BondageJaguar
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My father and i were looking at possibly building our own 1911 style handgun (they are expensive premade and don't carry the do-if-yourself satisfaction ) and The logical starting point seems to be a frame, easy enough right?
Well, I have a few questions before i spend my hard earned money on a frame. The first being what is the difference between a 'ramped' and 'non-ramped' frame? is it just a gimmick? do I need it ramped? what's the deal.
My next thought of course, is how much fitting will it take to assemble the parts into the frame? they should be fairly drop in if i'm not mistaken? on www.brownells.com a lot of the frames seem to carry the note 'needs minor fitting, or needs lapping, or worse yet requires gunsmith fitting, etc ,etc' Do these mean that the average joe who doesn't have a lot of metal working tools (got a shop full of wood working tools though ) won't be able to pick these up and put together a working gun without spending out the arse for tools?
Thanks in advance.
Well, I have a few questions before i spend my hard earned money on a frame. The first being what is the difference between a 'ramped' and 'non-ramped' frame? is it just a gimmick? do I need it ramped? what's the deal.
My next thought of course, is how much fitting will it take to assemble the parts into the frame? they should be fairly drop in if i'm not mistaken? on www.brownells.com a lot of the frames seem to carry the note 'needs minor fitting, or needs lapping, or worse yet requires gunsmith fitting, etc ,etc' Do these mean that the average joe who doesn't have a lot of metal working tools (got a shop full of wood working tools though ) won't be able to pick these up and put together a working gun without spending out the arse for tools?
Thanks in advance.