How should I remove hardened grease from my 1911 ???

[Johnny P]

As Lyman noted SW is the manufacturer, Smith & Wesson.

[John Mello]

How Cool Is That!!!
Smith & Wesson.
This pistol just keeps getting better and better.
Thanks, John M.

[Madara]

Rinse the parts in cheap gasoline in a plastic coffee container (one for each wheel so as to not mix up the components) outside for ventilation.

Um... I don't think the environmental or dermatologist people would approve so we'll call that a joke.

but it would work...

[John Mello]

Hey Guys,
I field striped it the night before I took it out shooting.
Wanted to make sure it was greased up real good.
So took a photograph of the underside if the barrel hood. It's a beautiful satin like silver color.
The whole of the bore is that way, save for the tip of muzzle, it's lightly Parkerized (dark anyway) there.

Went to The Nevada County Sportsmen's Club yesterday and tried it out.
Ran Real Smooth. Shot 50 rounds of Winchester .45 AUTO ball (white box).
And 10 rnds. of some old ammo I came into, and have been packing around for more than 45 years.

(+ 0ver 1000 rnds of E.C. 43 S, F.A. 6-16, W 17, REM-UMC 18, U.S.C.CO. 6-19,
14 mags in 1918 dated pouches, and So Much More, but that's another story, if Ya want to hear it.? +)

Anyway, shot some REM-UMC.
The Remington Targetmaster, 185 grain M. C. Wad Cutter.
I shot two, 5 round groups with it and was blown away.
Imagin how good it would be in capable hands.
I couldn't see the sights well against the target black.
So I lined the sights up on the edge of the paper. Worked better.

Here is a photo of "The Sliver Lining", a SW chrome lined barrel. And my Best Group Ever w/a 1911A1.

Under the Barrel Hood.jpg5 round group.jpg

I real happy with the CMP Rack Grade 1911A1 Pistol.
It's like a Race Car (remember the old "Hardtop Races" at the fair grounds),
A Thoroughbred. With a hard slide and a chrome lined barrel, plus the other parts are like new.
A Real High Performance Machine. w\a U.S.A. pedigree.

One more note on this slide (7790314/53397).
There is no seam around the firing pin hole like the WWII slides with the hard plug screwed into the breach face.

Over and Out for Now,
Jm