This is a great sticky. But didn't sink in till I researched more and found this site.
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/reliability_secrets.htm
This includes pics. I'm a visual kind of person. I've also read this a few tomes with tools in hand.
So I've chamferd the forward edge of the locking lugs on both the frame and barrel. Polished the ramp and throat, polished the breech face, slightly chamferd the firing pin hole.
I have not shaped the ejector yet. I'm not positive I need to nor have I opens up the ejection port in the slide. I see were I could open the port up but why? If I saw signs of cases hitting the slide I'd have a carbide bur in my die grinder in a flash but I don't so I thought I'd see what you guys thought.
I took the polishing a step further. I've polished with 600 paper(want 1200) I polishedthe muzzle and barrel bushing. After polishing my muzzle measure .580in bushing . 581 I thought this was pretty tight clearance but after researching some aftermarket stuff goes tigter.
Then there the barrel to ramp clearance. Sposed to have a minimum of 1/32 Max of 1/16. Mine is on the very tight side or atleast looks like it. Been meaning graphics my feeler gauges to measure it.
gyration is what is the purpose of this gap and why. My mind thinks backwords and that maybe less gap would be better.
I'm in the process of taking pics of all the work I've done. I worked n it pretty much everynight after work this week. That's roughly 8hrss or so of polishing
http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/tech/reliability_secrets.htm
This includes pics. I'm a visual kind of person. I've also read this a few tomes with tools in hand.
So I've chamferd the forward edge of the locking lugs on both the frame and barrel. Polished the ramp and throat, polished the breech face, slightly chamferd the firing pin hole.
I have not shaped the ejector yet. I'm not positive I need to nor have I opens up the ejection port in the slide. I see were I could open the port up but why? If I saw signs of cases hitting the slide I'd have a carbide bur in my die grinder in a flash but I don't so I thought I'd see what you guys thought.
I took the polishing a step further. I've polished with 600 paper(want 1200) I polishedthe muzzle and barrel bushing. After polishing my muzzle measure .580in bushing . 581 I thought this was pretty tight clearance but after researching some aftermarket stuff goes tigter.
Then there the barrel to ramp clearance. Sposed to have a minimum of 1/32 Max of 1/16. Mine is on the very tight side or atleast looks like it. Been meaning graphics my feeler gauges to measure it.
gyration is what is the purpose of this gap and why. My mind thinks backwords and that maybe less gap would be better.
I'm in the process of taking pics of all the work I've done. I worked n it pretty much everynight after work this week. That's roughly 8hrss or so of polishing