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Anyone can publish an article; it may or may not be factual. What was the author's credibility? What are his credentials?
Anyone can publish an article; it may or may not be factual. What was the author's credibility? What are his credentials?
I'm not sure on the spelling, either, but I think it's more like Muesckle. And I don't think they exist any more. My recollection is that it disappeared from Brownell's catalog several years ago.4V50 Gary said:About the only thing I replace on 1911s (for myself) is to install a Muenster (sp) ambidextrous safety.
What's the frame to safety fit look like when it's pressed inward?Mueschke. They show up on ebay, occasionally.
Crappy pic, but this is a Wilson drop-in on a Colt Delta Elite.
That's the problem with drop-in Beavertail safeties; they still should be fitted to the frame.Safety is pinned in the depressed position.
Stock, the safety fits smoothly in the static, engaged position, but since I was going to pin it in the depressed position, I did a little grinding and polishing so it was better blended in the depressed /disengaged position, the way you would with a gunsmith-fit beavertail (other than all the work is done to the safety, and the frame is left alone).
Colt steel is 4140. Norinco steel is 5100 so I'd say it's a little better than fair.Just to interject a little information:
* Norinco firearms have not been imported to the USA since the 1990s. Norinco was banned from importing firearms by the US government. Canadians can still get them, but no US imports.
* Norinco used fair quality metal in their 1911s. Not great, just fair.
* Nobody I know uses Norinco 1911s for custom builds just because they are scarce. I've been a smith for 30 years and I have only seen about a dozen of them. More people using Rock Island frames and slides now, or just building up US commercial 1911s.
* Most custom 1911 builders I know use custom frames. If you are goiing to ask a customer to lay out $3000 for a custom 1911, it had better not say Springfield or Taurus on it.