My first attempt at Customizing - The Firearms Forum

rjgnwdc · 02-18-2012, 03:23 PM

I got a Colt Combat Elite at Christmas its a great 1911of course its a real tack driver a pleasure to shoot 300 rds of various types of .45 mainly my 230 gr FMJ reloads bunch of JHP and SWC without a single jam the only complaint I had was it has a plastic mainspring housing and I just couldn't live with that so I disassembled it all the way down and while I had everything out I replaced the slide release with a Wilson Combat Extended Slide Release I also replaced the magazine catch with an Ed Brown Extended Checkered Mag Catch and the whole reason I tore it down in the first place the Ed Brown Arched Mainspring Housing check out this slide show link Below this pic

http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...view=slideshow

Double D · 02-18-2012, 03:45 PM

Nice gun.

PanhandlePop · 02-18-2012, 04:03 PM

Good slide show, and nice work on your part. Did you end up with much fitting?

rjgnwdc · 02-23-2012, 02:13 PM

Thanks, nope everything was drop in, I took it out shooting yesterday everything functions properly.

hogger129 · 02-23-2012, 05:57 PM

I have one of those Wilson Extended Slide Stops too. Like it more than the standard one.

02-18-2012, 03:23 PM	#1
rjgnwdc Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bristow, VA. Contributor Posts: 33	My first attempt at Customizing I got a Colt Combat Elite at Christmas its a great 1911of course its a real tack driver a pleasure to shoot 300 rds of various types of .45 mainly my 230 gr FMJ reloads bunch of JHP and SWC without a single jam the only complaint I had was it has a plastic mainspring housing and I just couldn't live with that so I disassembled it all the way down and while I had everything out I replaced the slide release with a Wilson Combat Extended Slide Release I also replaced the magazine catch with an Ed Brown Extended Checkered Mag Catch and the whole reason I tore it down in the first place the Ed Brown Arched Mainspring Housing check out this slide show link Below this pic http://s186.photobucket.com/albums/x...view=slideshow -->

02-18-2012, 03:45 PM	#2
Double D TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: North Florida Contributor Posts: 8,057	Re: My first attempt at Customizing Nice gun. __________________ I own a bunch of scary guns. You want em? Come and take em..... Liberalism is a serious, non curable, mental disorder... NRA LIFE MEMBER Oath Keepers Member NRA Certified Instructor 30 Yr CC permit holder.

02-18-2012, 04:03 PM	#3
PanhandlePop V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 252	Re: My first attempt at Customizing Good slide show, and nice work on your part. Did you end up with much fitting?

02-23-2012, 02:13 PM	#4
rjgnwdc Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Bristow, VA. Contributor Posts: 33	Re: My first attempt at Customizing Thanks, nope everything was drop in, I took it out shooting yesterday everything functions properly.

02-23-2012, 05:57 PM	#5
hogger129 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 4,064	Re: My first attempt at Customizing I have one of those Wilson Extended Slide Stops too. Like it more than the standard one. __________________ Samuel Adams once said, "among the natural rights of the colonists are these: first, a right to life, secondly to liberty, thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can."