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Tamara
01-12-2012, 09:03 AM
I don't want to start a gun war, but when you have to spend upwards of $3k to have a reliable 1911, I would say the platform has been relagated to the hands of a few.
A Porsche 911 GT3 isn't cheap, either, relegating it to the hands of the few. What's your point?

Anyhow, gotta go clean my Springfield Professional. You know how those finicky match-grade 1911s are...

413

Don't hate. :cool:

NETim
01-12-2012, 09:17 AM
WD40 on tap??

Tamara
01-12-2012, 09:35 AM
WD40 on tap??

Hot and cold running FP-10.

Zhurdan
01-12-2012, 11:27 AM
A Porsche 911 GT3 isn't cheap, either, relegating it to the hands of the few. What's your point?

Anyhow, gotta go clean my Springfield Professional. You know how those finicky match-grade 1911s are...

413

Don't hate. :cool:

Come on Tamara, everyone knows you're supposed to boil the water, not take it straight out of the tap! ;-)

cdunn
01-12-2012, 08:07 PM
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad24/ca_dunn/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/10-8/10-8005-1.jpg
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad24/ca_dunn/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/10-8/DSCN1954-1.jpg

Tamara
01-12-2012, 08:54 PM
The Coal Creek Armory custom 1911 I took to AFHF in 2010:

416

I did pretty good on walk-back drills in that class. I may be a mediocre shot, but a pistol that will shoot under an inch at 25 yards with a "glass rod" trigger that breaks under four pounds will make you look okay when all the really good shots around you are shooting striker-fired plastic duty guns.

Still and all, though, I'm toting an M&P9F these days, partly due to mag capacity issues and partly due to the fact that a "glass rod" trigger that breaks under four pounds is hard for me to manage while shooting on the move or on a press-out. If you could guarantee me that the bad guys would come at me one by one and would stand still while I was shooting at them, I'd probably still be packing a 1911...

BLR
01-13-2012, 07:28 AM
A Nighthawk Talon "Supergrade"

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20120105-00230.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20120105-00225.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20120105-00224.jpg

This one was a touch over $3k :eek:

And a Predator

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Miami-20111128-00043-1.jpg

Another Wilson, a CQB-E 10mm/40S&W combo gun. I got this so I could shoot inexpensive ammo that would reliably work the 1911 platform (the 9 is a little light for a full size 5" gun).

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20111210-00148.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20111210-00165.jpg

Next to a Brown SF.

Tamara - NHCs have a lighter than I'd like trigger reset. I like a 5lb trigger pull on my carry 1911s and a good stiff thumb safety.

VolGrad
01-13-2012, 07:36 AM
Ed Brown Special Forces I sent back to have bobtailed.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/volgrad/guns%20and%20gear/IMG_5229.jpg

Wilson CQB Elite.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/volgrad/guns%20and%20gear/14c60ff1.jpg

Wilson CQB.
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd208/volgrad/guns%20and%20gear/5e205e2d.jpg

Sadly, I've recently sold the first two. The plane Jane CQB is currently the only 1911 I have.

Tam ... I grew a couple of miles away from Coal Creek Armory. Of course, it wasn't in existance then. I shot there over Christmas while we were back home visiting.

JonInWA
01-13-2012, 08:39 AM
Here are my custom-spec'ed Nighthawk Talon II and SIGARMS GSR XO (which has been gone through and set up by the SIG Custom Shop). We also have a 1911A1 1945 Remington Rand.

Great guns, and I enjoy and admire a 1911, but I'll normally carry, compete and train with a Glock.

Best, Jon

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Nighthawk%20Talon%20II/NightTalonII012.jpg

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/Nighthawk%20Talon%20II/NightTalonII011.jpg

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/SIG-Sauer%20GSR%20XO/DSCN0749.jpg

http://i986.photobucket.com/albums/ae343/JonInWA/SIG-Sauer%20GSR%20XO/DSCN0751.jpg

Tamara
01-13-2012, 03:01 PM
Since everybody's doing it now...

436

Baer Concept III and "P-stamp" Sebenza.

