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No problemo! Just fire up ye olde dremel!

Another Gunbroker train wreck.

Some people shouldn't have guns and tools

Case support is overrated

And over blown!

Just get one of those Lee push through bulge buster dies. 😳

Wow. Must have also owned an early Glock. The funniest part is this person actually thought (as he hit the switch on the dremel tool),
“I know exactly how to make John Browning’s design better”.

Full custom

Looks like a Tisa.

Ugly, & it's not just skin deep.............goes straight to the bone.

MM

One of those Springfield/Lew Horton Night 45 Compacts. Alloy frame. Unfortunately that great deal on Gunbroker turned into a major frame repair and rebarrel.

What holds that slug into the frame/pocket you milled?

Devcon 10-110 and a blind pin.

I hadn't expected this.

I had a coworker many years ago that had a 1911 that was not feeding right. His gun smith looked at it and removed a small bur from inside the magazine, and another small bur from the feed ramp on the barrel. Ran smooth as heck after that. I dont remember the brand of 1911 he had though.

Cool - wasn't picking, was neat to see. I had assumed (before you showed this) you'd weld it up and re-machine.

Normally you can just silver solder and call it good but the alloy frames are a little more difficult.

I love seeing this kind of thing getting done. I know I’d never be capable to do it so I get thrills seeing others do it. Worst part is replacing the barrel or welding up the place cut away then reforming what should be there.

Good save, rlott!

And this is why I don't buy used 1911's without a detailed inspection. I are not a machinist.

And a return inspection period when buying used online.

Lots of shysters selling junk; hard to believe the seller of that pistol wasn't aware of the condition.

MM

Speaking of Tisa, if anyone is thinking about getting one look it over closely. One of the local big boxes got several in that had safeties with incorrect geometry allowing the sear pin to back partially out creating a panic scenario when a customer that didn't know how a 1911 works brought the gun back to the store with employees who didn't know how a 1911 works with the sear pin partially backed out, live round chambered, safety stuck on safe, hammer cocked, slide locked. Luckily another customer who knew what was up intervened and cleared it.