Ciener 1911 conversion

[teamnelson]

Ordered one of their specials straight from Ciener http://www.22lrconversions.com/specials.htm, government matte fixed sites with extra mag, $219 shipped to Hawaii. Same thing at Midway is $234 before shipping. Customer service at Ciener is silent - no phone # or email. They do everything by mail, which is not ideal, but hey. I take it they're busy making slides with other folks labels on it.

Initially it would only slide on so far. I found a thread where a guy had to remove his ejector and dremel out a channel on a Kimber conversion to make it fit in a Taurus frame. So I stared at the pin for the ejector and decided I wanted a second opinion. Found a comment on Midway that it slid right on so I figured it must be rubbing some where. I "gently" pushed on the nose to see if there was some play, and rocking it back a few milimeters found that there was no hard resistance, just a little tight. Took it off and found the shiny parts, filed it down a hair, put a little jeweller's rouge on it, put it back on and racked it a hundred times. Took it apart again, wiped it off, oiled it, put it back together and racked a few more hundred times. Perfect! Now just need to take it shooting.

I may take a picture of the slide and post if anyone is interested. And I'll give a range report eventually.

[Savage]

 My Ciener unit slips right on my PT1911 frame and runs like a champ. I'd be careful removing metal on the conversion. It would be easy to remove the hard anodized surface, which would accelerate wear big time. All in all, I like the Ciener unit. Other than it doesn't lock back on an empty mag. Speaking of which, mags are pretty reasonable as well. I bought an extra 5 so I could use the pistol for the rimfire division of the Steel Challenge. About $25 apiece if memory serves. Enjoy your conversion. Lots of practice for little money! I have an Advantage Arms unit on order for my Glocks. Looking forward to using it as well.

Savage

[vincewarde]

I have both a 1911 kit and a kit for my pt92.  Both required some fitting.  The PT92 kit required a lot before it would go into battery.  The up side is that it is very tight and accurate.  Love it!