Hello fellow nesrs. Just seeing where some of you guys have had luck getting a 1911 slide milled. Contacted ncengravers but I guess they dont do series 80 slides because of the plunger in the slide. Just looking to have it milled for an rmr, and maybe some fancy "lightening "cuts. Just want to kind of make it look like mine. Thanks.
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Where would you get a 1911 milled?
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Lou is great
Also recommend Lou. @Business End Customs
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All of the above are good, but add Greg Derr to the list, that is if you can get him to talk to you know that he is a nationally published celebrity.
M60
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Dave is also a second generation tool and die maker. Milling is in his blood. I had a 5" Colt 1911 with a staked front sight. Dave milled a front channel for me. He also did a 3"1911 front sight channel for me.
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CrackPot
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Price is one consideration. Function is another. Glock MOS you end up with the optic on a plate so essentially sitting on top of the slide. If you mill a glock slide for a specific RMR you end up with the RMR sitting down inside the slide. This has multiple advantages.
Some slides are cut for specific RMRs so have the same advantage as custom milling
Don't know how this comment will go over why not just deep 6 the series 80s parts. IIRC Brownell's sells a filler plate for the slot in the frame. Leave out the plunger and spring for the firing pin and your gtg.
Wickedcoolname
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I've got a framing hammer and a cold chisel. Drop it off and I'll see what I can do.
what pistol is this for ?
right but you could have the slide dressed up for far less than milling what you have and such? oh wait you mean lightening cuts as in removing metal to lighten the pistol right. I like me a heavy gun but Im not speed shooting much at all. I am more of a service pistol shooter 25 and 50 yards
Im the wrong guy for bling. 100% function for me.
just a thought. you could have 2 slides for what it cost to machine your current slide.
I get lighteneing the slide to reduce mass especially for 9mm for me lightening would only be for loading soft target ammo for less recoil and such
that said I give my vote to Derr Precision great work even on non 1911 stuff when he has time!
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Hey man thanks for the input. Im not really concerned on functionality as I only bring this to the range anyway. So im just looking to make a nice looking cool 1911 in my perspective. I will have to check this dude out though. Does he usually charge an arm and a leg?
Mesatchornug
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I've not worked with Greg Derr, but I hire machinists all the time. A capable gunsmith is a specialized machinist. Greg Derr is a highly regarded gunsmith. You can guess how that affects his hourly rate.
What do you call "an arm and a leg?" When you hire a capable machinist to turn your dreams into reality, the job includes the time it takes to digitize the design, program it into the machine, set up all the work holding, confirm the parts are installed in the machine correctly, repeat the setup 2 or even three times, tear down the machine, and do whatever finishing work is called for. Manual machining could tatke even longer. Depending on the complexity of your project this could be 2-8 hours of effort.
One-off machined parts (read: prototypes) are always more work than high-volume (production) parts, especially when you have exactly enough stock to make the one part. How much is a one of a kind slide worth to you?
