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Posted on 09/23/2020 3:18:11 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
I have recently become the custodian of an WWII Army 1911.
During a cleaning< I noticed that it has a light crack in the slide on the left side by at the ejection cutout.
I'm considering taking to a Gunsmith for a professional opinion,
but I'd like to hear Freeper's opinions or experiences with this before I shoot it or waste the time of the Gunsmith.
Good gunsmith, do not shoot.
Do not shoot a gun with a crack in the metal until it is magnafluxed by a competent gunsmith...
Do not shoot a gun with a crack in the metal until it is magnafluxed by a competent gunsmith...
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Sorry... That was 22 years before I was born, so I'm not qualified to answer... {:-)
Any firearm with a visible crack in the frame or barrel should be discarded.
It’s not safe or reliable.
Is the crack in the slide or in the frame? Is the crack vertical to the axis of the slid, or parallel to it? Have you field-stripped the gun to clean it up?
Have the gunsmith buy and fit a new slide.
This is not a wheel-gun and there are service parts available.
Have the frame inspected. If it’s good, then replace the slide and barrel and go have some fun.
I was hoping this would actually be about history.
Keep for your collection and buy a new 1911 to shoot.
You can probably have it magnafluxed nonintrusively, pretty cheaply. Make your decision from the outcome of that test. I sure as hell would not shoot it unless and until a qualified gunsmith checked it out. You’re probably quite lucky you noticed the crack.
Go shoot it. You only live once.
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1.) Take it to a competent gunsmith
2.) Replace any defective parts
:Keep for your collection and buy a new 1911 to shoot.”
If the pistol actually went through WWII I would keep it as if for historical value and respect it for what it has done and for what it is. If it just a more recent 1911 buy as slide and shoot it.
unless it sentimental trade it in for a new version. the U.S. military procured over 2.7 million 1911s between 1911 and 1984 so its not rare by any definition. if you know a good gunsmith who is cheap or can find the part online its a simple swap
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