Reeder Custom Guns - Gary do you offer an ar-15 parts kit like the 45acp kit?

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1911, and Ruger mini-14
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need a buffer, and nor does a 1911 properly made and with good stock 16-16.5lb spring. A buffer will shorten slide stroke to a slight degree which can compromise function, and dust cover of slide cuts the buffers which could possibly come apart and truly jam the gun. If recoil spring guide base getting stamped hard enough to deform the metal, simply swap to a slightly heavier spring, as small an increment as will stop the excessive impact. A super heavy spring may compromise stroke, and increases recoil velocity towards the front and increases load on slide stop pin and hole in frame.

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need a buffer, and nor does a 1911 properly made and with good stock 16-16.5lb spring. A buffer will shorten slide stroke to a slight degree which can compromise function, and dust cover of slide cuts the buffers which could possibly come apart and truly jam the gun. If recoil spring guide base getting stamped hard enough to deform the metal, simply swap to a slightly heavier spring, as small an increment as will stop the excessive impact. A super heavy spring may compromise stroke, and increases recoil velocity towards the front and increases load on slide stop pin and hole in frame.

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cracking or requiring a new bolt carrier due to battering? On the 1911, there surely have been some battered or cracked lowers, but uncertain has always been spring weight/condition, possible handloads put through gun, etc., double ditto as for modern competitive shooters. I cannot speak for more modern guns with cast lowers, have never owned one, much less put tons of hardball through one. Have never had a hint of battering with a forged lower of proper hardness and unlimited hardball use. Have seen peening of front frame rails a time or two, but that was rails not proper length or slide cuts too short.

But, no harm in trying them if you wish, and swap them at first sign of deterioration if no compromise oherwise in function.

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shot a cast frame. All 1911 frames are cast. The forged frames are something that has come about in the last few years, but they were still cast, but being you seem to know it all name me one 1911 that was not cast. I get that crap all the time from guys that know it all saying that they wouldn't have a gun that was cast. Everything is cast. I have a 45 ACP longslide 1911 that I used in combat shooting and has a minimum of 70,000 rounds thru it and I have never replaced a part. And I was shooting hot 230 ball. And it was cast back in 1976 and was not forged.

Old Bill Ruger was one of the first that developed a special casting process that pretty much gets rid of any gas bubbles or other internal defects.

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HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE TRIED TO CONVINCE ANTI-CASTERS THAT ALL STEEL IS CAST.

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poured into ingots, remelted and extruded into bars, or rolled into sheets. Frames can then be investment cast with flow additives, or chunks can be heated and hammer forged into rough shape and then machined, investment cast taking far less machining. Sorry I was not specific enough in delineating investment cast from forging. But then Gary would have called me a know-it-all had I gone into such detail, and you know that is a fact, Mr. Taffin. I have been into 1911s as "my thing" since the 1960s and still have my bullseye gun Bob Day and I threw together in San Antonio 50yrs ago.

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pure and simple. As are all 1911s. All the BS you can roll into a paragraph will not change that. I would only call you a know it all when you blab on never ending with a subject that makes no sense, such as a non cast 1911. The bottom line is all 1911s are cast and as John said above all steels and steel alloys are cast.

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you said I get this at least once a week from the "experts" that come into the gun shop with their buddies and spout off that their personal 1911 or whatever gun they own was not cast and they wouldn't own a cast gun.

Gary do you offer an ar-15 parts kit like the 45acp kit?

? Does anyone know if recoil buffers are worth the effort,

My own personal feeling is that a Mini14 does not

Thank you.

As for reasoning, have you ever heard of a Mini14

you need to wake up. If you shot a 1911 you

THANK YOU GARY! I DON'T KNOW

All steel is molten originally, for sure. And then

your rambling made no sense. Your bullseye 1911 was cast

and thank you John for your comment on this. Like

an alloy frame 1911 does need a buffer. Guns like the Colt

I will check and see if we have any left

Thank you.