The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide

The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide is a companion volume to the author’s The M1911 Complete Owner’s Guide. Lavishly illustrated, The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide is far more than a traditional “how-to” book.  Based on the experiences of a diversified build team, the TIPS, TRICKS, and PITFALLS characteristic of Walt Kuleck’s previous Complete Assembly Guides are more wide-ranging and encompassing than ever. Coached by pistolsmith Drake Oldham, the author and two “advanced amateurs” show how to assemble and upgrade the M1911.  The team discovered on their journey toward understanding that many more “situations” arose than would have been the case if the author had been building a pistol “for the Guide” by himself. They share their experiences—including their missteps—as they build their pistols.  

The efforts of the team have produced a unique assembly and upgrade guide for the M1911; there’s never been a guide like this, indeed, there’s never been a gun book like this!  We’ve done our best to create a valuable resource for the first-time, and second-time, and third-time—and based on the team’s experience using The AR-15 Complete Assembly Guide, even twentieth-time—1911 builder. Come and join The M1911 Complete Assembly Guide team as we take a jumble of parts and build pistols of which to be proud.  With this book in hand, you can, too.