fast and effective rust protecting?

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shu

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Well, after a year of agonizing over why i did not have a .45, and if i did could i afford to shoot it, i finally on the spur of the moment bought one of them (yetch!) brazilian made springfield armory starter 1911-a1.

the gun shoots tolerably well, about 5 inch group at 25 yards (but six inches low) first thrash with some cheap ammo.

but i like to *never* got that sucker apart! the front bushing was binding on the front site post, and was generally a tight fit all around in the slide.

so i got some crocus cloth and a dowel rod and polished down the front site pin on the inside of the slide, and also worked over the front bushing a bit. still a bit tight and neither the bushing nor the hole in the slide are exactly round, but at least the bushing comes off without using my teeth.

anyhow, now i am left with some bare metal on the inside of the slide where i buffed off the black (parkerized?) finish. the front bushing is stainless, so that is no problem...

but what can i do to cover the bare metal on the inside of the slide. color is not important (aint nobody gonna looking at it there) but i would like something simple and cheap.

-thanks.
 
Gee, I'm the opposite, I wish I had a tight bushing as you describe...

In any case, Brownell's Oxpho Blue is probably the best cold compound available for blending in the areas you bared by crocusing (what is crocus cloth, BTW?). It's pretty black and phosphated so it should match the black park fairly well.
 
yes - i had some thoughts about that. i am new to the 1911. it occurred to me that too much slop between the bushing and slide would start throwing the shots around. but i wanted to be able to field strip the weapon - like in the *field* - without resort to wrench, hammer and chisel, etc.

crocus cloth is a very fine grit emery cloth. it did take out the tooling marks on the bushing, leaving a more polished finish.

- thanks.
 
Romulus is right

That's the best stuff for you to use. Since it's inside, though, you might just want to go to the local gunstore and get a Birchwood-Casey "Bluing" Pen.

In any event, degrease completely first with alcohol. Make several applications until it's a good color. Then neutralize the action by application of oil or CLP.

What ammo are you shooting? You can file the front sight, but if your ammo isn't particularly fast, you may want to try other ammo first.
 
BTW, I have read that SA are forged in Brazil, but machined here in the States.Somehow American nativist impulses lead many folks to believe that we're the only ones who can master these centuries-old technologies...you have a fine piece regardless where it comes from. I would recommend next time to send it to SA for these nuisance problems, as doing what you did might void the warranty.

Thanks for clearing the mystery about crocus cloth
 
it was PMC -whatever-they-had-on-sale-that-day.

i'm really a 9mm guy. the only way i will be able to afford to shoot that thing is get some dies and load them myself. just the freight on the lead is frightful to consider.

don't think i'll be working over the front sight. it's a three dot picture. filing off some of the sight would pull the front dot up. i had just as well settle on a powder and lead load, then learn the dot picture for the distance i want to work.
 
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