437

Delta Elite with a bit of work. Novak night sights, STI trigger, Brown Hardcore lockwork, some other stuff... And the ever-classy skateboard tape on the frontstrap! :cool:

JAD
01-13-2012, 03:29 PM
440
1968 Lightweight Commander .45 ACP. Currently at Mars Armament getting a little love. More pics... eventually.

JDM
01-13-2012, 03:34 PM
Pogo, that's an awesome commander.

Tamara
01-13-2012, 08:26 PM
444

Colt Series 80 Enhanced in .38 Super with much the same mods as the Delta Elite above. Except for the sights... Much as I hate the "surface-mount" Novaks, I hate grinding on and rebluing a pretty Colt slide even more. (I did, however, have the front sight hole hogged out to take a .125" tenon.) Yeah, it was a "Barbecue Gun". :o

445

5" Springfield Lightweight. Ed Brown sear & disconnect, STI polycarbonate & titanium trigger, nylon MSH from a Kimber, titanium mainspring cap... For a 5" 1911, this thing was freaky light. Ran good, but recoil was beastie for a full-size gun with full-house defensive loads. Carried nicely, though.

SecondsCount
01-13-2012, 10:55 PM
I guarantee you that there are more hard use 1911s on this site than one would guess from an initial glance. This includes 1911s carried in the line of duty by some of S.M.E and LEO members. More so, due to the fact that membership of this site is well aware of contemporary performance standards set by Glocks and HKs and is generally free of brand- and type-specific fanboyism, I would hazard a guess that there are more well-built, proven-reliable, hard-used 1911s here than on any other website.
And, while 70K tests are admirable and important, 3800 MRBS is an excellent performance that, I believe, exceeds a factory guarantee for any modern pistol out there.
Good answer. I have some 1911s that have been road hard and put away wet including a Concept 8 (stainless 4.25") Les Baer that made it through an AFHF without an issue.

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/baerc8_1.jpg

Built using quality parts and a little maintenance they will run. Not sure if they would make 50K plus rounds the way Todd runs his guns but he is a rare species. :D

Speaking of rare species:

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/todd1911b.jpg

And my winter project, a Colt 9mm Commander upper and parts on a botched frame from an unknown source:

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/9mmColt1small.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/9mmColt2small.jpg

When I get done it will have a new frame, longer solid trigger, 10-8 NM sights, beavertail, and the nickel plating will be long gone.

JDM
01-13-2012, 11:46 PM
Tam, beautiful guns and photos.

Also, I had the same benchmade auto for almost 2 years. Good knife.

ToddG
01-14-2012, 08:56 AM
Since everyone is posting pictures of their 1911s:
http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/581154/2/stock-photo-581154-pile-of-money.jpg

... what I saved by not wanting one.

BLR
01-14-2012, 10:54 AM
Since everyone is posting pictures of their 1911s:
http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/581154/2/stock-photo-581154-pile-of-money.jpg

... what I saved by not wanting one.

HA! Wilson Supergrade >>> Pile of money. Who like playing with paper anyway?

JHC
01-14-2012, 01:55 PM
[don't have the picture upload thing right yet. Maybe oversized]

Rappahannock
01-18-2012, 10:41 AM
You couldn't give me a Colt Offender. :o

Not that I was thinking about mailing you one, but this pair of Colts (one .45, one a 9mm) run just fine for me. I wouldn't dismiss the New Agent / Defender platform out of hand. Or out of two hands.

477

LittleLebowski
01-18-2012, 11:04 AM
Here it be.

YVK
01-18-2012, 12:36 PM
Speaking of rare species:

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/todd1911b.jpg
.

I've just programmed my Droid to remind me to bump this thread up every two weeks quoting this photo.

Frank D.
01-18-2012, 12:38 PM
Love it guys. Despite ToddG's inevitable protestations :p, everyone should have a 1911.

YVK
01-18-2012, 12:45 PM
Love it guys. Despite ToddG's inevitable protestations :p, everyone should have a 1911.

It is not his. Looking at shadows on the ground, most would think that somebody is holding a timer. Alternatively, it could be that somebody is holding a gun to Todd's head forcing him to shoot a 1911. Only few know the true answer.

