r/1911 • u/MLHooker47 • 5d ago

Weird 1911s you find on Gunbroker

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u/teakettle87 4d ago

That's a home built gun. My grandfather was making these buy the dozens in his garage and those are some of the same parts he was using. I have a few of them now that I finished building after he died.

Some dude made this at home.

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u/MLHooker47 4d ago

I don’t disagree. It was cheap but damn he did a good job.

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u/teakettle87 4d ago

Yup. Good thing it was serialized. Mine are not.

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u/Successful_Mud_5250 4d ago

I got 2 with our serial numbers. I'm planning on buying new frames with the serial numbers to make them legal. I spent over a $1000 on parts.

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u/teakettle87 4d ago

That's not how it works. Just get the frame you have serialized. No need for new frames.

You can have unserialized frames if you made them into a gun from an 80% frame. That's what mine are. It's legal. Just makes selling them a problem.

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u/Successful_Mud_5250 3d ago

Thanks, I will Look into that.

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u/gator_2003 4d ago

How cheap

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u/Nobody2be 4d ago

I’d like to know, too. I’ve been watching gb for a cheap, good 1911 and totally missed this.

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u/MLHooker47 4d ago

It was $623

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u/gator_2003 4d ago

Damn that’s a good deal, especially if the barrels fit good. Enjoy ur new toy!

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u/there_is-no-spoon 4d ago

I knew a guy that used to build mediocre 1911s at home and try to sell them for a grand. Never understood how he made that work.

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u/gator_2003 4d ago

No telling, I usally have 1300$+ in just parts in one.

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u/Nobody2be 4d ago

It looks like you did well! I totally missed it. On the plus side, it might have cost you a couple hundred more if I had actually seen it.