my plan for my series 80 gov model:
*Tritium sights green front, yellow rear probably from miprolight
*checkered and arched mainspring with a lanyard built in
*the extended commander style ejector
*checker the front strap
*either a slightly extended mag release or a lighter mag release spring
*slightly extended ambi safety
*combat hammer and grip safety (not the bevertail, but like the style on a Delta Elite)
*long trigger
*and possibly a trigger job to make it nice and smooth with no overtravel

So is this something that I can do fairly easily on my own with some help from you guys and some books, or should I skip the parts that need to be fitted and adjusted like the checkering and ejector until I have someone to show me? The only gun I've ever worked on is a Glock (don't hate me) which was all simple drop in, no metal working or anything required parts.

[berkbw]

1st of - get a slide that is machined for the bevels of the sights which you desire. BIG thing ($$).

If you have a 1911, then you know some of what you like/dislike. If you don't, buy a new CD or RIA and learn about it. Really, what you LIKE and, of course want, is specific to YOU.

You can always spend some range time with rentals, but unlikely that you will be able to find top-tier ($$) guns.

Don't rely on what others say is best for you. Yeah, read the forums, but rely on what YOU need. I am 65, and have been do'in 1911s for almost 40 yr. My body is not your body, and my likes probably come from a different background.

If there were a "perfect" 1911, there probably wouldn't be so many hawkers of them, eh? Or you could take about $12K and buy 3 and compare. Or just buy a Sarco kit and upgrade what you don't like.

Yes, you CAN do this yourself, ALL of the info is available on this board.

BTW, you never told us what frame/slide you were going to use, and the purpose of use.

Sorry to ramble on so long.

b-

[Moose63845]

Sorry thought I had, it's a series 80 Colt Government model. I know exactly what I like, I just didn't know how hard it would be to do that stuff. I really don't want to screw up one of my guns, and pay more to get it done right then I did to break it.