Sr1911 Polished Exterior?This is a discussion on Sr1911 Polished Exterior? within the Ruger Pistols forums, part of the Pistol & Revolver Forum category; Beautiful! I love the shiney 1911s. Reminds me of when as a little boy(loooong time ago) I could hold my Dads 1911 he had nickle ...
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October 11th, 2012, 11:12 AM
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#61 |
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Beautiful! I love the shiney 1911s. Reminds me of when as a little boy(loooong time ago) I could hold my Dads 1911 he had nickle plated.
The smith did you so wrong in so many ways. As you found out unless you polish too much you won't take the electro engraving all the way off. I commend your work, well done.
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October 11th, 2012, 11:33 AM
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Very nice work!!!!
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October 11th, 2012, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Super90Girl  Yes, I took the day off from work...!!! Please view to Neil Diamonds "September Morn" | That tears it. I'm doing my Brown.
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October 11th, 2012, 11:56 AM
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#64 |
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| A couple of special touches... Wilson Combat barrel lug and Wilson hex magazine release screw. What appears to be marks is just lint.   | |
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October 11th, 2012, 12:57 PM
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#65 |
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Nice looking SR1911 !!
You had a right to be pissed after what he tried to do, to you / your gun. You did a great job . Glad it turned out good !!
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October 11th, 2012, 02:06 PM
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WOW! That really turned out great! I'm glad everything turned out ok. I don't know what I would've done if someone did that to ANY of my guns! Now you get the added satisfaction of doing it yourself! Fantastic job!
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October 11th, 2012, 02:48 PM
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very nice job.
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October 11th, 2012, 03:55 PM
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You may have answer this in a earlier post and I missed it, but did you replace all blued parts, or did you 'buff off the bluing' if that makes sense?
Beautiful gun though. It's almost to pretty to shoot, but I don't believe in that!
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October 11th, 2012, 07:13 PM
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That is beautiful, thanks for sharing.
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October 11th, 2012, 07:31 PM
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VERY nice 
Love that Annie Oakley quote
We would all like to know what your process for polishing it was
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October 11th, 2012, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by andybothel You may have answer this in a earlier post and I missed it, but did you replace all blued parts, or did you 'buff off the bluing' if that makes sense?
Beautiful gun though. It's almost to pretty to shoot, but I don't believe in that! | The black parts are not blued, they are coated with something similar to melonite. The only parts I replaced were the mag release locking screw and the barrel lug. I polished everything.
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October 11th, 2012, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Super90Girl The black parts are not blued, they are coated with something similar to melonite. The only parts I replaced were the mag release locking screw and the barrel lug. I polished everything. | Hey, that looks great.
Well done.
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October 11th, 2012, 09:54 PM
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#73 | | Larry the Conservative
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Originally Posted by Super90Girl Ok, so here is the latest. I went and got the gun after work yesterday. He was not there. When I looked at the slide, which is the only thing he touched, I could barely ascertain that he'd done any work at all. I immediately messaged him saying how extremely disappointed I was in his "work" , that it wasn't even worth the $50 he wanted and he should be ashamed of himself. He responded in short order and told me he knew I was upset, and to just to take the $50 back. He knows he tried to do me wrong. Bear in mind the communication was all through text, he hadn't even heard the tone of my voice. Anyone else want to chime in on how childish I'm being?
Here is the condition of the slide as I received it back:
| One word if the guy is a legitimate gunsmith - Lawyer
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October 12th, 2012, 05:15 AM
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What polishing compound are you using ?? Mothers Mag or Flitz ?, or another product ? Looks great ! I'm polishing an SP101 now using Mothers Mag, but others have used Flitz.
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October 12th, 2012, 06:00 AM
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#75 |
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very nice !!
Last edited by rschlos; October 12th, 2012 at 06:02 AM.
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