Gunsmithing Which 1911 slide for rebuild?

[FatBoy]

I am having an old Essex framed 1911 rebuilt as a gift. The current slide is a GI Ithaca and I'd prefer to just start with a custom slide. I have been looking at fusion, and couple others but I am not finding the options I want in the order pages. Certainly there are Smith's here who also build pistols so here's my wish list:

Carbon steel 5" for dust cover
Can be flat side or ramped cut(might consider ball cut)
Novak rear dovetail
Stabdard front dovetail
Flared election port
Standard extractor
Thick cocking serrations rear, none front (open to fronts if need be)
Slide top can be round, flat or flat with Pattern, I don't care.

Seems pretty straight forward but either my Google-fu is weak or putting these options together is harder than expected. Fusion comes close, but they don't have a Novak option.

Any help is appreciated.

Chris

 

[sinister]

Chris, try Caspian -- they'll cut the slide to order for you. Select the slide you want and start with the "Build your slide" button.

 

[FatBoy]

Thanks, Dave.

 

[ken226]

Chris, try Caspian -- they'll cut the slide to order for you. Select the slide you want and start with the "Build your slide" button.

I've put together a couple dozen 2011 style open and limited class guns for USPSA using Caspian slides. The quality is very good.

 

[A&8's]

+1 on Caspian. I, personally, like their smooth sides.

 

[ken226]

Caspian makes a damn fine slide!



Gotta love a gun that holds 20rnds of ye ole .40 short n weak!

 

[FatBoy]

Just ordered a Caspian. Had to call them to get clarification on the firing pin but all else went smooth. I like the no logo option, checkered top, standard dust cover cut.

Now, I need to pick which Novak sites to use, order the barrel and bushing, new trigger and maybe go with G10 grips over the cocobola I have on now. Pistol will be fully parkerized so some lighter colored G10s would set it off.

Should be a simple combat pistol.

 

[A&8's]

order the barrel and bushing

You can't beat BarSto barrels, IMO.

 

[FatBoy]

My guy likes to use Kart. He's old timey SF and it's not worth listening to the bitching/ninja bullshit. I'll just go with what he likes to use

 

[Shankin]

Schuemann, Kart, and BarSto are all great barrels. You won’t go wrong with any of them.

Good choice going with the caspian slide btw.

 

[want2learn]

https://www.tr-enabling.com/category-s/1901.htm is also a good resource for slides

love kart and barsto barrels
the ez fit barrels from kart are particularly easy to fit and have proven awesome in my experience.

 

[FatBoy]

Any advice on a good trigger? Looking for non-adjustable match grade that's heavy enough for field work. Thinking 2.5~ish pounds, curved show as his hands are not huge.

 

[FisherT&C]

Any advice on a good trigger? Looking for non-adjustable match grade that's heavy enough for field work. Thinking 2.5~ish pounds, curved show as his hands are not huge.

Greider Precision is good bang for your buck, Harrison Design very svelte.

 

[Shankin]

Any advice on a good trigger? Looking for non-adjustable match grade that's heavy enough for field work. Thinking 2.5~ish pounds, curved show as his hands are not huge.

There are a couple of things going on here I think. For fire control parts (sear, hammer, springs) Nowlin makes very good kits. Pick your pull weight and order. I’m of the mind that on a duty/carry gun your pull weight shouldn’t be lighter than a 4-4.5lb pull, but that’s just me. A good trigger in a 1911 set to 4.5lbs tends to feel lighter than it is.

As for the trigger itself, I’m a huge fan of the STI triggers.

 

[j-huskey]

You can gift me your old worn out Ithaca military parts if u feel generous. Birthday in 7..... just sayin Old friend, pal, buddy,
Chris, Chris, Chris, ......

And in the echoing silence, "jw who?"
??

 

[FatBoy]

I havent decided what to do with the USGI slide yet but if I get rid of it you'll be first in line.

 

[j-huskey]

Thanks much, be safe.

 

[want2learn]

if you're working on the trigger/FCU i would strongly advocate getting all new parts...i'm particularly fond of the EGW parts...you can find them at EGW as well as Brownells.

EGW has a sale going on now: https://www.egwguns.com/?SID=lm08ta1b92i4b2vmacvbdnu5vp


Thunder Mountain Custom often has some good deals on their proprietary parts as well as Extreme Engineering parts which have also served me very nicely in several builds.

https://www.shop.1911parts.com/Extreme-Engineering_c84.htm

 

[sinister]

You can't go wrong with EGW, Harrison, Cylinder and Slide, or Extreme.