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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #20 on: December 09, 2024, 02:51:20 PM »
All of this reminds me of the guns used in the movie "The Shadow". I never liked Baldwin but I did like those guns.
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #21 on: December 09, 2024, 04:10:11 PM »
Quote from: Jim Kennedy-ar154me on December 09, 2024, 02:51:20 PM
All of this reminds me of the guns used in the movie "The Shadow". I never liked Baldwin but I did like those guns.
yeah, me too... completely forgot about those. Subconscious inspiration for the "short cut on long slide" concept?

Bonus, it's easier to get spare parts and ammo for a .450SMC 1911 than a .45 Win Mag LAR Grizzly... and a Grizzly is too big to wrap my 5'6"-proportioned mitts around, I can't even get a proper grip on a doublestack Glock.
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2024, 12:35:01 AM »
I got a stainless steel recoil plug from Tisas USA. I ordered it with my MAC MK II knife. I think my old recoil plug is Commander-length. I bought a Wilson Combat Multi-Comp Bushing Compensator that requires a two-piece guide rod or stock recoil spring plug shortened to 1.2", or a Commander length plug. Since I don't normally keep the bushing comp on it, there's no reason not to have the right plug in it the rest of the time. The stainless steel matches the hard chrome of the gun quite well. I'll have to take the brass spike plug out to see how it fits.

https://wilsoncombat.com/bushing-compensator-multi-comp-1911-barrel-full-size-stainless.html
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2024, 07:44:00 AM »
I'm sure I'm not hearing you right, Frank. Are you trying to tell me to add even MORE size and weight to this monster?

LOL

In all seriousness, it's already too big for on-body carry as anything but a BBQ or Backwoods gun...
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2024, 08:32:26 AM »
I'm just saying I should have the right recoil spring plug in my 5" gun, that's all. I don't know why I needed a short one to use the bushing compensator in the first place, but I'm putting a whole new part in to replace the cut-down plug.
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #25 on: Today at 03:09:36 AM »
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2024, 06:53:53 PM »
Current parts layout, with Old Ugly (5" Essex frame/slide-kit mixmaster) for size comparison... I tried to align the two pistols with muzzles even, and hand-set the longslide's barrel into link-up position.



Pins and springs stay in their case til ready for install. Caspian frame, Fusion barrel and recoil system (20# recoil spring), Wilson pin and spring kits (23# mainspring), EGW heavy-duty firing-pin stop and ejector, Harrison trigger.

Trying to hand polish all contact surfaces to glass-smooth; intent is a 5.5# trigger pull. Even though this is being built as a match/range gun, I want it up to "Serious Work" gun standards just in case. The only "toy" gun I'll tolerate in my locker is the "Bond Briefcase Charger," everything else has to be fit for war.
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #26 on: December 19, 2024, 02:01:38 AM »
I don't see a picture, just a blank square.
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Re: The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide
« Reply #27 on: Yesterday at 04:33:57 PM »
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