Zak Smith Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I took apart my 1911 for some long overdue cleaning and found this: I don't remember that "grind" mark being there before. I cleaned it, and colored it with blue permanent marker, reassembled, and ran the action a bunch to see if it would rub off, and there was no effect on the marking. The pistol has been running 100%. There are no marks on the barrel or link. The slide stop pin looks fairly normal. I basically couldn't find matching marks on any other part. Any ideas what's going on? Did someone file on my guiderod when I wasn't looking? -z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 I do this on all my pistols to be sure the guide rod doesn't contact the barrel feet . Maybe you're insomniac and grind off things while sleeping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Looks good to me. The beveled area is normal. Some guide rods are machined/cast/forged/etc.. with the bevel, others are ground later in a seperate operation like yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 Looks like the gunsmithing gnomes took care of things for you in the middle of the night. I think SV rods come shaped like that. STI rods do not. P.S. Don't forget the "release" part of "catch and release" so that guide rod can grow up into a full-size one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 this is typical on custom guns. this helps in reassembling the gun, alining the link and slide stop holes. IMHO lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmercury2 Posted January 8, 2004 Share Posted January 8, 2004 THE GRIND IS THERE SO THE BARREL FEET DO NOT CONTACT THE GUIDE ROD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Smith Posted January 8, 2004 Author Share Posted January 8, 2004 I think what happened was that the local 'smith I had install a new trigger and clean up a couple things fixed this too, and forgot to mention it. I remembered I hadn't cleaned the pistol since I got it back from him a few months ago! thanks Zak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I had a Ed Brown two-piece guiderod that didn't have that grind. I put the Ed Brown on my factory SV (which came with a one-piece) and it locked it up something fierce!!! Gotta hate all the variations out there. I can't believe I had to fit a guiderod! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.40AET Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I can't believe I had to fit a guiderod! I've gotten to the point of....Everything needs fitting. Or Wow! something finally just droppd right in. I just changed followers and had to reshape my 2 year old magazines that have never needed anything. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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