American Handgunner Jul/Aug 1981 - Jeffersonian

sure that the barrel lugs mate perfectly
with the cuts in the slide. The next step in
the conversion is perhaps the most important,
and in Spilborghs' case the most
innovative. Since John is a machinist, he
decided that his extended .45 would feature
a custom designed bushing (currently
patent pending) that would secure the
slide and at the same time increase the
sight radius. We should digress at this
point to mention that most extended .45's
today feature an extended slide. This is
accomplished by either casting a longer
slide to begin with, or welding sections of
two separate slides together. Spilborghs
opted for neither, instead an extended
bushing was conceived that is milled and
turned from a solid piece of bar stock.
As John says, "Welding is welding, you
have to take advantage ofyour talents; I'm
good on a machine~' The extended bushing
is carefully fitted to the gun in a
manner that makes it look as ifit's always
belonged there. Two lugs on the bottom of
the bushing lock it to the slide. The recoil
spring plug is grooved to index with the
forward face of the bushing lugs. The
recoil spring guide is extended to meet the
plug, and it is buffer~d to take up recoil
shock. The end product stabilizes the barrel
to the extent that under one-inch
groups can be obtained from the Ransom
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This is not the end ofJohn's work on the
extended forty-five. Even before the gun
Also available, the new Lee White
has been fitted for the extended barrel and
Outline rear sight blade for Colts,
Rugers and Micro at $4.95 each.
custom bushing, the piece gets a full blown
Jobbers and distributors call or
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rather than just by "feel~'
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spring under pressure. An Ohaus triggerpull
scale is affixed to the top ofthe jig and
pressure is applied to the spring until the
desired "pull" weight is indicated. At this
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the frame. John feels that this method is
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After the trigger is adjusted the ejection
port is enlarged for easy and positive ejection.
The magazine well is beveled and the
interior is polished to remove all burrs and
imperfections. The grip straps are checkered
to the buyer's specifications along
with the front of the trigger guard.
An extended slide stop is fitted to the
frame along with an ambidextrous safety,
both of John's design. The ambidextrous
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