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Posted: 4/1/2021 4:24:08 PM EDT
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You should mill the slide and install a drop in beavertail that you use your dremel to fit
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I have one of those slides.
Would trade a beavertail frame for your uncut one. I'd leave that alone. Maybe new grips and Wilson front strap checker thing. |
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Not to be a dick, but I wouldn't put money into it.
Those were supposed to be some of the worst 1911s ever made, and that's saying a lot. |
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Indeed, some Hogue hardwood grips. This RIA had crappy brown, pressed diamond pattern stock grips so I found a pair of Hogue ob Ebay for $20.
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Gold plating...gold plating with faux ivory grips. And a frame mounted scope...a big one.
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Try to track down some old obscure parts because you read the USMC used them once. Electro pencil NM drawing numbers on every part.
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A Hardballer? Leave be and go all 80s badass.
I wanted one bad back in the day. |
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The Hardballer was basically a regular 1911 with a slide that sported sights similar to those of a Colt Gold Cup of that era.
I don't know if they made any attempt to make the trigger better than a standard model, which Colt made at least some effort to do with the Gold Cup. If the pistol runs well as is, and you feel it needs "improvement", I would start with a beavertail, perhaps a larger safety lock, and some better stocks. (I like the G-10 type.) If the trigger does not have an overtravel stop, then swap it out for one that does. |
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It's an AMT. Put a lot of rounds through it, to make sure it works, before spending $$ on it.
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Hi polish the flats of the slide.
Gold plate all small parts. Hold fill all engraved marks. Ivory grips. Done. |
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Leave it as-is. For a gun that has a piss-poor reputation for function they bring a lot of money on gunbroker. The more you do to it, the harder it will be to sell if you ever decide to.
The last AMT I saw listed was close to $700. |
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Novak front,Wichita rear sights
replace the hammer and sear (they are cast) |
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Tack another 4" on the slide and barrel and put a giant laser on top.
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The AMT's were either complete shit, or ran just fine....until the barrel lugs galled into the link and bound it up or broke, or 2pc barrel came apart.
Dimensions were almost always sketchy and made trigger work maddening at times. Casting flaws would show up with moderate use and time. If you find someone to fit things properly, you will still have more into it than a new Wilson, and still counting down until self destruction. If it's sentimental, keep it and run bullseye loads once in a while. If not, there's nostalgia bent guys out there, that always wanted one. AMT failed miserably, and nobody has missed them. |
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I had three AMT hardballers, if that were mine, I'd get the thing to a reliable working state and leave it alone. They are becoming quasi-collectible.
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Somebody @ the arfcommer that does the hilarious drunken gun-mod threads that make purists go into convulsions. He'll have some good ideas. If we're lucky, it will inspire him to pimp out an original 1911, or mint WWII Colt or Singer Sewing Machine model, or some other rare and valuable 1911. He'd probably weld a piece of Amazon airsoft rail on the dust cover and cut the slide for a red dot with a dremel and a file. It would be awesome.
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Sell it at panic prices, wait until the madness ends and buy a better gun.
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