Also, not sure how this came up to only $0.46
I already owned all the tools. I only needed to buy allen screws.
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Also, not sure how this came up to only $0.46
OK I've been patient....
WHY THE HECK DID YOU RUIN THAT FIREARM? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? JOHN BROWNING JUST TURNED OVER IN HIS GRAVE. IF THE NEXT ONE SHOOTS HIGH, JUST RAISE THE TARGET UP. DO YOUR FIREARM A FAVOR, BUY A BOOK ON IT BEFORE YOU START 'SMITHING. YOU COULD ALWAYS TRY CALLING RIA (775-537-1444) AND TELLING THEM WHAT YOU DID, THEY MAY LAUGH SO HARD THEY SEND YOU A FREE SLIDE.
If you have a reasonable explanation as to why you did this then I apologize and retract the above comments.
well,, not something I'd do but I do understand what he was trying to do.. match barrels have both the upper and lower locking lugs milled to be a bit larger than your std. drop in. this allows you to hand fit the barrel to the the slide and lower for a tight lockup.
many ways over the years to add material to the upper lugs on standard barrels.. seen a few match guns years ago that had brazing in the upper lugs to allow you to file them to fit.. even seen a Very Very good old bullseye smith simply put a thin shim in the upper lug and force it in place via the simple lockup of the action.. this actually worked and he said it never fell out..no where to go really. this was in the early days of 1911 accurizing..way before we had the match military barrels come along.. everyone simpy welded up the lower locking lugs on a gas welder then re-fit
when it comes to the best bang for you buck barrel fitting will do the most for a 1911's accuracy.
slide fitting amounts to about 5% of a 1911 total accuracy job..
As an old bullseye shooter who also did a lot of his own guns, I always tighten and lap the slide but it's just I can't stand the looseness of your typical 1911 after so many years of shooting tight guns.
If I met John Browning today, I'd probably ask him what he was thinking when he toleranced the 1911 so broadly. It's a great design, but the gun just doesn't perform nearly as well as it could if the parts fit together the way they were intended to. And their optimal function is absolutely tolerance critical.
If he saw the bumps on a Kart Easy fit match barrel, he'd probably add them to his print so that future guns could be more easily made that fit properly and shot accurately.
People would not be seeing Glock as an improvement were it not for the fact that the Glock system greatly simplifies fitting the parts tightly so the guns shoot well (square surfaces make so much sense where round lugs are a close tolerance manufacturing nightmare). The only thing wrong with the 1911 is that most guns the consumer can buy aren't snugly fit from the factory.
The Kart barrel kit is under 2 bills. Has the hood humps and an oversized bushing...................