Zhurdan
01-18-2012, 12:55 PM
It is not his. Looking at shadows on the ground, most would think that somebody is holding a timer. Alternatively, it could be that somebody is holding a gun to Todd's head forcing him to shoot a 1911. Only few know the true answer.

I recognize the left shadow.;) It's true, shadows take ten pounds off the camera!

MichaelD
01-18-2012, 06:54 PM
Speaking of rare species:

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/todd1911b.jpg

Almost makes me wish I'd been at day 2 just to see that!

JV_
01-18-2012, 07:17 PM
This was probably the smoothest and best shooting gun that (was) in my collection, a Rock River 1911:


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-1XdDEPOLmiE/TxdgrfABVdI/AAAAAAAABNg/jA5ka4T-MoM/s720/RRA-1.JPG

And tied for 2nd place, a Les Baer Premier II and a Thunder Ranch Special.
I had them built without the front serrations, I like a clean slide.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-vT6HgdqnZ_g/TxdhcshU_KI/AAAAAAAABNo/KKXAMoaLeeo/s720/P2-1.JPG
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yQbrZHml9cc/Txdhdj4BwxI/AAAAAAAABNw/xlDHlvwvowk/s720/TRS-1.jpg

JSGlock34
01-18-2012, 09:42 PM
My MEUSOC inspired Springfield Armory 1911.

http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x131/JSGlock34/19112.jpg

farscott
01-20-2012, 05:07 PM
This is a full-house gun done by David Sams. Pics were done for the original owner by Jim Keeney.

I am not the first owner, so it comes with FCS. Other than that, it is divine, as it is both accurate (1.47" ten-shot group at fifty yards from the Ransom Rest) and reliable. It is a PPC gun, but I would not hesitate to carry it once I replaced the snake wood grips with the G10 grips that also accompanied it. It is chambered in 9x19. With the tungsten FLGR, muzzle rise is as close to nil as can be imagined.

I need to run it through the 2,000-round challenge.

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_6.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_5.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_4.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_3.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_2.jpg

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h229/farscott/Sams_CR1_9x19_1.jpg

Mjolnir
01-20-2012, 10:00 PM
A Porsche 911 GT3 isn't cheap, either, relegating it to the hands of the few. What's your point?

Anyhow, gotta go clean my Springfield Professional. You know how those finicky match-grade 1911s are...

413

Don't hate. :cool:

Tamara, when are you gonna sell me that Springer Pro?

Tamara
01-20-2012, 10:17 PM
Tamara, when are you gonna sell me that Springer Pro?
Heh. You'll need to put on asbestos gloves and snap it up out of the burning longship when they shove my flaming carcass out to sea. ;)

Odin Bravo One
01-21-2012, 12:57 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/SeanCaspianCiener221911.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/SeanSpringfield9mm1911.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/1911RemRand.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/1911Kimber1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/1911Nighthawk.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/1911Froggeratorlside.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/14c07d57.jpg

And still waiting on one last one to arrive, though I don't suspect I shall see it for another couple of years. And seriously, it will be my last 1911. Except for maybe 2 others that I am looking at.........

YVK
01-21-2012, 03:46 PM
Things that can't be done to your favorite fantastic plastic


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/Heartachedoc/innards4.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/Heartachedoc/innards2.jpg


The whole thing is depicted on the first page of Obligatory Show-Off thread.

D-Ric902
01-22-2012, 02:38 AM
I suppose this is a good place to stop lurking and start posting.
Pistol Dynamics XO
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/PistolDynamicsXO002.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/009-1.jpg
Springer LW Champion Operator after a trip to Novak
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_3217.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a258/D-Ric902/IMG_3220.jpg

Bob Hostetter
01-22-2012, 01:42 PM
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h198/BobHostetter/100_0705.jpg

DocGKR
01-28-2012, 05:50 PM
I still have a couple of 1911's left...

A Bill Laughridge/C&S with Dawson rail, Dave Berryhill MEU-SOC, one of Larry Vickers last builds, and a SA LW1911 tuned by Chuck Rogers that I carried many years off-duty.

Otintx
01-31-2012, 05:15 PM
Very Nice pics everyone, 'specially the commander in .38 Super !

