Ed Brown 1911 drop in match barrel.
Did not drop into my Rock Island Armory 1911 needed a little work.
Beautiful craftsmanship
Very nice craftsmanship. Beautiful and makes the slide fit very tight. Only complaint I have is that the barrel ring that the slide lock inserts into is too loose and free moving...making for an occasional complicated reinstall of slide. Other than that, its a beautiful piece.
Fitting is Required, but good once fit
Installed on Remington 1911 R1 Enhanced as the original threaded barrel made the overall length out of limits for competition. Barrel Fitting was required in a couple of places but I was able to get it working with a simple jewelers file set and a micrometer on my own.
RIA 1911A1 FS drop in?
No instructions other than on Ed Brown website. Followed instructions. Installed easily. Almost a drop in with supplied bushing. With stock bushing a drop in. With supplied bushing lockup was too tight. Hung up on the last 1/8 inch of barrel if eased into battery. Also hard to pull back slide from battery. Tried stock bushing that wasn't bad fit on this barrel and voila good smooth lockup. Still tighter than stock setup. The stock barrel can't be cleaned to a shine inside. Looks like a neglected one though it wasn't. This Ed Brown one is over the top compared to it. Very nice machining.
Takes work but worth it
I was disappointed that the chambering did not accept semi-wadcutters even though the enclosed instructions stated that it would. There is no problem chambering G.I. hardball. I had to have my gunsmith re-cut the forcing cone about .050" deeper to accept the cast H&G #68 SWC bullet. Other than that the barrel fitting was minor and worked well by following the instructions. Groups were the best of my (3) 1911's coming in at about 3" for 16 rounds at 25 yards. Groups improved after 300 rounds indicating that the lug fitting has to wear in.
colt contract brazil
Great barrel nice crown no play in link bottom lug fit snug in para frame barrels exact size as colt except a little on bottom lug and top lugs arnt as deep chamber area was fater and hood was exact as colt bottom needed a little taken off for slide stop for slid to come all the way back and top lugs thined on sides wish top lugs were deeper and were colt lugs are even ed browns rear lug is shallower then front hood could be a hundreths longer and a lot wider bushing is super tight you need a bushing wrench to install an I took a little off its lug too paint it with sharpie and put on to see were its rubing an file repeat tell its as tight or loose as you like
Glad it was mde to max tolerance
As it says some filing was needed for my rock island 2011 but the lock up is great bushing is a bit tight but doesn't hang but it took the gun from a 2' pattern @ 20 yards to a 1' pattern @ 60 yards free hand I'm tickled. Had to file bushing to slide, rear lugs to slide and a lil off rear hood all in all about a half hour. Directions that came with the barrel where spot on and very simple. I'm no gunsmith but very good with my hands and have a strong mech background
QUALITY BARREL
BOUGHT IT FOR A COLT COMBAT ELITE. THE GROUPS ARE CLOSER APPROX 1 1/2 FREE HAND. VERY GOOD QUALITY, WORTH THE MONEY. THE ONLY REASON I GAVE IT 4 STARS IS THE FITTING. HAD TO FIT THE HOOD AND UPPER LUGS, NOW IT HAS A VERY NICE LOCK UP.
Ed Brown Drop-in Barrel Kit
When receiving the Ed Brown Match Barrel I was impressed with the overall quality. I'll be using the barrel at short range so I choose the Drop in Barrel. When trying to install it in Colt Series 70 I needed to do fitting in the chamber housing area and much work for correct lock up. I have'nt shot it yet but fell it will shot great. I do question Ed Brown's advertising Drop-in Barrel
some fitting required.
I installed this barrel into a Rock Island and alot of fitting was required around chamber housing area. The end result is that I noticed tighter grouping and alot tighter lock up. I recomend letting a gunsmith with experience to install.
