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I got a couple of them in a parts grab bag I found at the transfer site hunting for tires so I could recycle the wheel weights into boolits.

I got the pistol put together, trigger travel is 1.745...

UPDATE!

I've dropped the 80% idea to the back burner, as suggested. I went online and bid on and won an A.R. Sales Lightweight Full Sized frame, in the 5XXX serial range, ejector and plunger tube...

Hail, Wizened and Knowledgeable Ones!

As the title says, I'm building a 1911. Building meaning, at this moment, I am buying parts, collecting knowledge, and going slowly.

At this point, I have...

I'm having alot of trouble finding either Bullseye or TrailBoss in my area. I have some Blue Dot and HS-6, any thoughts on a min/max for either of those to get similar results? I have sone of those...

well, then come up here....

Anyone try the reproduction no4(t) scopes and mounts offered arround? Something around 600 bucks is stiff, but if it is a 1:1 recreation, i think it'd be worth it.

Well, OK! More knowledge! And knowing is half the battle, as a cartoon of my youth taught me!

If spirepoints suffer from skewing in the barrel, then I was wondering about Loverin style boolits....

I have an old Martini Cadet, brought over from Australia sometime a lifetime ago. She was rechambered and bored out to .357 Magnum some time after that, and I have had no issues shooting factory ammo...

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?13425-Cast-Bullet-Loads-for-Military-Rifles-Article

Has a lot of good info, also , if you're looking to shoot light accuracy loads, but dont have a...

I am using RCBS dies, with headed decapping pins, cheap enough to fix, just a pain in the rump when they break.

I've owned a Rock Island Armory GI 1911 Full Size, and it was extremely accurate with various ammunition, and no hiccups, no FTF, FTE, or mechanical issues.

I have about 150 rounds set aside for trading, and the rest I'm going to reform, to learn and hone the skill.

Eventually I want to have to make brass for a rifle. I want to have a rifle chambered...

How does that account for the weaker magnetic draw near the heel versus near the tip?

A buddy of mine gave me a box full of ammunition. A whole bunch of .30-06, various head stamps, WCC (Western Cartridge Co.) 55, Den (Denver Arsenal) 42, TW (Twin Cities Arsenal) 53, and DM (Des...

I remember being that boy....

So, your theory might be that the metallurgy of earlier No. 5 rifles was flawed on some way, leading to the assumption that all were flawed, regardless of future run metallurgy? Seems logical enough...

PM Sent, Bill*B

If you get a smaller bullet, onionskin paper, or beagling might be called for... Personally I'd go for onionskin, but i love the look of a white band separating my silver and brass!

My example is a roughly handled beauty, some mild pitting along the forearm stock line and the butt, FMP rather crudely stamped on the left wrist, and a nice stiff firing pin spring.

My only issue...

Thanks a lot, JCren! That has cleared up a ton of questions I've been trying to find the answers to!

I am entirely a newbie when it comes to Cast Boolits, and have a few questions about moulds and mould designs.

Why are they predominantly wide flat point or round, rather than closer to spire...

Rumor has it the Brit High Command halfway wanted to keep a form of the Lee Enfield as the MBR for the Commonwealth, and the troops wouldn't hear of it, so the recurring 'wandering zero' reared up. I...

My personal experience is that the 'wandering zero' issue has some credence, but is mostly bunk.

I bought my No.5 from Old Western Scrounger, nabbed me one of the last ones in stock. I think I...

I have a No.5 Mk.1 and I love it. I would be very interested in seeing what the Venerable Colonel had to say about the beastie...

I have an old Ishapore 2A1, that I want to experiment with. I want to get some 'super-heavy' cast boolits, 300 AAC Blackout 245 grainers, and see what kind of accuracy I can squeeze out of her, I am...