So I thought my Springfield 19911-A1 needed a facelift. Pic Heavy

[BluewaterTactical]

Ok so I bought a Springfield Armory 1911-A1 the other day, thought I might do some stuff to it. These pics will be in progress form.

The day I bought it.

After replacing the pearce grips with finger grooves, I put a hogue wrap around on it, and polished the barrel.

I took the whole thing down to a slide and frame. My friend is painting it with some poly-ressin stuff (I will get the name later, you have to bake it on). Slide painted black, notice the difference in the painted slide and the parkerized frame. WOW. Also put a Wilson Combat 3 hole match trigger in it.

Then lets go with some OD green for the frame to make it two-tone. The pic actually looks different then it does in person

Thats it for now. I will post more pics as we go along should be done tomorrow or so. I changed the standard spur hammer with a stainless commander hammer. I changed the factory grip safety, with a Wilson Combat Beavertail grip safety. I'm going to paint the thumb safety, slide catch, and beavertail grip safety black to make the OD really stand out.

[Guest Plainsman]

Sounds like a fun project! One of these days im going to take on a project like this.

[BluewaterTactical]

[creeky]

I like that color scheme.

[LagerHead]

I like that color scheme.

Me too. Looks great.

[creeky]

I have often read that the SA mil spec 1911 was a very good 1911 to buy and slowly modify.

Really like seeing the pictures of it's evolution.

[BluewaterTactical]

Thanks guys. The pics really don't do it any justice. I was blown away when I finally got it all put together. The only think I will possibly do is send it to springfield for the 3 dot sights put on it. They do it for $65 and then ship it back. Night sights are $135 installed. Wish I could find someone local, but it has to be milled and had rather them do it than someone around here.

[mikegideon]

Looks great. I'm a big fan of the Hogue 1911 grips too. Put them on mine a couple of weeks ago.

[BluewaterTactical]

Well I pit them on there and love em, but the pearce diamond grips with the finger groove inserts looks better. I dunno hard to decide.

[mikegideon]

I agree on the looks. I just like the way the Hogue grips feel.

[jay1313g]

Great looking transformation!

The next 1911 I get will be the SA PX9149LP. (I've drooled over it for too long.) It is the Loaded Champion model that is OD Green / Black combo like yours.

[BluewaterTactical]

Springfield makes a Operator that looks like mine, is that what ur referring to?

[Guest Plainsman]

Springfield makes a Operator that looks like mine, is that what ur referring to?

The MC Operator is a nice 1911. I believe its on Springfields loaded line. I'd love to pick one up but I've never gotten my hands on one locally.

[BluewaterTactical]

Plainsman I meant just the look of mine not the actual one (I might have misunderstood your post). I believe you are correct it is intheir loaded line and you have to be loaded to buy one, lol.