The Twenty-Year Pistol... .450 SMC 1911 Longslide

[Diamondback]

Tyler at Fusion confirmed that they cut feedramps for FMJ Only by default and I'll need to have it throated for hollowpoints. We were discussing a second carry top-end at 5", and the plan there is to have his people prefit the barrel/slide lugs and throat the ramp before it ships so all I need to do is file the slide rails and ejector slot and figure out the link.

Nelson Leather and I are already in talks about a Last Man Standing-style dually refit of their 58-H holster to accommodate the 5" slide and Old Ugly (with a capacity to swap the second holster for a carrier with two of my long Wilson ETM's), with a custom finish to complement the piece riding in it. (This is going to be more like a collaboration, they build the leather but leave it unfinished and I apply the finish coat.)

[Big Frank]

I guess I'm just used to ramped barrels feeding almost any type of bullet. It's been a LONG time since I had a 1911 without a ramped barrel.

[Diamondback]

Ejector done enough to allow full slide movement though a little polish wouldn't hurt. Firing-pin stop filed down to fit into slide... now the problem is making the FP stop and extractor fit together.

[Big Frank]

Flat-bottom firing pin stop, or regular profile?

[Diamondback]

Flat-bottom, EGW heavy-duty. My options are either take metal off the right-side tab on FP stop or take metal off the right face of the extractor's slot for it. Already have it filed on the left to BARELY clear the ejector, though it could use a polishing pass.

[Sponsor]

[Big Frank]

I thought you'd go with a flat-bottom. I would too on a heavy hitter like that. From what I read before, they're supposed to slow down the initial slide movement as it cocks the hammer. I would fit it to the slide, then fit the extractor to the stop. I don't know if that's the right way too do it, but it seems logical to me.

[Diamondback]

Granted, SMC is supposed to be compatible with any +P-rated .45ACP weapon... I'm trying to build this thing like a full-house .45 Super or .460 Rowland just for the extra safety margin.

[Diamondback]

Today's update: 5/32" drillbit and pair of channel-locks got the link pin in. Extraction reliable, ejection fails every time as nose of snapcap gets caught between barrel hood and ejection port edge. Thinking I need to cut down ejector by about 1/8", the amount of barrel hood projecting into the port at start of ejection stage.

That'll be another time; I'm gonna take the win the guys at Lowe's helped me get and call it a day before my gal drops an email with another make-my-brain-bleed cosplay idea. (She's been talking about wanting to get medieval with plate-mail... I don't think she understands that a loaded modern plate carrier like my Corps-surplus MARCIRAS weighs as much as a small child and Old School even more so... so I've suggested start with faux-leather costume armor, hit it with Plastidip or something similar to stiffen it then good ol' Krylon Chrome. Don't look at me, fellas, I didn't build the Big Top in the Circus of Crazy around me, I just try to keep the clowns from turning themselves into elephant toejam or getting cross-threaded with the knife thrower...)