Steve600
NES Member
I had met Ron Chassion back in the 90’s. I lived close to his Ludlow shop and would stop in to ask questions etc. I have always liked 1911’s and bought my first Goldcup, a 1977 in 1978 while on leave…. I still have it and just finished a complete rebuild. Anyway, I was talking to Ron about building a 1911 from scratch so he let me pick a frame from thousands he had stacked in containers ready for shipment. Some were already stamped for Nighthawk and as I recall Les Bear so I picked an unmarked one that had not been blued yet. Ronnie taught me a lot back then, fitment of the slide, ignition fitment, etc. It is amazing how good a trigger can work if you spend several evening hand polishing the internals and spring the gun properly. Because I don’t get paid, spending hours polishing one little piece under a glass is kind of rewarding when to actually finish it and the trigger works perfectly.
I don’t know much about rifles, nothing about shotguns, and almost zero about revolvers but my skill at building 1911’s is pretty good. I keep a logbook of the work I do on each gun. Instead of randomly bending a sear spring to increase or decrease trigger pull, I have made several low power scales to measure the disconnector spring and sear separately, and keep a log on how the gun ran using a specific main and recoil springs depending on what load I am using. I reload all my own too.
Last week I fit a new cylinder and slide sear and hammer into the Remsport. I had fit and polished the disconnector and sear, trigger, etc. After shooting 25 or so rounds I dissemble the gun and where the polished surfaces have worn in and redo any areas that show abnormal contact. It is a fun hobby to get into. On my Goldcup I installed a lightweight Wilson trigger and a John Anderson trigger/sear while removing the stock sear/sear spring combo that the cups came with originally. My goal with that gun is to make it my carry gun when it is ready. Check out my Remsport stamped “Match” and a 3 digit serial! I have never seen one like it. Anyway, this is my Remsport which has gone through a hundred variations over the years and still works perfectly.
I don’t know much about rifles, nothing about shotguns, and almost zero about revolvers but my skill at building 1911’s is pretty good. I keep a logbook of the work I do on each gun. Instead of randomly bending a sear spring to increase or decrease trigger pull, I have made several low power scales to measure the disconnector spring and sear separately, and keep a log on how the gun ran using a specific main and recoil springs depending on what load I am using. I reload all my own too.
Last week I fit a new cylinder and slide sear and hammer into the Remsport. I had fit and polished the disconnector and sear, trigger, etc. After shooting 25 or so rounds I dissemble the gun and where the polished surfaces have worn in and redo any areas that show abnormal contact. It is a fun hobby to get into. On my Goldcup I installed a lightweight Wilson trigger and a John Anderson trigger/sear while removing the stock sear/sear spring combo that the cups came with originally. My goal with that gun is to make it my carry gun when it is ready. Check out my Remsport stamped “Match” and a 3 digit serial! I have never seen one like it. Anyway, this is my Remsport which has gone through a hundred variations over the years and still works perfectly.
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