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A guy I know wants a 1911 and has about $500 to spend. Apparently the Metro Arms Classic with a 5 inch barrel caught his eye, and he came to me asking if I knew anything about it. Honestly, I don't know very much about 1911s in general, so I'm passing the buck on to you guys. How quality is...
The Charter Arms PITBULL has nicks or machine marks in a lot of places. There is a nick in the barrel underlug on the left side, a nick on the top of the frame toward the rear sights, the frame window has nicks on both sides top and bottom.
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Charter Arms currently has three different mainsprings, of differing weights, depending upon the model. Green is standard, blue is lighter, and red is heavier. They are available direct from Charter, and I would avail yourself of one of those, before cutting, slicing, dicing and shimming.
But as I recall, back in the late 70's & 80's - air marshalls were using Charter Arms .44 Spl Bulldogs. Actually this is a big reason the .44 Spl was given a second lease on life.