To bad you folks south of the 49th can't get the new Norincos. Aside from poor sights and triggers the guns we get now function flawlessly, or at least the ones I have, are and do.
If you get a used Nork in the States do as Tuner suggested and have the barrel linkage checked along with the slide barrel lock-up. If you go for a custom job then you have a great platform to start with. New Sights, trigger group, tighter bushing and beavertail would be on my first list then go to dehorning, re-bluing and a little checkering here and there and you will have a gun that shoots with the best of them. I had my ful custom Nork out today and shot a 4" group two handed at 25 yards with a body and a set of eyes that have seen better days. In the hands of a couple of the ERT members of the RCMP the gun shoots 1 1/2" groups off hand with ease.
OR you can leave as is and have a great shooter in a mil-spec iteration that likely will function reliably with any kind of ammo you throw into her.
If I were you and was going to spend the money to customize a basic gun I would look at a Para SSP or a Springfield loaded. I suspect by the time you are done playing with a basic gun you will be over the price of one of the Production guns that may be more valuable to you but, like a hot rod, not near as much to anyone else. Today some of the production guns come well equiped and for less money than what it takes to customize a basic 1911.
Take Care Eh
Bob
" Back when we audited the FBI academy in 1947, I was told that I ought not to use my pistol in their training program because it was not fair. Maybe the first thing one should demand of his sidearm is that it be unfair."
- LtCol. Jeff Cooper as quoted in Guns & Ammo magazine, January 2002
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