Magnumite
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That partnership dissolved several years ago. Nothing negative as far as I know. The Imbel guns were good.
Sudden 1911 Perplexing
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Have you pulled the barrel and given the chamber a GOOD look with lots of light?
Biggfoot44
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Just a normal look , no magnifing glass .
Biggfoot44
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I googled 1911 Precision LLC , and I'm seeing both Martinsberg WV and Nottingham Md , which is John C's current location ?
Biggfoot44
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My curiosity up , I looked into the sourcing of SA 1911's . ( I'm ok with the quality of their guns , and don't consider IMBEL to be a bad thing .)
As best I can determine , the actual hand built Custom Shop guns are totally USA sourced , but the production pistols are Imbel forgings . S.A. likes to advertise Made in USA , based upon the amount of machining , fitting , and finishing done in Illinois . Kind of dancing around the 49% vs 51% of " build" . Imbel is a legit ISO defense contractor, who formerly made licensed 1911's for Brazil millitary , nothing to be ashamed of .
As best I can determine , the actual hand built Custom Shop guns are totally USA sourced , but the production pistols are Imbel forgings . S.A. likes to advertise Made in USA , based upon the amount of machining , fitting , and finishing done in Illinois . Kind of dancing around the 49% vs 51% of " build" . Imbel is a legit ISO defense contractor, who formerly made licensed 1911's for Brazil millitary , nothing to be ashamed of .
TheOriginalMexicanBob
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Imbel makes...or at least made...high quality firearms or raw forgings for others to finish. I have a Springfield Armory SAR-48 I bought new back in the '80s. I've read opinions where the Imbel license built clone of the FN-FAL was better than the Belgian made versions.
Check his IP page here. It's showing Nottingham and a phone number there.
Biggfoot44
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Big Shoutout to John from Md !
John was nice enough to offer to take a look for me .
At first everything seemed to be in spec , albeit " mass production " fitting of barell hood , and short leade .
Primary issue #1 - While the extractor tension was 1.5lb , there was a rough edge . John give it a quick polish and radius .
Issue #2 - The Fiocchi 200gr jhp ( that I have a big stack of ) , the bullet ogive doesn't play well with my leade .
Issue #3 - While everything individually in spec , the tolerence stack will sometimes make it sensitive to the exact feed presentation from the magizine . The Good News is my recently arrived Checkmate Hybred mags are just right !
As soon as made home , tested both Underwood loads from Checkmate mags .
Mostly Good News - I am now good to go with 2 feed everything mags, plus a good hardball mag .
Disapointing - I now have a stack of defensive loads that have to be dedicated to P-90 , leaving in search of stackable defense loads suitable for both pistols .
Still left on medium priority - See if Tripp followers and springs can redeem the CMC and S&W mags .
Longer range - Eventually fit a new barell .
John was nice enough to offer to take a look for me .
At first everything seemed to be in spec , albeit " mass production " fitting of barell hood , and short leade .
Primary issue #1 - While the extractor tension was 1.5lb , there was a rough edge . John give it a quick polish and radius .
Issue #2 - The Fiocchi 200gr jhp ( that I have a big stack of ) , the bullet ogive doesn't play well with my leade .
Issue #3 - While everything individually in spec , the tolerence stack will sometimes make it sensitive to the exact feed presentation from the magizine . The Good News is my recently arrived Checkmate Hybred mags are just right !
As soon as made home , tested both Underwood loads from Checkmate mags .
Mostly Good News - I am now good to go with 2 feed everything mags, plus a good hardball mag .
Disapointing - I now have a stack of defensive loads that have to be dedicated to P-90 , leaving in search of stackable defense loads suitable for both pistols .
Still left on medium priority - See if Tripp followers and springs can redeem the CMC and S&W mags .
Longer range - Eventually fit a new barell .
My Toy
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Don't know if this was your problem but an interesting thing happened to me about 2 weeks ago. I took out an old Colt 1911 that I hadn't fired in 20 years. At first accuracy and function were exactly as I remembered. After about 25 rds of hardball accuracy started to go and slide would not lock back after last rd. Next I noticed slide was hard to move. When I got home and disassembled I found that a synthetic recoil buffer I had installed 20 years ago had disintegrated (dry rot I guess) and the action of the pistol began distributing oily crumbled recoil buffer material around the barrel and slide. Cleaned it up-- took it out the next week -- it ran like a top.
The buffers that Wilson sells are made of a compound that does not seem to get brittle with age. I remember the clear versions were noted for this.
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