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To: Celtic Conservative

I served in the 1970’s. The .45s were well broke in, very reliable. I would recomend .45 over 9mm anyday.


8 posted on 05/27/2022 2:08:55 AM PDT by exnavy (we are not a democracy.)
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To: exnavy

Agreed, exnavy.
I’ll take my 1911 .45 pistols over anything 9mm.
Because...as the kids say...sometimes, old, fat and slow is just what you need.

Love’em.


9 posted on 05/27/2022 2:54:26 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: exnavy; Chode; carriage_hill; Squantos; All
I love My Norinco 1911. Bought it from a guy that used to do Competitions and got tired of doing it. He had de-burred everything: Safety, Hammer, Slide Lock, Magazine Well, Slide, Feed Ramp and a Trigger work over. I got the beat up Factory Box, Cleaning Rod/Brush, 7-7 Round Magazines and 50 Rounds of ammunition for $500 20 years ago. Never had any issues with feeding any ammo after thousands of rounds run through it. There was one time when a glass of soda got dumped on it and I didn’t know that it happened. The next morning as I checked operation before leaving the house I saw and felt the sticky dried soda and I was unable to move the slide! Foiled by a glass of soda!!! I took a few sprays of CRC Brake Cleaner and all was good again. I sprayed the entire Pistol to remove the soda, blew it dry with compressed air and put a few drops of oil in the right spots and all was back to normal.

My 2nd favorite is the Ruger P-85 MK-ll 9mm. I particularly like the Triple Ambidextrous Safety Move either the right- or left-hand safety lever fully to the “safe” position, the white dot is exposed through the hole in the side of the safety and the word “Safe” is completely visible. In this position (1) the firing pin is blocked from moving forward, (2) the hammer is blocked from contacting the firing pin, and (3) the entire firing mechanism is completely disengaged from the trigger. At this point, the hammer will fall to its forward (decocked) position. The safety mechanism provides that the hammer cannot contact the firing pin unless the safety is disengaged. With the hammer cocked, actuating the safety mechanism automatically drops the hammer onto the slide without contacting the firing pin. Thus, the safety also serves as a decocking lever. Additionally, the pistol has a separate internal firing pin block which will not allow the firing pin to move forward and contact the cartridge until the operator pulls the trigger with the safety off (in its “fire” position). The pistol can and should be loaded and unloaded with the safe. The Magazine Release is also Ambidextrous. The Trigger Guard is very large allowing a gloved finger plenty of room. The P85MK-ll is well balanced with the factory 15 round magazine fully loaded and I found the same even with the 35 round extended magazine. Also I never had any jams or misfeeds after thousands of rounds run through it as well just like My 1911. I also like the grip feel from the double stack magazine well. I went through it with a complete tear down and de-burred all the sharp edges, polished the Feed Ramp, Magazine Well. Then I decided to change the finish due to a bit of surface rust on the Slide. I went with a machined finish called Fish Scale. e. FE722480-111-F-4090-9015-7-E771-C09-AC24

Doing the Fish Scale pattern was/is very time consuming to do so if anyone wants to do it be sure that you have the patience to follow through because it’s not a fast process. I used a Drill Press with a tiny wire brush (1/8” shank with a 1/4” brush head. To keep the wire brush the same size I wrapped some wire around the outside to keep the brush from flexing under pressure. Then I used 1000 grit Wet/Dry sandpaper to polish the Slide. Then I took some Valve Lapping Compound and using the FINE Side of the Lapping Compound applied with a Q-Tip to the end of the Wire Brush the Slide is held on the Drill Press Table and the brush is brought down to the Slide with the drill chuck feed, adjusted the location of each piece as I Fish Scaled it.

I kick Myself in the A$$ every day for not keeping that Baby...

15 posted on 05/27/2022 5:58:55 AM PDT by mabarker1 ((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress !)
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