Yup, AllenM is top notch too. He does excellent refinishing work too. I had the 10mm with me yesterday but didn't run into you at the show. We can do it after the holidays sometime. Maybe meet again at Highsmiths and shoot it.
He's going to get my series 70 here shortly for refinishing. We can look at the 10mm here, no law that says I can't help you work on it while you're here. It's been a long time since I shot a 10mm though.
Looks good. Try putting tissue paper over your flash,helps prevent washout.
Awesome job! I have enjoyed following along. what do you end up with money wise in to a project like that? Your Skills are amazing! I would proudly own one of your creations.
There's a lot of variables in the final cost but in the pistol shown, including refinish, I had around 1100.00 in it. The frame/slide was a Remsport and its hit and miss because they supply frames/slides to a lot of your custom shops and they sell overruns when they do a batch for those companies. For this one it looks to be an overrun from Nighthawk, it has the slide serrations, sight cuts, frame checkering and other machining pre-done and I got it all shipped for less than 400.00. After that I used all high quality components and essentially ended up with a NH Talon for well under half price. That will give you an idea of how much overhead and labor that you are investing in a custom above and beyond the cost of the parts themselves. I also have all the tooling one would ever need for each specific job. If you planned it right though and had a lot of the work predone before shipping, and got lucky with things like "drop in" ignition sets etc you could get by with just an assortment of files.
If you feel like building another 1911 project I would love to work with you on one. I have a lot of machanical skills and some machining but nothing great enough that I would try it without a lot of help. I am not looking for free work either. Let me know. I am a true 1911 lover. I will carry one till the day i die!
Thanks for sharing your awesome project.
I am looking for a frame and slide for an old 1911 I have for a rebuild. Do you have any good information on where and what I should look into purchasing. Websites, used parts, etc?
There are a lot of resources out there like Brownells, Caspians website, Fusion, and Remsport has a facebook page but no website just have to call and see what he has at the time. There are a lot of 1911 specific websites also that are great.
Thanks for the information and I am looking forward to getting started