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<blockquote data-quote="Zaphod Beeblebrox" data-source="post: 3013128" data-attributes="member: 4606">I&#039;m no expert, but I LOVE me some 1911.&nbsp; And Hi Power.I switch out the grips on pretty much everything I can, not because I don&#039;t like the factory grips, but because I want it to be mine.&nbsp; I&#039;m partial to fancy wood or bone grips.OK, I didn&#039;t like the factory (FEG) Hi Power grips.&nbsp; It is now wearing some pretty decent fake ivory panels.&nbsp; They were dirt cheap and look ok, but I may switch them out for natural bone.I haven&#039;t felt the need to swap out metal parts (except see below), but I understand the desire to make it &quot;bulletproof&quot;.&nbsp; I shoot pretty regularly, but not enough to wear the gun out, so I think I&#039;ll be ok.&nbsp; If I ever break a part, I&#039;ll almost certainly buy some really expensive non-MIM part, but I really doubt I&#039;ll ever be faced with that situation.I did add a stronger recoil spring to my Ruger LW 9mm Commander.&nbsp; It came with an approximately 10lb spring, and it seemed like the slide was rocketing back to me.&nbsp; I think I put a 14lb spring in it, and it runs just fine.Basically, if the AR platform is like Barbie for boys, the companion pistol is the 1911.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zaphod Beeblebrox, post: 3013128, member: 4606"] I'm no expert, but I LOVE me some 1911. And Hi Power. I switch out the grips on pretty much everything I can, not because I don't like the factory grips, but because I want it to be [I]mine[/I]. I'm partial to fancy wood or bone grips. OK, I didn't like the factory (FEG) Hi Power grips. It is now wearing some pretty decent fake ivory panels. They were dirt cheap and look ok, but I may switch them out for natural bone. I haven't felt the need to swap out metal parts (except see below), but I understand the desire to make it "bulletproof". I shoot pretty regularly, but not enough to wear the gun out, so I think I'll be ok. If I ever break a part, I'll almost certainly buy some really expensive non-MIM part, but I really doubt I'll ever be faced with that situation. I [I]did[/I] add a stronger recoil spring to my Ruger LW 9mm Commander. It came with an approximately 10lb spring, and it seemed like the slide was rocketing back to me. I think I put a 14lb spring in it, and it runs just fine. Basically, if the AR platform is like Barbie for boys, the companion pistol is the 1911. [/QUOTE]

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