I have a steel framed commander 1911, early 1970’s vintage. Customer wishes to have a ramped barrel installed. The pistol was damaged by a “shade tree gunsmith” by stoning too much metal off the ramp in frame and the chamber, ruining the barrel. I have discovered there are many different styles of ramped barrels out there. Can anyone recommend a ramped barrel for this application? From my research, Bar-Sto comes highly recommended. But they have different styles of ramps. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
BarSto makes a great barrel, any one you get from them should be good and after you fit it to the gun it should run great. Another option is to weld up the wrecked part of the frame and fit a standard barrel. Or check to see that even though the barrel was wrecked beyond repair a new barrel fitted correctly might cure the problems and you may not have to alter or weld up the frame.
