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Gentleman (and ladies),

I have a "new in box" Colt 1911 slide and I'm thinking about a project for me and my son and we would build a 1911 pistol "from scratch" and wanted to find out how feasible this is. This wouldn't be a fancy-schmansy rail gun, just a 1911 to take to the range. The slide I have is a standard blued slide from a commercial model Colt and it's the same size as the M1911A1 slide. I have a MidwayUSA catalog and I thought I'd start by listing the parts I need, pricing them out and determine if we want to do this. I am not a gunsmith and have rudimentary mechanical skills, but I do reload my own ammo with excellent results, I might add. I figure if we get really stuck, I could find a local gunsmith to help us out, but I'd like to try and build a 1911 without help, if that's possible. I have 2 M1911A1's to use as "examples", so that should help us.

What do you think? Is this a reasonable project to attempt? Thanks!