[blueshield67]

I'm getting ready to build my own 1911 is there any tips anyone can give me? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[DrumJunkie]

Do you have any experience building guns to working on 1911's? If you looking to make a tack driver you are going to have to hand fit many parts. A good set of stone files will be a must. If I didn't have a lot of experience with stuff liek this I'd get hold of a couple/few cheap practice guns to get a feel for what you want to do.

[danf_fl]

Patience, understanding, general knowledge of handtools, the Kuhnhausen books on the 1911, the Ed Brown CD on customizing, a bottle of whiskey

AND A SHORTCUT TO HERE!

We have plenty of stories about how our builds went.

[blueshield67]

Thanks y'all I know its gonna be a challenge but I've always wanted one but I think it would be even more awesome to own one I made

[danf_fl]

Although you will not save any money by building it yourself, the satisfaction is worth it.

(Hint: buy quality "named" parts. And "drop-in" parts are easy to install, but tolerances for such are on the sloppy side.)