Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Springfield Mil-Spec Full Size 1911

I finally bought my first 1911 pistol. Now I know why it is one of the best pistol ever designed my John Browning. I went with a Springfield Mil-Spec stainless, full size 1911.

It feels great! And took it out to the range to break it in. The grouping was decent for being fresh-out-of-the-box. Before the range, I didn't even field strip it. Just loaded the mags with some Remington UMC ammos and away they went.

After shooting the pistol, I know what I want to mod on it. So we're going to start with these mods:
  1. The stock short, curved trigger didn't do the job. So I'm going with a new flat trigger. This will give me an even trigger pull at ever part of the trigger, no matter where my finger sits.
  2. The thumb safety will be replace with an ambi safety. What can I say, I'm a lefty.
  3. New 19# mainspring.

Future plans:
  1. Novak rear sight.
  2. Dovetail front sigh.
  3. Complete polish of slide and frame to remove the matte areas.
  4. Commander hammer. Will have to mod the stock grip safety to accommodate the new hammer, because I don't want a beaver tail safety.

Will post pictures of before and after soon.


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