1911 Experts, I Need Your Opinions...

[Bawanna]

Bawanna,
Do you remember once calling me a murderer?
We're a cult!

I did but must remind you that you mentioned several others accusing you of defacing history first. I only said it as a joke following your earlier statements.

Do you remember telling me you didn't like me. I cried for 3 days.

Sometimes refinishing and improving is the right thing to do.

[Markis82]

Thank you all!! It is now a moot point. The seller was not willing to move from his $ figure. He can keep it and I'll keep looking. Thanks for suggestion about getting a new gun. However, I want one that has Remington Rand on it. I am not trying to create a gun that has resale value. I want to have a gun that is historically accurate to a WWII 1911 and not feel like I'm afraid of reducing value because I scratched it or anything. This will be an historically accurate shooter. It will be handled and used, a lot. I will keep looking and I will find the right gun.

[Bawanna]

That's the spirit Markis and now you got eyes all over the country helping you look for it.

It's out there, we just need to find it.

I fear though that what you seek will be perhaps far more than the asking price on this last one. BUT also worth it now and forever too if you find the right one.

[jg rider]

Thank you all!! It is now a moot point. The seller was not willing to move from his $ figure. He can keep it and I'll keep looking. Thanks for suggestion about getting a new gun. However, I want one that has Remington Rand on it. I am not trying to create a gun that has resale value. I want to have a gun that is historically accurate to a WWII 1911 and not feel like I'm afraid of reducing value because I scratched it or anything. This will be an historically accurate shooter. It will be handled and used, a lot. I will keep looking and I will find the right gun.

If I can offer a little input. The 40's era 1911s like Rem. Rand, Colt, Ithica, Singer, Union Signal & Switch were of a softer steel, frame and slide. The metallurgy wasn't there. I wouldn't think of putting +Ps or hot reloads through it very often. I saw 1 case where the frame cracked, and heard of others. Do you remember where the first 10mm Colt frames would cracked?

When my wife competed in IPSC, it required a power factor equal to military hard ball. I wasn't worried about the match grade Wilson barrel or the slide, I worried about the frame. I would install 2 shock buffs and an original designed military firing pin stop in her Rem. to reduce battering.
And no a stiffer recoil spring doesn't help. What doesn't get battered in one direction gets battered in the other, and effects sight realignment.

As a wise person once said, "I'm just saying"

[Markis82]

If I can offer a little input. The 40's era 1911s like Rem. Rand, Colt, Ithica, Singer, Union Signal & Switch were of a softer steel, frame and slide. The metallurgy wasn't there. I wouldn't think of putting +Ps or hot reloads through it very often. I saw 1 case where the frame cracked, and heard of others. Do you remember where the first 10mm Colt frames would cracked?

When my wife competed in IPSC, it required a power factor equal to military hard ball. I wasn't worried about the match grade Wilson barrel or the slide, I worried about the frame. I would install 2 shock buffs and an original designed military firing pin stop in her Rem. to reduce battering.
And no a stiffer recoil spring doesn't help. What doesn't get battered in one direction gets battered in the other, and effects sight realignment.

As a wise person once said, "I'm just saying"

Thank you! I will keep all that info in mind. The purpose of this project is one of learning and remembering. For the younger, I can show and explain this was what the one's who saved the world used etc... The younger can shoot it, get the feeling of how difficult the combat sights were to use, compair to today's modern version etc... The vets and hold, feel, and capture those memories often tucked far way. I plan to never use +P in the gun. For that matter, I'd never use +P in anything but a modern gun. I would also try to find someone who would hand load some slightly under powered rounds to use with this gun, just to make sure.