Magnumite
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After several years and two sales of acquired parts to build a 10mm, I got one finished and ready to test fire. After the necessary tuning I’ll do a final cosmetic finish.
This is actually the third group of parts I bought to build a 10mm. This one is a 5” gun. So I committed myself to this effort and honestly...getting excited about shooting it. This specimen is stainless on stainless.
- Frame is new stainless Foster;
- Slide, stainless, sights, firing pin, firing pin stop and extractor are lightly used Caspian. Bought this from a MDShooters member. I cleaned up the hook tune and still need to set the tension on the extractor;
- Sig ambi safety I wanted to try;
- Greider barstock slide stop;
- Nowlin barrel and bushing. I typically go Kart but couldn't pass this up at an unbelievable price a couple years back. It is a "drop in" type...nothing drops into a 1911 - LOL! Very impressive;
- Grip safety is NIW Kimber. I am not overly impressed with it. Configuration is nice. Execution leaves a bit to be desired. It was over finished for a gunsmith part and had annoying MIM sprue marks on the exterior. The sprue mark in the hammer spur cutout was really annoying.
- Ed Brown Hardcore sear and hammer, two piece mainspring housing magwell and pins;
-EGW disconnector and plunger tube;
- Wilson light weight match trigger;
- VZ grips.
I prepped the lockwork and set the trigger pull to 3.6-3.75 pounds. The pull is crisp and sweet.
The slide and frame fit meant ALOT of material needed to be removed. The right side rail way on the slide was not cut the same as the left side. The top of the way was a couple thousandth lower so caused some inconsistencies in fit. I had .0010' to .0013" fit in lateral and vertical slide/frame clearances front and rear EXCEPT the front lateral clearance. I had .0035". So I peened out the rails and got .0020" play. We'll see if it opens up after shooting it in.
This is actually the third group of parts I bought to build a 10mm. This one is a 5” gun. So I committed myself to this effort and honestly...getting excited about shooting it. This specimen is stainless on stainless.
- Frame is new stainless Foster;
- Slide, stainless, sights, firing pin, firing pin stop and extractor are lightly used Caspian. Bought this from a MDShooters member. I cleaned up the hook tune and still need to set the tension on the extractor;
- Sig ambi safety I wanted to try;
- Greider barstock slide stop;
- Nowlin barrel and bushing. I typically go Kart but couldn't pass this up at an unbelievable price a couple years back. It is a "drop in" type...nothing drops into a 1911 - LOL! Very impressive;
- Grip safety is NIW Kimber. I am not overly impressed with it. Configuration is nice. Execution leaves a bit to be desired. It was over finished for a gunsmith part and had annoying MIM sprue marks on the exterior. The sprue mark in the hammer spur cutout was really annoying.
- Ed Brown Hardcore sear and hammer, two piece mainspring housing magwell and pins;
-EGW disconnector and plunger tube;
- Wilson light weight match trigger;
- VZ grips.
I prepped the lockwork and set the trigger pull to 3.6-3.75 pounds. The pull is crisp and sweet.
The slide and frame fit meant ALOT of material needed to be removed. The right side rail way on the slide was not cut the same as the left side. The top of the way was a couple thousandth lower so caused some inconsistencies in fit. I had .0010' to .0013" fit in lateral and vertical slide/frame clearances front and rear EXCEPT the front lateral clearance. I had .0035". So I peened out the rails and got .0020" play. We'll see if it opens up after shooting it in.
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