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Your extractor can just be tuned a bit. I've got a 1911 armorer's block and can address that stuff sitting at the range, so a good gunsmith local to you should be able to knock it out in about 10 minutes. If you do just replace the extractor, I'd go for a Wilson Combat Bulletproof model. Odds are it may need to be tuned also as not much for a 1911 is exactly "drop in".

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Possibly one of the best comments made in this thread yet.

No idea. I've only handled Alumagrips.

Water. Lots of water. I've been outside most of the evening cleaning up our truck from the weekend's travels. I think I lost 10lbs in water out there.

Nice. My OD alumagrips that I had ordered for my old Springfield came in yesterday as well. I'm probably going to shoot them with some flat tan moly resin, but I do like the way they look and feel on my Kimber. Probably moreso than the VZ Grips that I've been using on it.

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Lower temperature, longer cure time. It can't be done with the thermally cured moly-resin, though. It has a minimum temperature that would likely exceed the recommended maximum for that stock.

That would look sharp. I will say, however, that the Norell's product is far superior in terms of durability to Duracoat, but it has to be oven cured. They have an air-dry product but I haven't messed with it yet. Duracoat would work fine on that stock but I'm not sure how long it would last. A while, I'd think. But eventually it will start to show scratches.

Near Nashville.

Have not yet. I think Cerakote will be my next, however.

Tonight... Bluegrass Brewing Company's Nut Brown Ale.

Can't say as I have. It would look interesting though.

Not a problem. I'm just up the road in Smyrna and this is literally a 5 minute job.

Sorry we weren't able to make it last night. We had prior obligations that had been set for quite a while now. I hope you had a great turnout.

It's too early to be drinking, man.

Sadly that is not always the case. It is encouraging to read accounts such as the OP's where it is, but there have been a lot of really good employees given their pink slips the past few months after having dedicated a ton of time to the company that was paying their way in life. Not to bring the tone of this thread down, but I think sometimes we tend to callously assume that an employee let go or laid off must have done something to deserve it instead of wondering why the company wasn't loyal to its employee. Anyway... congrats to the OP. That's a great story.

Looks really good!

I've got an MGW Glock sight installation tool. Could do that for you.

Welcome, Moose. Your name gets used a lot around our house as we've got a 2yr old Dobe who earned that nickname a while back. Just a random bit of knowledge for you.

I'd love to be a fly on the wall at that conversation. I do hope you're not holding your breath, though. He seems to be the type of guy who just "crop dusts" an issue with his opinion and then quickly flies off to something else.

I experience that frequently.

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