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CmdrSlander
02-02-13, 23:33
The new Rock Island M1911s have incredibly annoying, overstated billboards on the slide and I can't stand them. I want it gone, destroyed, or rendered unnoticeable. How?
aguila327
02-03-13, 01:19
Sell it to someone who doesn't care. For the mobey it will cost to grind it of and refinish you might as well go buy a made in the USA 1911.
din
02-03-13, 03:00
sharpie.
samuse
02-03-13, 08:01
Sell it and buy one with a rollmark you like.
Shorts
02-03-13, 08:37
Sell it. Real cheap, in fact, it makes you money.

Now other options:

- buy a new slide and fit to the frame
- if rollmarks are not deep they can be milled off by a real good 'smith

Any attempt to fill the rollmarks with anything you will need to refinish. And now you've limited yurself the type of finish depending on compatibility of fill material to base piece.

Short answer, live with the rollmarks or sell/trade for a model you do like.
ICANHITHIMMAN
02-03-13, 10:03
Sell it to someone who doesn't care. For the mobey it will cost to grind it of and refinish you might as well go buy a made in the USA 1911.

YEs this, to much sanding and its not worth it at all. Why did you buy it?
Chuck
02-03-13, 19:30
Surface grind both sides of slide. $100
Parkerize slide. $50
R0CKETMAN
02-03-13, 19:58
Surface grind both sides of slide. $100
Parkerize slide. $50

Bingo. Not a big deal to remove most roll marks. They're not that deep
CmdrSlander
02-03-13, 21:03
I hit it with some wonder blue and it toned it down to the point that it is barely noticeable.
ICANHITHIMMAN
02-03-13, 21:05
If you just concentrate on the sights like your supposed to the rest is insularity.
Deucer01
03-22-13, 20:12
Another thing to consider is the resale value would probablybe less with no roll mark. Most buyers prefer used guns in original condition.
Army Chief
03-22-13, 20:41
I had the slide markings removed from an STI Lawman that was used as a custom base gun (https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=102452). Professional surface grinding offers a quick solution, as Chuck has indicated. It's not especially difficult to eliminate them, so long as the rollmarks are of relatively uniform depth.

http://www.sabre-design.com/images/1911/DSC08694a.jpg

http://www.sabre-design.com/images/1911/DSC08691a.jpg

AC
theJanitor
03-22-13, 20:53
I had the same thing done when I had a Kimber overhauled:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4026/4526845437_a914241c17_z.jpg
freightdog1911
03-22-13, 22:11
Janitor think I've asked this before but, where did you get those grips? Who did the overhaul? Thanks.
theJanitor
03-22-13, 22:34
Dunno where you'd get those grips anymore. Sorry

Drake Oldham did the work on that gun - Kart barrel, logo removal, checkering, new beavertail, custom profiled Heinie sights, magwell opened up, fitted extra S&A magwell, melonite

I regret letting that one go