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Thread: Sarco RIA Frame + RIA Tactical Kit from Adancedtactical.com Project gun.

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    If you ever get a chance to go to the Sarco store in Easton PA, do so. It is a large store with all kinds of gun related stuff. Racks of used rifles,military stuff,loading equipment,used pistols,etc. Also,parts bins full of 1911 parts. The employees were friendly and helpful too. Great place and good prices.

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    From what I saw on the website it looks like a place I'd like to visit. Sounds similar to Collector's Firearms in Houston, but with more surplus and maybe better prices.

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    http://how-i-did-it.org/1911-project...nslearned.html

    This is from several years ago, a guy built his 1911 from parts from various sources, and shows some of the pit falls.

    C-90

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    Quote Originally Posted by C-90 View Post
    http://how-i-did-it.org/1911-project...nslearned.html

    This is from several years ago, a guy built his 1911 from parts from various sources, and shows some of the pit falls.

    C-90
    The author of that article is an idiot.
    Hawkmoon
    On a good day, can hit the broad side of a barn ... from the inside

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    Possibly, but in his introduction, he stated he wasn't a DIY gun nut, and it was his first attempt at building from parts kits. And he knew to ask for help on forums.

    C-90

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    The pistol in my photo (above) was my first attempt at building a 1911 (or any kind of firearm), as well.

    For starters, the rear of the slide was cut with the wrong radius, so it sits forward of the end of the frame and there's nothing I can do to fix it.
    Mine sits a bit forward, too. That's not a problem with the slide, it's a matter of combined tolerances of parts from three different sources (slide, barrel, and receiver). There IS sime thing to be done about it -- what controls how far forward the slide sits in battery is the lower lugs (feet) on the barrel, so ... swap the barrel. It's an appearance issue -- mine shoots very well, so I don't worry about it.

    The parts kit barrel was pretty low quality, with casting seams on the lower lugs.
    Really? He thinks a barrel is a casting?

    The ignition system saw every part but the disconnecter replaced in pursuit of an acceptable trigger pull.
    His solution to getting an "acceptable" trigger pull was to just keep throwing new parts at it until he accidentally found a combination that worked. We have an article on our Home Page site entitled "Poor man's Trigger Job" that explains how anyone can achieve a decent trigger in virtually any 1911. The only time it hasn't worked for me was once, when I had a junk sear spring that had no temper and couldn't be adjusted.

    If the author of that article "knew" to seek help from forums, he didn't do a very good job of seeking. Either that, or he was incapable of following whatever advice he was given. The pistol in my photo was initially assembled and tested using all the "cheap" parts in the Sarco kit. It functioned perfectly and shot very well with those parts, but I decided that a 1911 with a rail and a modern-looking slide just looked silly with an old-fashioned, GI-style hammer, grip safety, and arched mainspring housing. So I replaced those parts, not because I had to but because I thought it looked better with the more "modern" style parts you see in the photo. There are a number of sources for receivers, any of which will result in a functional pistol. I don't know when that article was written, but Essex went out of business a number of years ago, so that might explain something.
    Hawkmoon
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    Spare Parts.jpg

    I ordered a frame from Sarco, not the RIA. It was a reject, S/N xxxx. No blue no nothing. I had an old Kimber .22 conversion slide, and went to work on it.
    Every day for two months I worked the slide on the frame to get it to run smoothly. Found out that valve lapping compound made it go faster.
    Without the slide spring, that slide will run on gravity when you tip the frame.
    Bought the other parts from various outlets. Turns out that the frame was for an officers 1911. I had to shorten the mags from the Kimber
    .22 conversion kit. (thank goodness they were plastic). Put it all together and it runs great. I named the gun "Spare Parts"!
    BTW, it will also take a .45ACP slide and barrel.
    Had so much fun, I bought two Sarco frames and built two more guns. A .45 and Super .38. I know, all the young pistoleros call it .38S, but
    I am old school, to me it is Super .38.
    Blackie
    Last edited by SUPER.38; 17th September 2017 at 07:49.


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