Alpo Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 If you bought one of those CMP 1911s, and when you received it you discovered that it actually was a 1911 (not an A1) would you want to put it back in 1911 condition? Injun Rider's gun. When I blew the picture up I noticed there were no index finger cutouts in the frame. It is a 1911. But the 1911 had a straight mainspring housing and a long trigger. Those are easy fixes. The hammer is also different on an A1, but I can't tell from that picture what hammer it has. So, would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Pat Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Also depending on which slide came with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Yes, I would depending upon costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perro Del Diablo Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Nope gonna leave it way cmp sent to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Scared me for a minute! The frame is stamped "1911 A1". Here is a better picture: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 17, 2021 Author Share Posted June 17, 2021 Ah. That is an A1 frame. The first picture was just a lousy picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 The M-1 Carbine reimports of the '90's had hidden gems mixed in, too. Guy came into the shop I was working in back then and ordered a carbine. What came in ended up being an extremely early gun (flip up rear sight, push button safety, different cut for the oiler,.... basically every feature they dropped to speed production or was changed after it was put into regular issue) that had been shipped to Germany after WW2 and was marked as being used by the Bavarian Forestry Police or something of that sort. They might have had it in their armory but it didn't look like it had seen much use at all. The manager and I recognized that it was something different, did some pre-Internet digging and figured out what he had and told him when he came to pick it up. He ended up ordering another gun to shoot and left that one strictly alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Leave it be, I. R. You need a bayonet (for the carbine, not the pistol.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Chapo Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 I would, but mostly because I don't like the curved msh anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 31 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Leave it be, I. R. You need a bayonet (for the carbine, not the pistol.) Wasn't my question and not planning to change anything on the 1911. I already have a couple bayonets; a USM4 (leather handle) and USM4 AK1 (plastic grips). I also have plenty of ammo and magazines. All of the above due to having an IBM M1 Carbine for quite awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Not a CMP, but I had that exact thing happen to me several years ago. Got a 1911 in trade then when I checked the SN it was a WW1 gun. So I did spend several years getting it back to original condition, the correct slide being the hardest part. But Old Slabsides is now correct. Was very satisfying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 Trying to put a 1911 back to original condition opens up a can of worms. Finding the parts is hard enough, finding ones with a matching finish is even harder. The CMP pistols are "original" as-is since you're receiving them in the same condition as they were when they left the military arsenal. Trying to restore them only makes them just another pieced-together gun like so many others out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 17, 2021 Share Posted June 17, 2021 44 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Trying to put a 1911 back to original condition opens up a can of worms. Finding the parts is hard enough, finding ones with a matching finish is even harder. The CMP pistols are "original" as-is since you're receiving them in the same condition as they were when they left the military arsenal. Trying to restore them only makes them just another pieced-together gun like so many others out there. You summed up what took me so long! Correct short spur grip safety was a nightmare to find! Nobody saved them back then, if it hadn't been for a guy who bought out an old gunsmith's stock, I might still be looking for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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