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My Garthwaite Para is hands down my favorite, there are so many things that are “just right” about this build, it’s like Jim built it to fit my hand ......Hard to explain but it just feels better than anything else I’ve owned. 14rd mags are much more fun at the range too.....

Everything is great, pistol shoots fantastic and feels much better

I'm not sure when Jim built this but I'm fairly certain it's been sitting in someone's safe for a long time, when I got it home I immediately field stripped it and there were signs of old dried up lube and the shock buff that was installed was brittle and hard as a rock, it also show hardly any...

I’ve been wanting to try a 1911 double stack or a 2011 for a while now and I really wanted to go with an all steel frame but for the most part the price/quality range was either low end or high end with not much in between, it seems there is a decent selection under $1,000 and a decent selection...

Just an update.......... I was able to get the slide to frame fit tightened up and now it's smooth as glass :) it also fixed the dust cover that was hitting the spring plug tunnel on the left side, basically the front right frame rail was bent/angled in .009, now everything is within .002-.003...

^^^^^^^^My thoughts exactly!!!!!! Here are the measurements Rear of slide .755 Front of slide .755 this was taken where the frame rails align with the slide while in battery. Rear frame .753 Front frame .743 In defense of both previous owners this pistol doesn't feel near as loose as it actual...

Here is the ad, the P.O. Bought it from TRRK trading https://www.1911addicts.com/threads/worked-over-springfield-1911-a1-45acp.80181/#post-128897 I had a chance Friday to swing by jplprecision and have John Larson take a look at it and besides the slop in the frame the rest of the pistol looked...

James @ jrj has been great, timely communication and can fit me in now but, I’m going to try John Larson @http://www.jplprecision.com/ John is local to me up here in the Seattle area and knows Tim Bacus from back in the 90’s when he lived here in Washington state....anyway John said he’d like to...

I sent James an email tonight, we’ll see if he’s available to do some work

Thanks, Great video and a little ironic that there is a shock buff on that 1911 ;)

Honest question as I’d really like to learn. Is there a certain clearance the flanged/head end of the guide rod should be away from the dust cover? I’ve read .007 is normal? I’m also trying to understand what’s going on right in that area when the slide is recoiling back, does the guide rod stay...

I agree that all smiths do not fit the slide/frame as tightly as others but on this particular pistol I would consider this amount of play excessive. I did ask the seller "how's the slide to frame fit".......His response "Slide to frame fit is exceptional, no play whatsoever. Locks up like a...

Definitely did not get a good deal, we’ll see if the previous owner steps up and does the right thing

That is a lot of play for a pistol described as extremely well fit slide to frame with no play whatsoever, and doesn’t match the build sheet stating (slide to frame was fitted)