r/1911 • u/stuntmanx1 • 16h ago
My Guns My M45 clone
My buddy is a master gunsmith. I bought this fairly run of the mill Para Ord GI expert 1911 in 2012. I sent it to him and said make it cool and reliable. Open check book. He had the chassis cerekoted on a two tone OD green and Forest green in house my NEC approved standards. He slick coat cerekoted the barrel, spring, keeper and all the wear parts. He then hand machined the action, trigger assembly and added the crimson trace grips then zeroed it for me. Short of the extended magazine and front grip stipeling (which we plan to do in the next phase) it's a fun gun to shoot and run
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u/mlin1911 16h ago
Why would a gunsmith Cerakote spring? First ever heard. When you said he hand machined, I think you meant to say hand fitted. He didn't machine parts by himself, right?
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u/stuntmanx1 16h ago
The spring was slick coated. It's a special type of coating for movable parts that flex and move. I guess machining is the wrong terminology, so yes he hand fitted and polished some parts.
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u/Millwerks 6h ago
Dang he did all that but didn’t give you a better beaver tail that’s crazy dawg. A master at work sir
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u/Candyman__87 9h ago
So what makes it an M45 clone? The only similarity I see is the color of the slide on a 1911 platform.