A couple of friends that I party with every chance I get :


http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd403/BinJamminn/weapons/2451.jpg


http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd403/BinJamminn/weapons/245.jpg

Tamara
01-31-2012, 07:21 PM
I'll note here that, once I'd gone to carrying 1911s every day, pictures of 1911s with the hammer down started to look weird. ;)


Dude, your gun's broke. The hammer's all down and stuff...
:D

JFK
02-01-2012, 12:34 AM
These are from when I first got this one. There is a lot less blue on it now.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6799710567_5bfa17e99a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/72663770@N08/6799710567/)


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6799709787_cb0ec88a46.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/72663770@N08/6799709787/)

JDM
02-01-2012, 12:42 AM
These are from when I first got this one. There is a lot less blue on it now.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6799710567_5bfa17e99a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/72663770@N08/6799710567/)


http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7028/6799709787_cb0ec88a46.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/72663770@N08/6799709787/)

Less blue indeed! As it should be!

Pistol Pete
03-18-2012, 04:06 PM
My brace of Nighthawk 10-8 models
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/IMG_4126.jpg

Kimber Warrior worked over by Chuck Rogers
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/Gun%20Pics/IMG_6692Large.jpg

Kimber Desert Warrior
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/Gun%20Pics/IMG_0806Medium.jpg

Springfield Loaded Stainless in 9mm and my current IDPA gun
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/IMG_4107.jpg

Springfield EMP
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/IMG_4117.jpg

Springfield Loaded Lightweight
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y48/The_Original_Pistol_Pete/IMG_4109.jpg

phidelta308
03-19-2012, 03:43 PM
My one and only 1911 is a Rock Island Armory tactical model that was part of a group buy at the other gun forum I hang out on. While the fit and finish isn't up there with most of the other guns I've seen in this thread, it's fun to shoot, and pretty accurate. Plus I got a great price on it.

680679

Coyotesfan97
03-20-2012, 08:55 PM
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/coyotesfan97/trp.jpg

My Springfield TRP Operator

Tamara
03-23-2012, 09:31 AM
683

A Springfield V-10 from back before I knew better than to buy bitty little chopped-down "1911s". STI trigger, Wilson beavertail (kinda mandatory on a factory Springer because of the contour on the frame, else I'd have used a Brown,) the tallest aftermarket rear sight we could find because the thing shot crazy low @ 7 yds right out of the box, Navidrex contoured grip panels... I think I got it back in '01 and wound up trading it for a PC627 in '03 or '04.

I'll also note that I still thought hex-head grip screws were cool, apparently. Boy, it's like seeing a kiddie picture with birthday cake smeared on your face... :o

DWB
04-23-2012, 10:48 PM
I also have an itty bitty Defender, (in case I actually get around to trying to get my CCW) but who wants to see that unreliable piece of junk. ;) (it has actually been utterly reliable for me)

This '70 is much more fun to look at. Love this pistol, even though Blocks are better. :p Pics aren't great, did 'em kinda quick, but you get the idea.

I didn't pay much for it, it was retired from a PD, and I've put ~7000 rounds through it since I've had it.

So far, I've done all the work myself. It may got to a smith for slide to frame fit and barrel.
EGW extractor and .203" slide stop, firing pin stop
NM tight match bushing and barrel crown
Millet sights, old skool arched checkered MSH
Medium plastic Colt trigger (it's lightweight and comfortable), STIs are ooogly. Trigger job = clean 3#.
Grip safety dehorn
Marvel disco rail cut
Disconnector clearanced for rounds in magwell
Rail and recoil spring tunnel dehorned and polished as well as feed ramp, breechface, ouside of barrel, inside of slide, etc...and lots more to go, next is slightly extended mag release.
Mainly slide to frame fit and clean up and refinish...maybe. It's starting to feel like a higher end 1911, it just doesn't look like one.



http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6341.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6342.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6336.jpg

_JD_
04-24-2012, 08:29 AM
BEHOLD!!!!!

