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Originally Posted by TaroBear
I see. So generally the one piece pricer models including the barrel and chamber are better? In regards to metal bodies, most of the parts I've found for the Marui 1911 are made by Guarder, so I heard that fitting after market parts from the same company into the same gun build would make things much easier? But if Guarder is kind of shoddy, I guess VFC is a better choice. Is it going to be a serious problem putting different company parts together?
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Well, I didn't say the true one-piece inner barrels are better. They're not necessarily better, although there's no chance of the welding to break or the two parts to unscrew from each other (I've experienced the unscrewing with the Shooters Design setups) so in this regard, they're a bit better. You don't have to worry about it coming apart. Ever.
The true one-piece sets also have additional features. At this time, there is only one manufacturer of these barrels for airsoft, but it is sold under several brands.
So just saying it's "one piece" doesn't necessarily make it better... yes, it holds together longer, but a two-piece assembly that's fixed together properly won't come loose that often either.
If the only metal bodies you've found are made by Guarder, then you're not looking hard enough.
It's ALWAYS recommended to match brands... otherwise, nobody will guarantee you'll have any compatibility. But even if you match brands, it doesn't mean all the parts will go together like butter (look at Guarder, for example. I had to file rails right out of the box just so the slide could mate to the frame.)
When building GBB's, ALWAYS expect to do fitment work!
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Originally Posted by juicy
And also... what's this about one piece barrels being better? As far as I can recall, nearly all aftermarket barrels are two piece - barrel and chamber, correct?
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Yes, almost all are sold as two separate parts, OR they were manufactured as two parts and attached afterwards.
There is only ONE factory building true one-piece barrels at this time. One of the brand's it's sold under is ILLusion Kinetics.
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Originally Posted by TaroBear
Well, I like to browse several websites. Usually I'm confronted with endless lists of parts for Hi Capas, and sometimes I find something for a vanilla 1911. A lot of the time it's Guarder. Sometimes it's SD.
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There are plenty of parts that can be swapped on the 1911. Almost every single part can be swapped, but you'll need to consider compatibility issues between the oldschool Colt M1911A1 Government frame and the modern MEU frame. Ultimately, you can get all parts to work together, you may just have to do some work to the parts.
Many Hi-Capa parts are also compatible with the single stack series.