Jon Shoots Bullseye and this pistol just wouldn't cut it, but he really liked the gun so here is what I did.
When he brought me the gun it would rattle when you shook it, everything was loose. I don't know what size groups it would print but it just wasn't competitive I guess
Here is the gun before:
This came in as a complete gun, I just forgot to snap some before pictures.
Jon provided a Gunsmith fit Barstow barrel with the pistol.
Since the slide to frame fit was so poor, that was the first thing I needed to address by having the rails welded up and recut to fit the slide.
This one I had to send out but I hope from here on out I will be doing this in house.
Once done this provided an excellent basis for building a nice accurate Bullseye pistol.
Here is a shot of the rails after being welded up.
Really nice precise fit.
Now that the slide and frame are matched up time to fit the barrel. Measure and cut barrel hood and lugs. I keep forgetting to get a pic of the lug cutting.
I think fitting a oversize barrel in a 1911 is my favorite thing to do...I digress
enough already
Couldn't get the slide stop in yet
Lugs after being cut:
I had to try several over sized bushings before I found a Wilson that was tight enough that it had to be fit to get it to go in.
When I cut the barrel lugs I cut them so the safety drops in the center of the safety notch:
Rear of slide hangs over a little but if I matched it up with the frame the safety would never click all the way into the notch. Doesn't really matter but this way I can blend the back and have a well fit safety also.
Blended rear end
Grip safety fit.
I really like the way the Wilson grip safeties blend with the frame.
This will have a red dot mounted to the slide so I lowered and flared the ejection port
I don't have the actual red dot that will be on it so I dug this out of the closet so I could test fire the gun
It lasted a whole 12 shots.
Only other thing I had I could put on it was a Leopold it worked very well actually
Replaced and hand fit pretty much every part in the pistol. Fusion Match trigger group and controls, Smith Alexander 1 piece main spring housing and magwell, extended slide stop, extended ejector along with the Wilson grip safety and a set of VZ Alien grips with the turbo screws.
The good still have a couple minor things to do and should have the optics this week but I thought I was close enough to post some pics.
When he brought me the gun it would rattle when you shook it, everything was loose. I don't know what size groups it would print but it just wasn't competitive I guess
Here is the gun before:
This came in as a complete gun, I just forgot to snap some before pictures.
Jon provided a Gunsmith fit Barstow barrel with the pistol.
Since the slide to frame fit was so poor, that was the first thing I needed to address by having the rails welded up and recut to fit the slide.
This one I had to send out but I hope from here on out I will be doing this in house.
Once done this provided an excellent basis for building a nice accurate Bullseye pistol.
Here is a shot of the rails after being welded up.
Really nice precise fit.
Now that the slide and frame are matched up time to fit the barrel. Measure and cut barrel hood and lugs. I keep forgetting to get a pic of the lug cutting.
I think fitting a oversize barrel in a 1911 is my favorite thing to do
...I digress 
enough already
Couldn't get the slide stop in yet
Lugs after being cut:
I had to try several over sized bushings before I found a Wilson that was tight enough that it had to be fit to get it to go in.
When I cut the barrel lugs I cut them so the safety drops in the center of the safety notch:
Rear of slide hangs over a little but if I matched it up with the frame the safety would never click all the way into the notch. Doesn't really matter but this way I can blend the back and have a well fit safety also.
Blended rear end
Grip safety fit.
I really like the way the Wilson grip safeties blend with the frame.
This will have a red dot mounted to the slide so I lowered and flared the ejection port
I don't have the actual red dot that will be on it so I dug this out of the closet so I could test fire the gun
It lasted a whole 12 shots.
Only other thing I had I could put on it was a Leopold
it worked very well actually
Replaced and hand fit pretty much every part in the pistol. Fusion Match trigger group and controls, Smith Alexander 1 piece main spring housing and magwell, extended slide stop, extended ejector along with the Wilson grip safety and a set of VZ Alien grips with the turbo screws.
The good still have a couple minor things to do and should have the optics this week but I thought I was close enough to post some pics.
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