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Old March 30, 2014, 10:28 AM   #6
thedudeabides
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A 1911 isn't like an AR. If you buy the pieces of an AR and put them together, you get a working AR.

If you buy the pieces of a 1911 and put them together, you have a bunch of pieces assembled to resemble a 1911.

You'll run into problems
-barrel locking lugs and slide fit
-bushing and barrel, bushing and slide
-hammer
-trigger
-slide to frame
-thumb safety
-slide release and frame
-slide release and barrel link
-barrel link and barrel via pin
-sights and slide
-feed ramp

Most parts are made oversized and need to be polished, lathed, sanded down, "drop in" parts aren't.

A 1911 is a project that needs the supervision of an expert gunsmith the first time around, then if you don't plan on building a bunch of them there's no need to buy the expensive and dedicated tools to make one. You can do it with a basic toolkit, but then it's harder going and the results tend to look halfassed (and why you don't let any idiot "gunsmith" with a dremmel tool work on your 1911).
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