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Opinions on 1911 gunsmith work

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May 24, 2026, 04:13 PM
Jim Watson
Opinions on 1911 gunsmith work
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Your disdain for SA is duly noted.


Yeah, I only have two.
One NEEDED the feed ramp recontoured but none of the rest of that stuff.
The other was customized into a configuration they don’t offer at all, hard to tell what it might have done if left alone
May 24, 2026, 08:10 PM
jimmy123x
If your gun functions fine and is reliable, nothing on that package will be anything you notice. A Great trigger job, now THAT you will notice.

IMO leave the SA alone and buy a top tier 1911, there is a difference. I love my Ed Brown, then WC, then night hawk, then a Colt.
May 24, 2026, 08:21 PM
dry-fly
An actual Nighthawk 1911 is on my bucket list, but that’s years down the road I’m afraid.


"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen...
May 24, 2026, 09:53 PM
ArtieS
Is the gun well shot in? I’d put 500 to 1000 through it before I spent a dime.

I have a SIG GSR carry that was neither reliable nor smooth. 500 rounds in it is flawless.


"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."

Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
May 25, 2026, 04:21 PM
dry-fly
Good idea.. it does definitely need to be shot more


"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen...