DIY Gunsmithing

[Gunsmith/Administrator]

Originally Posted by Gunlovingvet

my lil Ruger MK II kicks my fanny on reassembly so I stay away from home Gunsmithing.. Top you wanna move to OR?

Nah, I lived on the west coast for the first couple hundred years of my life, I like it where I am now. Besides I have the all the tunnels to the bunkers and pill boxes reinforced now and would hate to have to start over again

[Gunlovingvet]

Originally Posted by Gunsmith/Administrator

Nah, I lived on the west coast for the first couple hundred years of my life, I like it where I am now. Besides I have the all the tunnels to the bunkers and pill boxes reinforced now and would hate to have to start over again

Grumble Darn Now I have to use the ret Jar head down the road.

[sundance54]

The book was from Wilson Combat and showed what they do to one of thier1911 and the tools they used.

[tightgroup]

I like to tinker with my guns and started building a 1911 this year.

Colt slide with a Fusion frame:








I still have not decided whether to have the frame electroless nickeled or Duracoated and it needs a set of sights.

Here is the parts list.

[XLR8R]

Originally Posted by tightgroup

I like to tinker with my guns and started building a 1911 this year.

Colt slide with a Fusion frame:








I still have not decided whether to have the frame electroless nickeled or Duracoated and it needs a set of sights.

Here is the parts list.

Nice!

Great break down on the parts list...

[soulezoo]

Depends on what it is or what I want from it. On my sig sauer p226... I never touched it... beautiful as is. On my Colt Delta Elite, just about everything done to it. The rest of the guns fall somewhere in between whether shortening the stock on my trap gun or stoning the trigger assemblies for smoothness.

Heavy duty stuff like barrels I leave to an expert.

[Boatnik]

I am a retired machinist of the old school. I can't even spell CNC let alone run one. I do most of my own gunsmithing unless the cost of the tooling is higher than the cost of a good gunsmith. I do my own scope mounting, trigger tuning, action smoothing and I even shortened a shotgun barrel to twenty inches and recrowned the barrels. I have built a couple blackpowder kits and hunt with them. I also have a Norinco 1911 that I keep as a work in progress. I have accessorised and modified it to be a dependable carry peice for the winter. There are no wall hangers in my arsenal. If I can't shoot them, I can't afford them.