Help! No 80 1911 frames to be found

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I was going to build another 1911 next month.
Every place I looked was "Not in Stock" I'm Bummed.
 
Look here.

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THX for the heads-up. I almost went to p80's. Fusion just has only 100% stuff I could see..
I guess I'll just keep my eyes open and keep getting Gen3 Glock 40's in the meantime.
 
USPA has some 80 1911 build kits about halfway down the page... Maybe call them and see if they'll sell you a frame only? LINK
 
Thank you Sir, I appreciate it.
 
Ya gotta LOVE IT! More 1911, please. THEY WORK. I mean, I like other pistols too. But hey, the credit is well earned. Not only a dependable warrior's sidearm, LE choice, but also so many in successful competition for decades. So glad to see you building another!!

And I know the thread is about your new build (YAY!!)....but I happened to see a video of James Reeves reviewing a new 2011... and I had a faint bit of hope for some objectivity or maybe a change of attitude- that was dashed to pieces in mere moments of the beginning of his rant with his anti-1911 diatribe that he also applied to the 2011. pfft.

I'm not saying he has to like or prefer a 1911, but truth is truth, and bias is bias. I don't see how he can maintain any credibility or how nobody seems to take him to task on this subject...but I digress.

Build it, BAYBEE!!!! Are you going for blue, stainless, two-tone or maybe a cerakote finish on this one?
 
I'm not that sophisticated. I look for complete kits on GunBroker.
I take a stainless 80% frame, complete and assemble. Then run it
until it goes 500 rounds w/o a hiccup. About all my builds are 2
tone except for the Tisas Duty clone I built last year. It's pretty much
all stainless. I wish I was an artist like Racer and some of the others.

If I can find an aluminum frame I'm thinking about clear coating it.
I've done battery charger anodizing with AR lowers but using
Eastwood powder coat and mating the frame with my Wilson .22
upper for a light weight .22 seems cool. The reason for powder coat
is I do it all the time with my cast bullets and if I screw it up I can
put it in the blast cabinet, strip it and anodize.
 
One Ping Only said:
...that was dashed to pieces in mere moments of the beginning of his rant with his anti-1911 diatribe that he also applied to the 2011. pfft.

I'm not saying he has to like or prefer a 1911, but truth is truth, and bias is bias...
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Yup, Reeves has a little bias. :rolleyes:
A general negative bias I would say is that 9mm 1911s/2011s are comparatively heavy when measured against polymer 9mm pistols. As one tayloring a Turkatto 2011 clone for steel plate shooting, I have noticed (and weighed) the "extra" weight compared to my glockish clones. Grip and manual-of-arms are also different.
A positive bias would be the potential for a wonderful trigger, especially in competition.
 
The thing for me is and I'm sure it's the same for any platform:
If you shoot it enough it becomes an extension of your arm.
For the early internet the phrase was " point and click interface".
I've been doing 1911's for almost 50 years. mea culpa.
 
I wonder if the tooling price matches the cost of the machine?
The rule of thumb used to be: What you pay for the cost of the
mill,you must match in tooling to make the mill operational.

With that in mind it's about $6500.00 to make it go.

Something to think about. But in the mean time ))))

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Thank you Sir!!!
 
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serger said:
I wonder if the tooling price matches the cost of the machine?
The rule of thumb used to be: What you pay for the cost of the
mill,you must match in tooling to make the mill operational.

With that in mind it's about $6500.00 to make it go.

Something to think about.
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I think the GG3 is pretty much turnkey. You get everything you need to start using it. Except a PC and 80% or 0% frames of course. Basically, it will make a handgun or long gun lower from a block of metal. Without you needing to be a skilled machinist.

I have internally debated getting a GG many times but I already have a Grizzly vertical mill. It's more than adequate for hogging out AR and 1911 frames. With a jig of course. It cost me about $1200. I've also made numerous non-firearm related parts with it. Mostly vintage motorcycle parts I could not source anywhere. It makes quick work of a 80% AR lower and the quality of the milling is exceptional. Looks like factory made.

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If you are really into it and plan to make your own guns, the GG might not be a terrible investment. But to make it pay, my guess is you have to build a bunch of them.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
I think the GG3 is pretty much turnkey. You get everything you need to start using it. Except a PC and 80% or 0% frames of course. Basically, it will make a handgun or long gun lower from a block of metal. Without you needing to be a skilled machinist.

I have internally debated getting a GG many times but I already have a Grizzly vertical mill. It's more than adequate for hogging out AR and 1911 frames. With a jig of course. It cost me about $1200. I've also made numerous non-firearm related parts with it. Mostly vintage motorcycle parts I could not source anywhere. It makes quick work of a 80% AR lower and the quality of the milling is exceptional. Looks like factory made.

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If you are really into it and plan to make your own guns, the GG might not be a terrible investment. But to make it pay, my guess is you have to build a bunch of them.
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Still have to buy jigs and starter kits depending on what you want to do with it

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