Dug relic 1911 restoration (Pics and Video)

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Cartridge is out of the barrel, bore is rough, but I think she is salvageable

I doubt she will be accurate, but I think she will spit lead ok.
 
Yep no audio after 58 seconds. Awesome progress though. Man I am jealous of that find and I'm still wiping up the drool from your blood soaked evidence gun. That this is beautiful
 
This shipps to me tomorrow :D

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Got In the winning bid on this Merwin Hulbert 44 antique

I know nothing about these guns... But I kind of like the idea of having an old cowboy 44

And I wanted to do a revolver electeolysis next ... So, the price was right and the stars aligned

The 1911 is getting finished first... but she is really getting close now, so I'm getting the next toy lined up
 
Oh goodness, you are many of us, buying the next gun/project before the last one is done. That revolver will be number 4, right?
 
Oh .... my. That looks like Merwin Hulbert 44 DA 4th model. Restoring this is going to be quite a challenge a think. I'm going to be glued to this thread when you do the the Merwin (even more than I am now).

These revolvers involved quite a bit of hand fitting. Breaking open a Merwin Hulbert is "different", If you can get the button on the bottom of the frame freed up, you would hopefully be able to push that back toward the trigger guard, then the barrel is twisted towards the left and pulled forward. Then, push in the the button on left side of the barrel to slide the barrel and cylinder off,

Oh man I'm going to enjoy watching you bring this back to life.
 
Where in the world do you find these things? I tried searching gunbroker for "rusted, rusty, project, etc.." Everything I could think of and didn't find anything like your finds
 
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Playing with the slide and barrel on the frame....

a Surprisingly smooth fit...
 
this reminds me of a luger a friend of mine had. It was made in 1916 and had been used in WWI. He offered it to me for 150, I said no way and that I wouldn't dare fire that thing. He sold it on gunbroker for 900 bucks.:banghead::cuss:
 
Ajax, it's looking absolutely gorgeous at this point! In your recent vid, it's really lookin good, I don't think you'll run into too many people with a 1911 as unique as yours! So much character
 
was you able to remove the slide stop/safety plunger and spring?......if you get it freed up and with the thumb safety in the slide stop may stay in better...

nice work BTW...
 
ghitch75 said:
was you able to remove the slide stop/safety plunger and spring?......if you get it freed up and with the thumb safety in the slide stop may stay in better...

nice work BTW...
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The slide stop/safety plunger and spring are still frozen... I think the detents may have gotten slightly mushroomed.

Also, the firing pin is not salvageable... I may possibly slightly have gotten carried away tapping on it.... Soooooo I'm going to have to take it over and drill it out...

As to finish, I'm just going to lube her up and run her raw.
 
I just ordered some springs, and a set of .45 pistol brushes to use on that barrel.

I also dug a firing pin and plunger out of my random parts bin,

I took a pattern file out and knocked the burr out of the plunger channel, so as of right now I can assemble this top end on another frame.

I also managed to get the last bushing out of the frame but it did get rather munched in the process.... definitely going to have to replace the grip bushings.

I "May" have gotten carried away tapping on the firing pin with the wrong type of punch... and mushroomed it out.... and then took a pattern file to it to grind it flush and am waiting on a set of punches to show up so I can bang on it properly....

I'm going to ignore the firing pin for now (while I wait for the punch set... and instead focus on salvaging the mainspring housing

I'm also looking for a ugly 1911 magazine that is somewhat period correct..

I would prefer to get a period correct plunger as well.... but I'm not 100% certain what a period correct plunger looks like...
 
Ebay seems to have a number of WW1 era mags at the moment. That might be in the ball park of the 1911. Once again, awesome project!
 
Ajax, can not wait to see that in action! So the original barrel-link worked out ok?

Curious, if I ever find or purchase a 1911 in similar condition, would you consider performing this treatment on it for $$? I'd like to do it myself but don't have the space at my current home. :(

Again, that is seriously one of the most beautiful 1911s I've ever seen, but then again I think Edsels are good looking cars LOL
 
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Ajax, can not wait to see that in action! So the original barrel-link worked out ok?

Curious, if I ever find or purchase a 1911 in similar condition, would you consider performing this treatment on it for $$? I'd like to do it myself but don't have the space at my current home. :(

Again, that is seriously one of the most beautiful 1911s I've ever seen, but then again I think Edsels are good looking cars LOL
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Sure, there is no way to guarantee outcome, but it could be fun.

I'd have to look into if there is any special licencing required, but in principle I'm game.


I'll write a letter to the atf and get clarification.
 
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