Fiting a new barrel bushing 1911 .45
What is involved in doing this and what are the proper steps.
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BOWWMANhold hard and shoot strait!
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BOWWMANhold hard and shoot strait!
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1- Fit bushing to slide. I adjust mine so it is tight enough to require a bushing wrench to remove and install. 2- Fit bushing to barrel. I use a rolled up piece of thin card board wrapped with fine abrasive cloth to keep it round. Keep rotating until you can press the bushing on the barrel. Then I use a Dremel tool with a soft buffer tip covered with a mild polishing abrasive such as Semi-Chrome to polish the inside of the bushing. Keep this up till you have a snug fit to the barrel. 3- This is the tricky part for the home gunsmith who only has hand tools and a Dremel tool. The top of bushing at the rear has to be relieved so the barrel can lock up. It only has to be about 1 degree. I do this with a Dremel tool and an extra fine Cradex polishing tip. The bottom of the front of the bushing also must be relieved for the barrel to lock up. If you have never done this before remember to go slow and check the fit often. It is very easy to that out too much metal and ruin the bushing. The tighter you can fit it, the more accurate it will be. But if it is too tight, it will not work reliably. There is no substitute for experiance in doing this. A good Gunsmith can do this quickly, but it takes me a couple of hours. 0 -
Let a gunsmith do it. Or perhaps, as is often the case, someone might offer a drop-in barrel/bushing combination. But I still would rather give it to a smith to do.
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Thanks Pearyw.
I will order two and take my time, You can't learn if you don't try.
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Be sure you start with a match grade bushing such as a Wilson or US military national match. It needs to start off oversized in all dimensions in order to get a good fit. 0
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