Remington 1911 R1 .45 Government

[DurningDefenseCustoms]

spergetastic? I was going to make a smartass remark to this but I cant find the meaning of the word. LOL

what is spergetastic? :sclerosis:

 

[poopgiggle]

Whoops, forgot this wasn't SomethingAwful.

asperger's->sperge->spergetastic

Basically I was joking that your 1911 posts go into the kind of detail that Rainman would if he were into 1911s instead of counting cards.

 

[DurningDefenseCustoms]

Nice,

 

[brandt9913]

On the surface, most handguns, especially 1911's, appear similar. It is nice to hear the small differences that will make one shoot more accurately and last much longer than others. I know there is a lot of work that goes into a custom 1911/2011 pistol versus a factory gun. Pointing out some of these differences makes it easier to comprehend.

 

[Jefpainthorse]

On the surface, most handguns, especially 1911's, appear similar. It is nice to hear the small differences that will make one shoot more accurately and last much longer than others. I know there is a lot of work that goes into a custom 1911/2011 pistol versus a factory gun. Pointing out some of these differences makes it easier to comprehend.

yes they are... and that is what makes a couple of degrees of angle on a part cause a fail or suceed in the 1911. Generally speaking...if the feed ramp is angled to spec and the 3 pin holes are located properly in the frame... the gun should "work".... every other thing done is gravy to improve reliabilty or get a NON FMJ bullet to work through the guts of the pistol

 

[DurningDefenseCustoms]

Every gun has it's issues from Colt to RIA, the issue is when the tool is used for something more than plinking paps blue ribbon cans. Competition guns are high round count, but normally light loads, combat and defense weapons are lower round count but higher CUP ammo. So the need for all these little tricks and treats are based upon the level at which you need the tool to perform. Shooting beer cans is fairly low risk, like fighting a guy with no arms, but if your going in the ring with Mike Tyson, you might want to have every advantage you can get, ya dig. :newrussian:

 

[drmitchgibson]

Thanks everyone. I didn't know there was a special acronym for that surface. elephant dung's getting fancy.

GT, thanks for the bow tie tip, too. It hasn't come up in any of my reading or videos yet.

 

[DurningDefenseCustoms]

If you have the wilson dvd's Ron Phillips talks about it after the barrel fit in the commander. Jerry's book's dont reference it directly but in the print its clear as day.

 

[nikatkimber]

Thanks for the info Anthony!

But I'm curious now.

I found a picture, but to make sure I understand right...

In this picture, if I'm getting what you said right, then the green surface (a radiused surface, not flat) is the horizontal barrel support surface (barrel bed), the red area is the VIS, and the blue area is what's relieved to make the VIS; other wise the "bow tie cut"? Did I get that all right?

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[DurningDefenseCustoms]

Perfect, thanks for the picture, could of swore I had one somewhere.

 

[nikatkimber]

Thanks! Now I'm going to have to check my 1911 when I get home!

 

[DurningDefenseCustoms]

If its the caspian your speaking of it should have the cut made, they are very good about that.

 

[nikatkimber]

Forgot to check last night. Yes, it's a Caspian (Foster) frame.