A guy walks into the shop on Saturday

[bigjakewelch]

So, a guy drops by the shop on Saturday and says
Him-" Hey, do you work on 1911's?"
Me- I sure do. What's going on with it?
Him- "It was run over by an 18 wheeler.
Me - LOL!!! I've had allot of problem 1911's come thru here, but this is a first for me.

So as usual I forgot to take some before pics but I got some after pics. The slide was compressed and the road rash was pretty bad. I had to tig some of the really deep pits and blend them in. Open the slide rails back up and run it on the mill to hit the tight spots that I couldn't get out. I did a Mag Particle test on it to check for stress cracks. Just test fired it and it's running like a sewing machine. I think the Cerakote came out pretty nice too.

 

[HogHunter1203]

Nice work!

 

[NOLASHOOTER]

You are a healer. Nice work bringing it back from the dead.

 

[JBP55]

All I can say is WOW!

 

[wcweir3]

Great job

 

[tj357]

Excellent work!!

 

[Jmfox3]

Well done. Baton Rouge?

 

[bigjakewelch]

Well done. Baton Rouge?

Yep. I'm in Baton Rouge. Thanks for all the compliments.

 

[rcm192]

Damn man. Thats excellent. Good work!

 

[Docrust]

Awesome job! Dude must really love his 1911!

 

[bigjakewelch]

Awesome job! Dude must really love his 1911!

He hasn't picked it up yet. I just finished it up this afternoon.

 

[US Infidel]

Naaaa. That's a new gun. Jk. Looks perfect.

 

[noob]

Looks good, but the work involved sounds like it may have been cheaper to buy a new one

 

[GunRelated]

Looks like new. Nice work.

 

[bigjakewelch]

Looks good, but the work involved sounds like it may have been cheaper to buy a new one

To replace it would be over $1000. To repair it was less than $400, and he got a really cool Cerakote job. On a job like this I charge by the hour, and not the line item. I try to be fair on pricing and if it's better to replace the firearm I will tell the customer up front.

 

[Goatwhiskers]

Ya done good, Jake. GW

 

[RustyHammer]

WOW ... thinking I should have someone drive over mine .. LOL

 

[mike84z28]

Very nice work !

 

[whbonney26]

Don't know what it looked like before but its a pretty sweet looking pistol now.

 

[bigjakewelch]

Don't know what it looked like before but its a pretty sweet looking pistol now.

I wish I would have taken some before pics. It was pretty rough.