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Rail mounted light...ICQB? |
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Originally Posted By JSGlock34:
Rail mounted light...ICQB? The "MARSOC: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command" book p.107 has a pic of M-45 pistol with Surefire MR07 rail mount & X300 on it. The other M-45 pistol pic in the same page shown Caspian frame with Springfield slide. |
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Sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered, but I'm building a MEUSOC clone and the pistol needs refinishing. I want to do it myself, so I'm thinking of something like a Gun Kote finish. I know most real MEUSOCs will be beat to hell, but with that said, what would be the closest to the finish a new MEUSOC might have––matte black, gun metal blue, or something else?
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Originally Posted By Featheredmafia:
Sorry if I'm asking a question that's already been answered, but I'm building a MEUSOC clone and the pistol needs refinishing. I want to do it myself, so I'm thinking of something like a Gun Kote finish. I know most real MEUSOCs will be beat to hell, but with that said, what would be the closest to the finish a new MEUSOC might have––matte black, gun metal blue, or something else? Thanks. Traditional parkerized finish. |
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how much dose it cost to put one of these together
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Originally Posted By mlin:
Originally Posted By JSGlock34:
Rail mounted light...ICQB? The "MARSOC: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations Command" book p.107 has a pic of M-45 pistol with Surefire MR07 rail mount & X300 on it. The other M-45 pistol pic in the same page shown Caspian frame with Springfield slide. mlin, based on this would i be way off base to try to change/build my operator to an ICQB? honestly? tia |
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"Getting old ain't for pussies." Raylon Givens.
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thanks.
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"Getting old ain't for pussies." Raylon Givens.
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Can't believe I never tagged this before.
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Order some golf shoes... otherwise we'll never get out of this place alive
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Is the Springfield operator MC a good starter build for one of these...
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Originally Posted By DOG556:
Is the Springfield operator MC a good starter build for one of these... I think most folks are starting with a Springfield Mil-Spec or Loaded to create a MEU(SOC) clone. The vast majority of pistols in service have standard dust covers (no rails). That said, right now the Springfield MC Operator is one of the two pistols (the other being the Colt Rail Gun) that is competing for the M45 pistol contract with the USMC. This pistol will be used to equip MARSOC units. So it is possible that the MC Operator may become the USMC standard 1911. |
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OK, now lets see some more pics.
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Where is the best place to find a springfield slide and a kings ambi safety?
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Originally Posted By Clay54961:
how much dose it cost to put one of these together This. I'm pretty interested myself. I'm going to try and get some insight from my brother who happens to be a MARSOC operator. |
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Originally Posted By ConKeeper:
Originally Posted By Clay54961:
how much dose it cost to put one of these together This. I'm pretty interested myself. I'm going to try and get some insight from my brother who happens to be a MARSOC operator. probably a whole lot cheaper for you than the rest of us! |
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"Getting old ain't for pussies." Raylon Givens.
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Im a late bloomer to the 1911, but I've always been a fan of the TRP and professional . I think a good starting pistol for this project would be the MC Operator.
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Originally Posted By DOG556:
Im a late bloomer to the 1911, but I've always been a fan of the TRP and professional . I think a good starting pistol for this project would be the MC Operator. The MEUSOC pistols do not have a railed frame. |
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Originally Posted By mlin:
I won't mind build another one with FCS too if I get all the parts needed. http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/cxl17/real.jpg http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/cxl17/real2.jpg Is the one on the right a Mil spec with added front sight serrations? |
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Originally Posted By ConKeeper:
Originally Posted By Clay54961:
how much dose it cost to put one of these together This. I'm pretty interested myself. I'm going to try and get some insight from my brother who happens to be a MARSOC operator. Haha, maybe! I doubt he would risk that career on swiping parts for me though. |
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Originally Posted By alias2:
Originally Posted By mlin:
I won't mind build another one with FCS too if I get all the parts needed. http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/cxl17/real.jpg http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn216/cxl17/real2.jpg Is the one on the right a Mil spec with added front sight serrations? That one had USGI WWII frame and SA Milspec slide with classic slate serration. Springfield has been the supplier of slide for MEUSOC pistol since earlier day. Over that long period of time, you can see differnt variants of 1911 slides used. Front the older pre-Milspec slide without FCS to Milspec slide that has lower and flare ejector portion, and added on FCS, and to the Loaded style serrations in most recent variant of M45. |
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Just to clarify - and as someone who owns a Loaded-based clone and is working on a Milspec based clone -
Commercial Springfield Armory slides and pistols use a .38 Super style firing pin while the MEU(SOC) .45, and all drawings, specs, and parts lists associated call for a "standard" .45 firing pin. As far as I know, with the possible exception of the very earliest MEU(SOC) .45s that might have used "straight" COTS Springfield slides (though, IIRC, earlier Springfields used .45 FPs as well), MEU(SOC) .45s use a firing pin configuration that would be very difficult to get in a commercial based Springfield Armory pistol unless you had it build from the ground up by the Custom Shop. The earliest MEU(SOC) .45 manual that I've seen is dated 1994, though the configuration existed prior to that, the configuration was probably "solidified" around that time. For whoever commented on the fact that it's spec'ed to use '70's era IPSC parts - you're not far from right! The parts that were decided on and have not significantly changed since then were what were considered to be the highest quality "proven" parts twenty-odd years ago! Only a very few seem to have been built with vertical serrations - as far as front cocking serrations go, MEU(SOC) .45s have been documented with none, with Springfield factory "classic" Milspec-style serrations, Loaded style serrations, as well as serrations cut by PWS which are usually cut shorter than factory serrations - they end before the slide meets the dustcover - unlike Springfield factory serrations. ~Augee |
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Blackta6, where did you find Pachmayr grips without the Pachmayr round Crest?
