I recently purchased an 1911 and M1 Carbine from a friend of mine. These two weapons were carried by his father-in-law (1st Lt, 20th Armored Div) in WWII.
I got the 1911 disassembled for cleaning and everything went OK. When trying to reassemble it, encounter a couple of problems. Since I'm a newbie with a 1911, need some advice.
1. The barrel bushing is not going back into place because what appears to be burrs on the end of the barrel. I think it could be forced, but am worry about that (see picture).
2. There some kind of deposit on the inside of the barrel right at the front (see picture). Looks likes a calcium deposit, although I doubt that's what it is. Found another smaller one on the slide but just knock it off with a small screwdriver. I reluctant to use that method on the barrel. I have run a copper cleaning brush through the barrel a couple of times.
Any advice?
Thanks
Steve Z