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WELCOME TO THE NO BS ZONE OF TEDDY JACOBSON

"PROJECT STREET GUN" - FINAL DATE WILL BE JAN. 20 th, 2005 - PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR STATUS BY EMAILING ME AT tjacobson@houston.rr.com
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I am going to cover many areas in this commentary and I want you to let me know where your interest lies and I will expand on it at a later date.

Regarding a 1911 pistol, many people want to know what angle the sear should be cut, this question always comes up on forums and chat rooms. Its not that simple, you can not give any one a truthful answer unless you know the geometry of the frame holes and the hammer design and the exact height of the hammer hooks, the rest is BS.

I am going to talk more about the 1911 pistol. You can not do a good job of preparing a frame for a plunger tube by using a Dremel tool using a ball cutter bit and working on the inside of the holes through the magazine well inorder to prepare the two holes for staking on a plunger tube. Working at that angle you will never get an even chamfer that you need on the two frame holes. These two holes must be chamfered exactly the same so you can flare the plunger tube rivets evenly.

The best way to clean up the internal 1911 slide lugs is to use a Flex Hone with the proper lubricant. I have been using these hones for years.

Disconnectors with a do- nut type design incorporated will work well with some frames and not with others. The part may need to be modified on certain frames.

Installing a thumb safety properly on a 1911 pistol sounds easy, but it is not. I get so many 1911 pistols in here that have a poorly installed thumb safety its unreal.

Installing an internal extractor in a 1911 pistol sounds easy when you are in these chat rooms but its not. Having a tool that will bend an extractor in the middle is nothing I would ever use.

Having a magazine that is locked in place in your 1911 and you still have 1/8 of an inch of free play is a big mistake. Your magazine must sit high enough for proper feeding.

If the slide stop in your 1911 pistol will not allow reassembly easily in your 1911 pistol because the pin in the plunger tube will not depress you have a major problem. This pistol was designed for quick reassembly with no tools.

The stake on front sight on a 1911 pistol is available in three different size tenons. The old Colt series 70 = 1.47mm , the Springfield Armory = 2.08mm, the new Colt series 80 = 3.18mm. The rear sight dovetail is 65 degrees.

Basically nothing is drop in, all frames vary. All firing pin stops must hold internal extractors tight. You will have erratic extraction if the extractor rotates.

Today Gunsmiths use many of the same products they were using 30 plus years ago, in my opinion the reason for this, is that many products are still good but if there are better products available, and there are, it would take too much of an educational process to teach old birds these new things. WHY BOTHER when you can still sell the old products as always with no problem.

I am constantly looking for better methods and techniques and products regardless of the cost. You can never be sure where a product is made, its impossible, no one will tell you. I am referring to the components in semi autos and revolvers. There is a world of after market products out there, its a multi million dollar business.

If you cut a spring made out of music wire vs. chrome silicon vs. stainless steel vs. a Brazilian made spring all having the same wire diameter you can feel the difference as some are easy to cut and others are very hard. I have now decided to use a number of stainless steel springs in various applications, one being because when I take apart an old mainspring housing in a 1911 pistol I often see a lot of rust. I have solved that problem with the current method I am using. I absorb the cost of more expensive products.

I want you to experiment on something for me, I want you to take 6 empty cases of the same caliber, but they must be different brands of manufacture. They must be fired one time or new cases. You pick out either 9mm, 40 sw, 45 acp, etc. I want you to make a sketch on paper of the six cases, mark them a, b, c, d, e, f, and take some good calipers and write down the dimensions of each case, measure the length and the width in various areas. You will see nothing is exact. Thats why people like me use professional head space gauges. I take no chances with your life.

I have turned down quite a bit of work lately. I may not make many more custom 1911 pistols, I will see how my health holds up. Right now I will finish the ones I have commited to complete. I can make a very good street gun using a mil-spec Springfield Armory pistol. It will be more than accurate enough for me and my customers. The original barrel is fine. I have been concentrating on various finishes on barrels that I will do myself. This is self lubricating finishes.

When you select a Plater, I would use some one that has a good reputation like Virgil Tripp, or Bob Cogan, or Horace Booth, etc. If you are going to have gunsmithing work done by the plater, ask to speak with their gunsmith to make sure you are on the same page. Do not ever let anyone talk you into anything you do not want or feel comfortable with. Never let a gunsmith keep your old parts, some will sell them, some will use them in other guns. Some day you may need one of your old parts. I always try and return everyones parts, if they do not want them I will put them in a bin dedicated for these old parts and springs. I sure am making friends now........
My only agenda is to wake up tomorrow morning to feed my two dawgs.

Being a religous person G-D has always looked out for me. Lying to people for the sake of making another dollar bill is not in me. Look at the one dollar bill on the reverse side under the pyramid, in LATIN it says "NEW WORLD ORDER" , I believe that was put on there in 1935. And then it says "IN G-D WE TRUST"............

Never buy cast or MIM extractors for any 1911 pistol. Any air bubble could ruin your day.

As I always tell you, do not let anyone BS you what you must carry in defense of your life. USE COMMON SENSE. You must train your self to be the weapon. It does not matter one bit what I carry, whether it be brand, model or caliber. I can adapt instantly, its my mind and ability to hit a vital area, the gun is just an extension of me. I must be the weapon, just think about the excellent COMMANDOS in the US MILITARY, or The BRITISH SAS, or the ISRAELI COMMANDOS. They are killing machines, its in your mind, thats the training you must think about.

Martial Arts Masters I have known most of my life can take some one out in seconds using almost anything used in daily life. I would like to expand on this but it would not be a good idea.

Practice and practice all you can using different handguns, use man size targets. Buy a medical book available in all good book stores and study the human anatomy, you must memorize exactly where all the vital organs are. You are just going to train your self in defense of your life and the protection of your property.
THIS IS REALITY, THE REST IS BS.


AUTHORS PERSONAL NOTATION:
This commentary as well as all my previous commentaries are my personal opinion only and my personal viewpoint only.


Teddy Jacobson / Pistolsmith
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