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"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." Theodore Roosevelt
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Originally Posted By alias2:
Originally Posted By Lawdog-1:
Blackta6, where did you find Pachmayr grips without the Pachmayr round Crest? Or the King ambi TS? I bought one of the few King's ambi TS's from this add. Guy didn't have many left and had to cut the pads down from the wide style. |
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"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life." Theodore Roosevelt
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The King #203 single thats on my gun is totally gone.
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Doesn't the SA Loaded come with fixed Novak rear sight? Looking on SA website it shows all the Loadeds with adjustable targets.
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Originally Posted By alias2:
Doesn't the SA Loaded come with fixed Novak rear sight? Looking on SA website it shows all the Loadeds with adjustable targets. The SA Loaded Parkerized comes with fixed Trijicon night sights. |
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Originally Posted By mlin:
Originally Posted By alias2:
Did that start off as a SA Loaded, ? specifically the slide cuts and if not are they custom as they look more pronounced and more spaced than stock. I like it. That one is a photo I found online. It is an actual MEU pistol with USGI frame and Springfield Loaded slide. I believe the slide is exactly like the one used on Loaded. Man, I gotta ask again about this slide as it's the Loaded of my dreams. The Loadeds I see have finer, more numerous threads for cocking slide serrations. I like the wider spaced nine front serrations like in the pic. Where can I get a Loaded with that type serrations? |
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What's the magazine of choice here for these ?
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Originally Posted By mlin:
That one is a photo I found online. It is an actual MEU pistol with USGI frame and Springfield Loaded slide. I believe the slide is exactly like the one used on Loaded. Man, I gotta ask again about this slide as it's the Loaded of my dreams. The Loadeds I see have finer, more numerous threads for cocking slide serrations. I like the wider spaced nine front serrations like in the pic. Where can I get a Loaded with that type serrations? I can not tell the difference you are referring to. My Loaded has the same serration as that Ithaca MEUSOC pistol. http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r600/mlin1911/IMG_5596m.jpg http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r600/mlin1911/MEUSOCithaca.jpg[/quote] Thanks for clearing this up for me. Looking at the Loaded in the SA website you are right, there are only nine front serrations so now I can tell my LGS to call me when more arrive and not be surprised with a Loaded with the finer, more LPI forwad facing serrations like on the rear of a Mil spec. However, looking at the SA website I also see all the Loadeds have adjustable target sights. I thought they came with the fixed Novak style? If I order a Loaded are adjustable sights something I'm going to have to replace? |
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SA website I also see all the Loadeds have adjustable target sights. I thought they came with the fixed Novak style? If I order a Loaded are adjustable sights something I'm going to have to replace?
This is the one you want. PX9109LP http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/Default.aspx?item=PX9109LP |
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Originally Posted By mlin:
SA website I also see all the Loadeds have adjustable target sights. I thought they came with the fixed Novak style? If I order a Loaded are adjustable sights something I'm going to have to replace?
This is the one you want. PX9109LP http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/Default.aspx?item=PX9109LP Hey thanks! I'll trade my Kimber II + some $$ for that. |
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Originally Posted By DOG556:
What's the magazine of choice here for these ? I believe the issue magazine is the Wilson 47D. |
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Originally Posted By OceanOne:
Originally Posted By DOG556:
What's the magazine of choice here for these ? I believe the issue magazine is the Wilson 47D. Issue is still a seven round magazine - Wilson 47. Of course, many are seen with personally bought Wilson or McCormick 10 rounders, and probably many 47Ds are out there, too. ~Augee |
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Originally Posted By Augee: Originally Posted By OceanOne: Originally Posted By DOG556: What's the magazine of choice here for these ? I believe the issue magazine is the Wilson 47D. Issue is still a seven round magazine - Wilson 47. Of course, many are seen with personally bought Wilson or McCormick 10 rounders, and probably many 47Ds are out there, too. ~Augee The best deal I've ever found on Wilson 10 rd mags, was at the Marine Corps Exchange in Quantico. $24.95/ea, and they had a bunch in stock. It was a while ago. But ... there may be a correlation there... |
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“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
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Funny, I just got mine too. Only the package says 'Drop-in' but there is a piece of paper inside that essentially says it is not drop in and requires gunsmith fitting. Has anyone installed one of these? |
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Originally Posted By JSGlock34:
Funny, I just got mine too. Only the package says 'Drop-in' but there is a piece of paper inside that essentially says it is not drop in and requires gunsmith fitting. Has anyone installed one of these? I did once. My 1911 went full auto, so I went back to the original sear, now it's fine. |
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Originally Posted By jtb0311:
Originally Posted By JSGlock34:
Funny, I just got mine too. Only the package says 'Drop-in' but there is a piece of paper inside that essentially says it is not drop in and requires gunsmith fitting. Has anyone installed one of these? I did once. My 1911 went full auto, so I went back to the original sear, now it's fine. Okay then...gunsmith it is. Thanks for the tip! |
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mlin, where did you find those two photos ? I would love to see more.
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Originally Posted By Lawdog-1:
mlin, where did you find those two photos ? I would love to see more. http://www.marines.mil/news/Pages/photos.aspx?sortExpr=PhotoDateTaken&sortDir=DESC&pageIndex=0&FirstRow=0 http://www.defenseimagery.mil/imagery.html |
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