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Old July 3, 2010, 06:51 AM   #4
dahermit
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...As explained/alludded-to, above, the reason there was no clear answer to the previous post is that it's a complicated job to understand and also to explain to someone who doesn't know about precision fitting...
I am a trained machinist who has considerable experience fitting parts into
assemblies within .0002 inch that are much more complicated (Ossur's Mauk prosthetic knee), than a 1911.
However, reviewing the information on the subject on-line, it seems that the reason that there is no clear answer, is that there are really too-few persons who understand how to do it, and much disagreement on that subject.
In my case, the only person who I knew that I would trust to do it (a young man who specialized in building custom 1911's), died from the effects of cancer. In my area, anyone can call themselves "gunsmiths", but most are hammer-mechanics who lack the skills.
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