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Alright /k/, I want to build my first handgun and I have a few questions.
I have a current start off budget of $500 and yes this is going to be a poorfag build. But I am in no rush to complete this project so I will buy more parts as I earn money.
>Pic related is what I want the end result to look like.
Anyways, my first purchase is going to be the Stealth Arms Phantom Jig + GI frame. ~$350
For this I am given an option for a Raw or Bead Blasted finish. What's the difference and which one looks better?
Also an Auto Ordnance Parkerized GI slide. ~$140
I know this slide isn't black, but this is the closest I can find. Is it okay if I just spray paint it black?
Is there any websites/ brands, books, or better ways you recommend /k/?
Any advice will be appreciated.
>Also post your built guns
Bumping this.
>>29316278
Thanks anon!
Self bump
>>29316558
And Another one
Goddamnit night /k/
I'm going to microwave some macaroni
Bumping with some Anon's custom revolver
>spray painting guns
Jesus Christ, don't be such a nigger. Buy an unfinished slide and duracoat/cerakote it black.
>>29317070
>Dont spray paint it you nigger
>DURACOAT IT
oh the irony
Bumping this.
>>29317070
>>29317471
But AR fags do it all the time
And fuck paying $250 for unfinished slides
>>29317630
Anon i know, i was pointing out that duracoat, at the end of the day is just fucking spray paint for guns. its the fireclean of finishes.
anyway send that shit to birdsong
>>29317776
Well fuck man I just want a cheap black slide.
Have fun fitting everything together.
>Using anything other than Wilson Combat magazines for your 1911
>>29316256
Ok first off, are you 21? Can you legally buy a pistol?
>Caspian frames start at $180 for a 100% frame
Caspian is good shit. Like seriously, Nighthawk, Ed Brown, and Wilson Combat use Caspian frames.
>they do require fitting
Raw finishes are for people bluing/parkerizing the frame. Bead blasted is for the wundercoatings and cerakote. A raw finish will require final polishing, you WILL scratch it up. It's unavoidable.
Use as many Ed Brown parts as you can afford. They are the undisputed #1 of 1911 parts.
You will spend more on 100%-necessary tools than you will on the parts.
>ejector staking tool
>sear cutting jig
>lug cutting tool
>trigger track stone
>frame rail stone (also works on slide rails)
>good files. No seriously GOOD files, not your Harbor Freight bullshit.
TAKE YOUR GODDAMN TIME fitting the barrel hood and bushing. Tight bushing=tight groups. Ideally you will NEED a bushing wrench to take the pistol apart, and it should require some muscle.
No you can't use spraypaint. It's nearly impossible to get a good finish with and it'll wear off very very rapidly.
I think Sam Hatfield and Bob Marvel have Youtube videos. Sam is/was an AMU pistol smith and Bob Marvel is world renowned for building high end 1911's. Both teach at various gunsmithing schools and have a resume longer than your animu queue.
>>29318019
OK. Things you can buy cheap on:
>barrel bushing
>trigger/trigger bar
>MSH
>barrel (do NOT buy a "drop in" barrel, they're not actually drop in unless your frame's looser than a Thai hooker)
>grips
>sights
>firing pin block
>firing pin
Be careful which size firing pin your purchased slide requires. Many actually utilize the .38super/.40/9mm diameter firing pin. They cost the same but it'll save you headache later.
Also you need to decide which sight style you want. There's 4: Bomar, LPA, Novak, and classic A1. Each requires a different sight milling.
Don't buy progressive-rate springs (Wolff), they make tuning the gun a royal pain.
Getting the extractor tuned just right is an art. It takes practice.
>>29318116
TAKE YOUR TIME. You can't put metal back on, and these parts are expensive. Do your research. Use good light and a good/clean workbench.
Use a sharpie on surfaces you're working on to highlight high/low spots.
Check your progress often, the difference between "doesn't fit" and "too loose" is often less than a thousandth of an inch, which is like 1 pass with a file.
>>29318019
>>29318116
>>29318142
Damn man. Have you built your own 1911 or have you done this much research?
>>29318227
Yeah I built my own. Actually went to gunsmithing school, and was taught by Sam Hatfield.
>>29318227
Also, I tried to find my 1911 binder, maybe scan a few pages in for you, but fuck if I know where it went. That was a decade ago.
BLACK SLIDE
send it to a place that does melonite treatments
QP, QPQ, Q, QPQ on stainless apparently gives a natural flat darek earth color.
blacknitride.com/whatis.html
also this/3
>>29316256
I cant find my infopic of some trip making a 1911 barrel, but theres good info in this one, even if its not specifically a pistol
>>29318712
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