Colt 1911 A1 Blank Gun | Gun Restoration
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First things first: iam not a fan of real guns, but restoring a blank gun was a really interesting project for me.
I got this gun from a friend, it was laying in his barn for several years. He told me that its an Colt blank gun, made in germany.
I started the restoration of this gun by making it work again with WD40. The gun slide was stuck. After getting all mechanical parts moving again, I was able to disassemble the gun. All of the parts were looking good, but pitting did its job on this zinc die-cast gun.
After sandblasting the slide, i did some sanding work on it. Reblasting with glassbeads was the perfection preparation for the cold bluing bath. I used the Tifoo cold bluing bath, since its made for zinc.
The cold bluing turned out great, so i moved on with the other zinc parts. All of the small steel parts were cleaned in a ultra sonic cleaner with citric acid cleaner. This was pretty effective.
Before disassembling, i reengraved the lettering on the gun slide with my 5mW laser. This turned out pretty nice. The final test shows, that this gun is working perfectly fine again. The final test was done on my private property.
Brand/Model: Its a zinc die-cast Colt Government 1911 A1 9mm PAK (yup, the real 1911 has a different caliber..!), made in germany. Its a blank pistol (Schreckschuss-, Gaswaffe).
Logos: I didnt use the original font while engraving. I didnt engrave the ‘Colt’ Logo, because Iam not allowed to recreate the Logo.
The ‘PTB’ sign is the ‘Beschusszeichen’, a sign which says that this gun is allowed in germany.
I hope you have fun with the video! If you have any questions on the used tools, materials or the processes, write it in the comment section – i´ll try to answer as soon as possible!
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Colt 1911 A1 Blank Gun | Gun Restoration
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For anyone wondering "What is a Blank Gun?"
It is basically the type of gun mainly used in movies. It looks, feels, and fires like a gun. But nothing comes out of the barrel except for some gas. (Though not every blank gun releases the gas from the barrel.)
Essentially, its a functioning prop.
So when he's shooting. Nothing comes out.
That said.
Man this was a real joy to watch you restore it and bring it back so beautifully! And after the blueing and oil, it truly looks wonderful.
The laser is a nice touch, and it works really well on wood apparently. That's pretty cool, and hope you'll use it more in other projects as well.
Excellent A1.TOPNOTCH
laserpecker lol
What laser engraver is that?
This looks like a really neat training tool for getting someone used to working and firing a handgun with no live ammo around. Safer for first time shooters I would expect.
what laser uniy is that your useing ?
Excelente trabalho 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Good job
Very nice restoration, it functioned cleanly and locked open on an empty mag as it should. Regarding the pitting, J-B Weld is a product that is used to fill pits on items to be powder coated, it contains steel and attracts the powder readily, and is very strong. I have no idea if it can be blued as I'd fill differently on a real steel item.
very nice restoration.
Good job man 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Is a not 1911 A1 cal .45acp. This pistol is not realy
😆 Get another set of grips. Engrave one with "LIKE" and the other with "SUBSCRIBE". And engrave the magazine base plate with "SHARE".
재밌습니다 ㅇ
the disassembly of this 1911 breaks my brain, but I understand it's a specific "blank gun"
I just found you and benchwatching is on. Great work my friend. Subscribing and going nuts with the likes. Keep up the good work.
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where you find the magazine?very nice video
I really like guns.And even though this is a blank firing gun.It’s still really cool!
I really like guns.And even though this is a blank firing gun.It’s still really cool!
Pulls trigger at start of video…
Shoots camera man….
“Looks like there was still one in the clip”
Screen shows camera man on the ground wearing a “subscribe” T shirt.
By god you’ve done it again Mr Patina.
Glad to see some new content from you and I also see you have some new toys and tricks up the old patented Patina sleeve. Beautiful work my friend! 💪💪💪👏👏
Man you’re a badass. Freaking great video.
I had a 9mm handgun that was made out of die cast zinc until I found out what they fatal flaw was in shooting said gun. The metal they were made from would crack and explode in the hand. Needless to say it was scrapped and nobody will ever use it again.😳It was a Jennings Bryco model '58, they're worse than a Hi Point.
It was great… But the laser was especially impressive.
Wooow!! 👌
What nice job dude I like the engraving machine
Awesome job, and you actually fired it, very nice 👍
You should have a link for laser purchase, sonic cleaner and the cold blue chemicals
toy?
Magic spray WD40.Nice job.
kiding😭
Кольт 1911 всегда имел калибр 11.43 мм, а не 9мм.
Wow, it turned out very cool. I'm sure that you spent a lot of time on this video and you managed to surprise me with both the quality of the content and the video itself. I have a subscription and a royal like!
Who also agrees that the car is well done, please support
That bang-bang is Positively Patinated! ✔️
Just a note, might want to be careful with that laser engraver around your cameras. Even the reflected light is strong enough that it can damage the image sensor. Suggest putting laser protection in front of the lens as well as your eyes. That's all, great restoration. Wouldn't have thought they made these from cast zinc.
Thank you for the video! 🤩👍♥
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Excellent work ! One question, where did you buy this laser recorder? I'm wanting one of this, but in Brazil I can not find at a fair price, I would like to import, hugs !