I had a bit of hesitation on doing this custom work because of my experience building the Custom Covert II. Before I worked on this gun, I built two other pistols (they're not 1911s) just to take away my mind off the Covert. It helped doing just that. After the Covert, the next two custom builds I did were very easy. I'm not telling yet which model of pistol I worked on -- I'm not a fan of them then...but I am now!
So after those two other builds, I felt I got my confidence, momentum and groove running again so I decided to sit down and get back to action with the Tactical Entry build.
Being a 1911, and basically using the same brand/kind of kit -- only a different design/model -- the process is just the same as what I did in the Custom Covert II. But this time I'll try to make it simpler and less detailed.
To sart off, the gun is stripped by removing the slide stop lever and the slide is taken out from the front.
The barrel plug, recoil spring and the spring guide rod was removed from the slide assembly. These were put in a pouch, labeled, and put away in the storage box.
The barrel bushing and the outer barrel assembly was then taken out of the slide. Notice that the barrel bushing is the 1911A1 bushing and not the original Night Warrior silver barrel bushing. I replaced it to get the exact look of the Tactical Entry II.
The hop chamber-inner barrel assembly was pulled out of the outer barrel.
By undoing the two screws, one half of the hop chamber can be removed to access the hop mechanism and the inner barrel.
The hop bar and the inner barrel-hop rubber assembly was then detached from the hop chamber to be replaced by the Nineball inner barrel and hop rubber.
The whole inner barrel-hop chamber assembly was put back together.
The stainless steel outer barrel and chamber was assembled with the o-ring that comes with the kit.
The inner barrel-hop chamber assembly is now inserted into the outer barrel assembly.
By removing the screw at the rear of the slide, and the screw on top of the rear sight, the blowback housing can be taken out of the slide. With a bit of a force to widen the gap in the slide cavity, the blowback unit can easily come out.
The photo below shows the blowback housing and the loading nozzle already separated. The blowback housing, screw and loading nozzle spring will all be kept in storage and replaced.
This is now the replacement blowback housing. It is an Airsoft Surgeon BBH and it comes with its own screw and loading nozzle spring. Also shown in the photo is the loading nozzle spring guide that came in with the Tactical Entry conversion kit.
After positioning the rear sight in the slide, the whole blowback unit was then installed into the aluminum Hurricane slide. It is again a simple drop-in fit. The BBH was then screwed into the slide to keep it from moving.
The outer barrel assembly was then put into place.
And after placing the new full-length guide rod and barrel plug assembly along with the 1911A1 barrel bushing and the upgraded recoil spring that was included in the Hurricane kit, here now is the finished Kimber Tactical Entry slide.
Wired out.
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