ok so my first 1911 was an AMT Hardballer. i wanted to get a 1911 cheap but not trash and see if i even liked the way it felt, how the controls are and if i could operate them. i bought a kimber after that and now i have been buying stuff here and there. i bought the kuhnhausen? 1911 manual and while its very technical, i dont really get alot of it. im reading it over and over but with no one to ask certain things its still vague.
ive been buying parts here when i see them to replace the internals and upgrade it. i want to do it myself and thats why i bought the AMT as a learning tool. i had a slide lock with no detent and it kept creeping up while i shot it and locking the slide. dremel fixed that. new recoil spring. new mainspring. new spring for the firing pin. filed down the grip screws as they were protruding in the mag well and hanging up the mags. i need to open up the mag release as its still holding up mags. with each little tweak i get it smoothed out a little more.
i have these parts so far. a .250" radius jig and series 70 grip safety. nowlin trigger. 3 wolf hammer (main?) springs. Im ordering a wilson combat value line hammer and sear, ed brown disconnect and im thinking a new sear spring too. but is there anything im missing? anything else i should buy? pins?
im going to buy a bobtail jig too and do this pistol for practice. and i do have a question about the 1911 frame in general. are there different specs for the cut outs for the grip safeties? the indents or cut out dimensions on my kimber are different. maybe its series 70 v 80, im not an expert at all on the 1911. i see how the grip safety on my kimber is different than the AMT (left) but the frame cuts look different. i have read a few things and looked at a few vids and one thta brownells has mentions a different type or style or standard for the frame cuts. here is a picture of what i mean
any help on any of the parts choices or anything else would be appreciated.
ive been buying parts here when i see them to replace the internals and upgrade it. i want to do it myself and thats why i bought the AMT as a learning tool. i had a slide lock with no detent and it kept creeping up while i shot it and locking the slide. dremel fixed that. new recoil spring. new mainspring. new spring for the firing pin. filed down the grip screws as they were protruding in the mag well and hanging up the mags. i need to open up the mag release as its still holding up mags. with each little tweak i get it smoothed out a little more.
i have these parts so far. a .250" radius jig and series 70 grip safety. nowlin trigger. 3 wolf hammer (main?) springs. Im ordering a wilson combat value line hammer and sear, ed brown disconnect and im thinking a new sear spring too. but is there anything im missing? anything else i should buy? pins?
im going to buy a bobtail jig too and do this pistol for practice. and i do have a question about the 1911 frame in general. are there different specs for the cut outs for the grip safeties? the indents or cut out dimensions on my kimber are different. maybe its series 70 v 80, im not an expert at all on the 1911. i see how the grip safety on my kimber is different than the AMT (left) but the frame cuts look different. i have read a few things and looked at a few vids and one thta brownells has mentions a different type or style or standard for the frame cuts. here is a picture of what i mean
any help on any of the parts choices or anything else would be appreciated.
