G.I. Builds - The Firearms Forum

det45 · 05-18-2012, 09:43 AM

Hello all, Recently I built two G.I. spec 1911's out of umissued G.I. parts I got from a friend. My friends dad use to be a armorer for Ft. Sam Houston back in the sixties and seventies. He passed away in 2005 and gave his son his surplus 1911 parts he collected over the years. The slides are G.I. Colts and the barrels are High Standards. The rest of the parts are un-used parkerized pieces. The grips are brown plastic and the rear main spring housings are the arched lanyard type. The frames I used are Fosters and are consecutively serial numbered. I was amazed that all of the parts went together without any gun smithing, only exception was the slides being little tight on the frames but I worked them into a smooth operation. Trigger pull on both pistols are typical G.I. grade pull. Both pistols functioned well and shot decent groups. Did I get lucky on these builds or what.....det45

garydude · 05-18-2012, 09:48 AM

Welcome Det;

Indeed you did get lucky. I would love to see some pics of those beauties!

Shooter45 · 05-18-2012, 10:12 AM

The old GI parts usually fit without and actual hand fitting.

Show some pics and give us a range report.

det45 · 05-18-2012, 10:42 AM

Ok, I'll post them once I get them parkerized.

det45 · 05-18-2012, 10:53 AM

By the way, my buddy also has some un-marked G.I. Slides with some numbers stamped on them. I'm assuming they are contract replacement slides. I wonder which manufacture made them. They all have the number 160447 stamped on them. Anyone know anything about these slides?

05-18-2012, 09:43 AM	#1
det45 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	G.I. Builds Hello all, Recently I built two G.I. spec 1911's out of umissued G.I. parts I got from a friend. My friends dad use to be a armorer for Ft. Sam Houston back in the sixties and seventies. He passed away in 2005 and gave his son his surplus 1911 parts he collected over the years. The slides are G.I. Colts and the barrels are High Standards. The rest of the parts are un-used parkerized pieces. The grips are brown plastic and the rear main spring housings are the arched lanyard type. The frames I used are Fosters and are consecutively serial numbered. I was amazed that all of the parts went together without any gun smithing, only exception was the slides being little tight on the frames but I worked them into a smooth operation. Trigger pull on both pistols are typical G.I. grade pull. Both pistols functioned well and shot decent groups. Did I get lucky on these builds or what.....det45 -->

05-18-2012, 09:48 AM	#2
garydude Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Desert Southwest Proper Contributor Posts: 745	Re: G.I. Builds Welcome Det; Indeed you did get lucky. I would love to see some pics of those beauties!

05-18-2012, 10:12 AM	#3
Shooter45 Administrator Join Date: Feb 2001 Contributor Posts: 8,752	Re: G.I. Builds The old GI parts usually fit without and actual hand fitting. Show some pics and give us a range report.

05-18-2012, 10:42 AM	#4
det45 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Re: G.I. Builds Ok, I'll post them once I get them parkerized.

05-18-2012, 10:53 AM	#5
det45 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 10	Re: G.I. Builds By the way, my buddy also has some un-marked G.I. Slides with some numbers stamped on them. I'm assuming they are contract replacement slides. I wonder which manufacture made them. They all have the number 160447 stamped on them. Anyone know anything about these slides?