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should I get a 1911 or a Capa slide stop?
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1911
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Will a 1911 style hammer operate with a Capa slide?
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Yes. The hammer has nothing to do with the slide
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Will a 1911 safety mesh with the Capa slide?
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Yes. Again, the safety functions have nothing to do with the slide.
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I understand Hi Capas don't have barrel bushings like 1911 and variants do?
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Correct
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Do I need a Capa bushing?
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Only if you want it, but you'll need to change to a straight barrel, as well as require a slide that has a bushing lock channel.
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Some research on the net seems to indicate that the barrel, recoil spring and some other slide guts will fit, but don't operate completely well when cross-exchanged. Should I be buying Capa parts, or do I basically need a donor Capa slide to gut?
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yes... and no. It's a bit more complicated than that. I'd need a better idea of what you want to do in order to guide you better. But basically, you WILL need a few parts from a Hi-Capa to fit on to a Hi-Capa slide - particularly, the sights. Any 1911 slide setup does not have open sights that will fit a Hi-Capa.
The hop up chamber is slightly different as well. The 1911 series hop up chamber has a male protrusion that the 1911 recoil spring guide attaches to. The Hi-Capa series does not have this protrusion. You can mod it by grinding it off.
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Alright. Right now I'm looking at a Capa outer barrel, spring and spring plug, 1911 slide stop, hammer and safety, and skipping the bushing for now to be safe. I'm thinking I might need the Capa BBU, and I know I need a set of Capa sights for sure. Oh, and the spacer.
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You'll only need a Hi-Capa BBU if you're converting from an MEU base. The MEU is the only 1911 platform that has a (slightly) different blowback unit that won't function well in the Hi-Capa.