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sdmc530
03-04-2013, 10:04 AM
who does bobtail work? I am looking to get my STI III bobbed?
thanks!!!

NAMVET72
03-04-2013, 02:34 PM
Phil almost any GunSmith with a Good Reputation will do it for, but just remember most also have a waiting list...............



Clyde

skosh69
03-04-2013, 02:52 PM
What the Chief said.

Boats
03-04-2013, 06:56 PM
Navman did mine. Great job, too.

Tom

BadOscar
03-04-2013, 07:03 PM
I have some spare hack saw blades. :eek:

sdmc530
03-04-2013, 07:14 PM
I have some spare hack saw blades. :eek:

done! I am talking with Ed brown.....never even crossed my mind to contact them....

Jdl2
11-28-2013, 08:23 PM
I think Fusion will do it for you. Www.FusionFirearms.com
Good luck, I think you'll like it. I know Dave Waits loves his bobtail.
Jim

Caleb
11-30-2013, 09:44 PM
I'm going to try my own after the holidays with either the Ed Brown or Fusion MSH. You guys will see my progress good or bad.

Riverpigusmc
11-30-2013, 10:28 PM
I ain't breaking my mainspring housing.

Caleb
11-30-2013, 10:48 PM
I ain't breaking my mainspring housing.

How would you break your MSH? You don't modify that, only the frame.

Riverpigusmc
11-30-2013, 11:31 PM
ain't doing that either...don't want a 1911 with half an a** :p

skosh69
12-01-2013, 11:39 PM
I heard Doug bobbs....oh wait, you're talking about guns, not sex :eek:

douglas_knott
12-01-2013, 11:45 PM
I heard Doug bobbs....oh wait, you're talking about guns, not sex :eek:

Lol. I'll get you back.

milkmanjoe
12-02-2013, 09:17 PM
I ain't breaking my mainspring housing.

How would you break your MSH? You don't modify that, only the frame.

ain't doing that either...don't want a 1911 with half an a** :p

Agreed....I tried a bobbed 1911, shot all over the place.....

Alchemy Custom, if you must have it done.

Caleb
12-03-2013, 10:39 PM
ain't doing that either...don't want a 1911 with half an a** :p

You're no fun. ;)

skosh69
12-04-2013, 10:33 PM
How would you break your MSH? You don't modify that, only the frame.

That's not true. You have to cut off the corner of the MSH and re-position the mounting hole up higher on the MSH, hench the word "bobbed".

It applies to both the frame and the MSH.

Caleb
12-04-2013, 11:42 PM
That's not true. You have to cut off the corner of the MSH and re-position the mounting hole up higher on the MSH, hench the word "bobbed".

It applies to both the frame and the MSH.

If you go that route then, yes. But, you can buy an Ed Brown or Fusion MSH already bobbed.

skosh69
12-05-2013, 09:57 AM
If you go that route then, yes. But, you can buy an Ed Brown or Fusion MSH already bobbed.

Right, but the MSH pin hole has been moved...which is the point I was referring to when you said you don't have to modify your MSH. ;)

Caleb
12-05-2013, 10:16 AM
Right, but the MSH pin hole has been moved...which is the point I was referring to when you said you don't have to modify your MSH. ;)

I'm sorry but I'm not understanding. The MSH is the peice that houses the main spring and slides into the frame/grip, right? So, if you buy a "bobbed" MSH.....there is no modification to that housing. All you need to modify would be tje frame/grip. Correct me if I'm wrong.

skosh69
12-05-2013, 12:24 PM
I'm sorry but I'm not understanding. The MSH is the peice that houses the main spring and slides into the frame/grip, right? So, if you buy a "bobbed" MSH.....there is no modification to that housing. All you need to modify would be tje frame/grip. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Right, it's all semantics. We're both on the same page, just different books...LOL

It all goes back to your original post and Mike's about broken MSH's. It's been a long standing joke around here that "bobtailed" 1911's have "broken MSH's", that's what Mike was referring to. You then stated that nothing would be done to the MSH, which in reality is not true, it will be bobbed, either from Ed Brown, Fusion, yourself or gunsmith. That's all that I was implying.

Caleb
12-05-2013, 09:06 PM
Right, it's all semantics. We're both on the same page, just different books...LOL

It all goes back to your original post and Mike's about broken MSH's. It's been a long standing joke around here that "bobtailed" 1911's have "broken MSH's", that's what Mike was referring to. You then stated that nothing would be done to the MSH, which in reality is not true, it will be bobbed, either from Ed Brown, Fusion, yourself or gunsmith. That's all that I was implying.

Ah, roger that. :cool: