New Guy from GA.

The 1911s have the most capacity for custom work and support for such. The Czech guns and their clones are up and coming. That being said, some of the plastic fantastic can be ok. Plastic isnt going anywhere and is actually something a gunsmith has to familiarize himself with. Its more than Glocks now (which is awesome because I cant shoot a Glock worth a damn). Apples to apples, they dont handle as well as metal. Thats a fact. All of this aside, machining capability is definitely needed to take your jobs to the next level and incorporate ideas that dont currently exist. Just out of curiosity, is that an older Kimber youre shooting or have you basically gutted it and replaced the important parts with something else?
 
Bought this Kimber in the late 90s. It was a stripper, nothing special.

But I got it home and started inspecting it's bits and pieces as I disassembled it. Was so disgusted with the fit and finish on this thing that I basically kept the bare slide and frame and started over. It's much better now. :)

Swore off hand checkering stainless after doing this pistol though...
 
LOL! Pretty much SOP for Kimber. They are good at making a nice looking pistol but not much else. What you just described is my solution when someone wants a target gun out of theirs. Yeah, checkering by hand suuuuuuuuucks!
 
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Hi gas, welcome to the site. As the others said spend time with YouTube , Mr Pete Tubalcain was a shop teacher retired but still teaching thru his videos . Abom , Keith Fenner, Keith Rucker, lots of others I spend time with many on YouTube .
We here will help the best we can , just ask . Even if you just aren't sure but think first. SAFTEY is the one thing I push .
 
Silverbullet said:
Hi gas, welcome to the site. As the others said spend time with YouTube , Mr Pete Tubalcain was a shop teacher retired but still teaching thru his videos . Abom , Keith Fenner, Keith Rucker, lots of others I spend time with many on YouTube .
We here will help the best we can , just ask . Even if you just aren't sure but think first. SAFTEY is the one thing I push .
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Thanks man. I appreciate how candid everyone is being here. Its really nice.
 
I lived in Fulton County for many years. Started in Dunwoody, later in Alpharetta and Johns Creek for me, got too crowded and moved to central Alabama. Only 20 miles or so from the GA border now, almost zero traffic around here. I do miss the stores, the fancy food options, but its good here too if you like peace and quiet.
 
I grew up with peace and quiet. Its ok when you want it, its not ok when you hat everyone in the town (and are related to half of them). Having wide open spaces, however, is how I got into guns to begin with.
 
I can shoot rifles off my back porch, the land backs up to a little mountain, so it makes a good rifle range. I do have two actual firing ranges, one pistol and one rifle. Zero neighbors to the back, 1/2 mile long driveway. My neighbor has a make shift gun range out front, he wakes me up sometimes really early. A local Cop lives down the road and he loves full autos for hours with his department issued ammo. I don't complain, I probably make the most noise with my big bores. Its funny some days, I'll go test a new load and then the neighbors start up. Can't see them, but I can hear them.
 
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