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9 mm “Duty” converted to .38 super. RIA barrel, Wilson FPS and extractor, Wolfe springs (recoil spring for .45 acp, 23 lb main spring). Ed Brown long solid aluminum trigger, 4.2 pound trigger, .190 narrow tenon front sight and 10-8 rear ledge rear sight. I had to shorten the 9 mm ejector and may shorten it a bit more. Wanted to be able to eject live rounds. I can with most brands. Mag catch spring needed trimming. Magazine catch needed some smoothing. Ed Brown magazine.
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Slightly modded…most parts are original with only tuning and truing. I invested a barrel bushing, link…that’s it, IIRC. 45 ACP…
ETA: That is the original slide stop. I was a sear and mainspring I had to replace. Replacement grips, though.
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Thanks. Time…thinking out loud…

About 5-6 hours on flattening/contouring the mainspring housing and all stippling. Over an hour on the grip safety. About .5 hours bobbing the hammer. One hour on thumb safety. Barrel, bushing about 3.0 hours. IIRC, I had to lower the barrel bed and put in a bowtie cut. Getting slop out of trigger fit, correct hammer hooks, and action work about 4 hours. Took about 1 hour on front sight.

I guess that is about 16 hours. Took a couple days. Time flies when one is having fun.
 

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Oldpistol, the sight onyour pistols is one of my favorites for the military spec dovetail.
 

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Less than 200rds and so far the log man slide stop mod is it. Shoots great. The fit and finish is impressive. Love this gun.
  • SS forged frame and slide
  • .45acp
  • 8+1
  • 4.25 barrel
  • ambi
  • white dots
  • raised front strap
  • lowered and flared
  • beveled mag well
  • rail
  • chamfered slide stop hole
  • front serrations
  • Oh,wait. All that was straight from the factory
  • $700 otd @ TX lgs
Spits faster than my ex

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Thank you.

Sometimes at the range I shoot 4 guns. All 1911’s…22,9, 45 and ???
 
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Tisas “tanker”. 4.25” .45 acp. It shot high. Rear sight was taken down and the notch re filed. Ed Brown long aluminum trigger. Slicked up the MIM hammer, sear, disconnector. Bobbed the hammer as it gave me hammer bite. It exhibited ammunition and magazine sensitivity. Much of that was in rather deep tooling marks on the under surface of the rear barrel hood. It had a tight chamber with insufficient leade for SWC target loads. I reamed it and polished it. As of this morning, it is accepting of virtually all loads and different magazine types. Hybrid mag lips, parallel mag feed lips, 7 round, 8 round, ball, hollow points, SWC, doesn’t seem to matter. I may put a narrow tenon tritium front post sight on it paired with a 10-8 rear sight. And different grips. Wilson FPS and extractor are in it.
 
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