Fit 2011 Grip On 1911 Frame

[harald]

Can a 1911 frame be cut and rebuilt to fit a S_I 2011 polymer grip?

I see this is a lot of work and money, but can it be done?

[mpolans]

Can a 1911 frame be cut and rebuilt to fit a S_I 2011 polymer grip?

I see this is a lot of work and money, but can it be done?

For enough money, anything can be done. However, I suspect you could probably buy a few brand new STI frame kits for the cost of the labor to weld and machine it. Heck, you'd be better off starting from scratch and making an entirely new upper frame section (which at least one person has done before).

[Derek45]

Brownells carries STI frames for under $400.

http://www.brownells.com

part number 791-250-001

Also Brazos, shootersconnection, etc.

I doubt any gunsmith could do it for twice that price.

[diehli]

Then there's the easy, cheap, and smart route: http://www.pinnacle-guns.com/parts.php

[benny hill]

There's not enough meat in the frame for it to work.

[wombat]

Heck, you'd be better off starting from scratch and making an entirely new upper frame section (which at least one person has done before).

I have seen at lest half a dozen people who have.

[harald]

Heck, you'd be better off starting from scratch and making an entirely new upper frame section (which at least one person has done before).

I have seen at lest half a dozen people who have.

Is there anyone who makes 80% S_I 2011 frames?

[diehli]

Heck, you'd be better off starting from scratch and making an entirely new upper frame section (which at least one person has done before).

I have seen at lest half a dozen people who have.

Is there anyone who makes 80% S_I 2011 frames?

STI and SV... right before they turn 'em into 100% "2011" frames.

But seriously, no. It's a patented item (that's been "infringed" upon internationally), so you won't find a legit source, if you find one at all.

[Larry White]

Why?-----Larry

[shred]

There are places you can get "80%" STI/SV-compatible frames. They are in no way made by or approved by STI (or SV, to my knowledge). The one I saw was made of two halves welded together longitudinally. I forget where I saw them, but I some googling & searching the gun boards should turn them up.

[Radical Precision Designs]

There are places you can get "80%" STI/SV-compatible frames. They are in no way made by or approved by STI (or SV, to my knowledge). The one I saw was made of two halves welded together longitudinally. I forget where I saw them, but I some googling & searching the gun boards should turn them up.

I saw a similar item listed for sale at GunBroker.com. I got a good chuckle out of it too. For a moment there It felt like shopping in "Flea-Bay".

[n2ipsc]

Then there's the easy, cheap, and smart route: http://www.pinnacle-guns.com/parts.php

Geez, I love this board!

Might fall in love with my skinny guns all over again...gotta get a handful of these...

[h4444]

....para.....

[jjanglin]

Guys:

Doing stuff likes been posted never works out doing all that takes so much

time your better off buying new. Fixing a messed up frame is more costly

usually than to buy new. To have a gun thats good, short cuts dont work at all.

In my view CASPIAN is the only way to go.

Jim

Sailors Custom

[diehli]

gotta get a handful of these...

Pun intended?

Methinks Harald is not U.S.-based and, thus, might have a problem importing STI frames.