"The best blue gun..."
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/jdlv4_0/IMG_5828.jpg

jeffreywt
05-06-2012, 07:19 PM
http://i.imgur.com/tjBvM.jpg

JAD
05-07-2012, 02:54 PM
I also have an itty bitty Defender, (in case I actually get around to trying to get my CCW) but who wants to see that unreliable piece of junk. ;) (it has actually been utterly reliable for me)

-- A friend has a blisteringly reliable Defender, too -- couple K on it and it hasn't bobbled, rarely cleaned, 2.5" groups with handloads. It really shouldn't work, but apparently it does. Shows what we know.

ghettomedic
05-07-2012, 04:14 PM
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6341.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6342.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r118/DavidWhymore/45/IMG_6336.jpg


Man, that thing is SCREAMING to be built into a MEU(SOC) clone!

DWB
05-07-2012, 05:19 PM
ghetto, it just about is one, though not intentionally, it's just working through parts and going with what works. It's changed some since the pics, still evolving.

DWB
05-07-2012, 05:23 PM
-- A friend has a blisteringly reliable Defender, too -- couple K on it and it hasn't bobbled, rarely cleaned, 2.5" groups with handloads. It really shouldn't work, but apparently it does. Shows what we know.

CT Brian is a 1911 pro that builds officer's size 1911s more often than most it seems. I emailed him when I got it and asked what I should change or watch out for. He said change the entire recoil assy every ???? rounds and shoot it, Defenders run, and I have run into that theme elsewhere. I think they have improved the Officer size.

Serpico1985
05-19-2012, 11:21 AM
I built my own 1911. I know what your thinking, a custom bubba kitchen table build. It took me almost a year but I only used premium parts and took my time. I had a lot of help from some pro's on the 1911 forum. I then sent the gun to long time top tier 1911 smith Chuck Warner and asked him to put some finishing touches on the gun (stuff I can't do) and to check my work and give me a report card to to speak. He checked the gun over and gave me a passing score. The gun was actually safe. Got the gun back from Chuck and now it's my baby. It was a learning experience and I learned a ton about the 1911.

Finished prior to testing
http://i49.tinypic.com/2m2x5s6.jpg

Test shoot day, talk about excited
http://i48.tinypic.com/i6b8zd.jpg

First shots
http://i45.tinypic.com/33f7pj7.jpg

Back from Chuck
http://i46.tinypic.com/2mruxir.jpg


http://i49.tinypic.com/2r22f0n.jpg

LittleLebowski
05-19-2012, 11:25 AM
That was one of my favorite threads at the 1911 forum, serpico1985. Great read.

SecondsCount
05-19-2012, 11:53 AM
That was one of my favorite threads at the 1911 forum, serpico1985. Great read.

+1. That was a fun build to watch.

Serpico1985
05-19-2012, 02:50 PM
Thanks guys. I really enjoyed documenting the build in the thread. Kept a fire under me to get it done. It was also pertty cool to find out how eager to help the smiths are. There aren't too many places where you have access to guys at the top of their field like that.

DWB
05-19-2012, 08:01 PM
Getting a passing grade from Chuck is pretty cool. Congrats.

BLR
05-20-2012, 02:31 PM
Since Todd is getting a 9mm Pro, I thought I'd show my 10mm Pro.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Fairfield-20120520-00462.jpg

Cheers!

Bill

LittleLebowski
05-20-2012, 03:49 PM
Since Todd is getting a 9mm Pro, I thought I'd show my 10mm Pro.
Cheers!

Bill

OK. That is pretty freakin' sweet.

BLR
05-20-2012, 04:17 PM
Just for you LL - The other side. If Todd's is anything like mine, it will be a very slick feeding and reliable 1911.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20120520-00463.jpg

Cheers buddy.

Tamara
05-22-2012, 07:39 AM
CT Brian is a 1911 pro that builds officer's size 1911s more often than most it seems. I emailed him when I got it and asked what I should change or watch out for. He said change the entire recoil assy every ???? rounds and shoot it, Defenders run, and I have run into that theme elsewhere. I think they have improved the Officer size.

Officer's-size guns are more reliable than generally given credit for, although even the good ones eat recoil springs like popcorn.

It's the sub-Officer's 3" guns like the Kimber Ultra and Springer Micro and the ridiculous P10/Warthog-size guns from Painted Ordnance that I wouldn't bet on. I have literally never seen one of the little Paras that would run worth a darn.

