Sorry this post got so long, but I would really think twice before modding your 45.īack again. In my opinion (which ain't worth much) a lot of the mods to the 1911 are not really worth doing, you could re-shape the ejection port, and polish the feed ramp but the Corbon ammo is cheaper

You may have trouble getting your gun to feed hollowpoints, but Corbon makes an expanding round with a FMJ type profile that should be reliable in any. Sights are pretty small on it, but I had a Springfield 1911A1 repro and the sights didn't bother me that much. Modifying the 1911 can run into big money without a lot of real gain in my opinion. I would recommend replacing the firing pin spring and recoil spring and picking up some new magazines, but leaving the gun stock after having it checked by a competent gunsmith. Your Fathers should be much better, not all mixed, worn out parts. They were still serviceable, so they went back into the inventory until the Beretta replaced the 1911, so were pretty well worn. After WWII a lot of these guns were Arsenal rebuilt, parts all mixed up, etc.

It is your choiceof course, but I would be a little cautious of modifying an original. Any suggestions for custom gunsmiths in the San Francisco/Northern California area (I live in Napa Valley)? Anything that comes to mind that I should consider in this regard?ģ. My goal is to retain it's heritage, but make it more mine, and more usable as a modern gun as well. After it is back in firing condition, I want to get to know it as it is, and then do some customizing on it. Is there anything in particular I should be aware of or ask for/about?Ģ. It has not been fired for probably 30 years, and obviously before I do anything else, I'm going to take it to a gunsmith for a thorough going over. Most of my experience has been with revolvers and 9mm and I have a few questions about this 1911.ġ. He says it was made by Remington-Rand, and knowing that they did make some of the 1911's during the war, I'm assuming he's reading that off the pistol and is correct about it. I am about to inherit my father's WWII 1911 which he got when he was active in the Navy, issued about 1942 or '43.

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