Oh, 1911 picture:

789

JDM
05-22-2012, 07:44 AM
Officer's-size guns are more reliable than generally given credit for, although even the good ones eat recoil springs like popcorn.

It's the sub-Officer's 3" guns like the Kimber Ultra and Springer Micro and the ridiculous P10/Warthog-size guns from Painted Ordnance that I wouldn't bet on. I have literally never seen one of the little Paras that would run worth a darn.

Oh, 1911 picture:

789

Tam, what's with the hammer on that gun all the way to the left?

Tamara
05-22-2012, 07:52 AM
Tam, what's with the hammer on that gun all the way to the left?

The gun on the far left is an Argentine Sistema from the last batch that came through what's-their-faces in Louisiana, the ones that raised a stink because they'd been advertised as "NRA Very Good" and were actually "NRA Look Like They Came Off A U-Boat Wreck". We had pre-ordered, like, a dozen of them at CCA, and I felt guilty so I bought the worst-looking one to use as my own 1911 for 'sperimentin' on.

The hammer is spurless because it's part of the Cylinder & Slide "Warp Speed" lockwork; with the Dlask trigger, the gun has about a 3# pull. It's the first trigger job I ever did myself from start to finish. Since the hammer is spurless, I ground down the tang on the frame and grip safety.

JDM
05-22-2012, 08:26 AM
Thanks!

Tamara
05-22-2012, 08:51 AM
Thanks!

Welcome.

(I also really like the spurless hammer for the incredible scope in smart-arse responses it offers for when people ask "Well, how do you de-cock it?" :D )

JAD
05-22-2012, 10:45 AM
(I also really like the spurless hammer for the incredible scope in smart-arse responses it offers for when people ask "Well, how do you de-cock it?" :D )

With the decocker inside the trigger guard. It's noisy, but it works every ninth time like clockwork.

Tamara
05-22-2012, 11:28 AM
With the decocker inside the trigger guard. It's noisy, but it works every ninth time like clockwork.

My current favorite is "Point it at something you don't like and pull the trigger." :D

baddean
05-22-2012, 09:53 PM
I guess I'll use this thread to quit lurking.
From the left, a late 1918 mfg (black army) in original condition, an early 1918 that was apparently rebuilt (rebarrelled, later grips), my son's Kimber, a Randall LeMay model, and a Para Carry (as Tamara said " wouldn't run worth a darn") model that was sold to finance a Kahr P45.
Great thread BTW
Dean


http://baddean.smugmug.com/Other/Firearms/i-xJqTmQJ/0/L/1911s-in-a-group-2009-09-13-L.jpg

SecondsCount
05-23-2012, 11:08 PM
Since everyone is posting pictures of their 1911s:
http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/581154/2/stock-photo-581154-pile-of-money.jpg

... what I saved by not wanting one.

Well so much for that idea.

Peer pressure, it costs everybody money. ;)

ToddG
05-24-2012, 08:38 AM
Damn you, internet! Betrayed again...

JV_
05-24-2012, 08:43 AM
Well so much for that idea.

Peer pressure, it costs everybody money. ;)

Awesome.

S391
05-24-2012, 09:57 AM
A quick shot of my S&W E Series 1911.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/S682/IMG_5439.jpg

_JD_
05-24-2012, 08:58 PM
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/jdlv4_0/1911s-1.jpg

#2: 1944 Ithaca USGI
#3: Pre-2001 Springfield Loaded
#4: Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special
#5: Les Baer SRP
#6: Nighthawk Talon Bob-Rail
#7: Wilson Combat Professional
#8: Pre Series II Kimber CDP Ultra

BLR
06-14-2012, 07:08 PM
A new Nighthawk Falcon in 10mm w/ a 40S&W practice bbl.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00624.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00625.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00626.jpg

(20lpi checkering on the front strap, and 40 under the trigger guard)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00628.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00629.jpg

(Straight 8s - I do like these sights)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00638.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00641.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120610-00627.jpg


I do love me a 10mm 1911!

JDM
06-14-2012, 07:13 PM
blr, what's the idea behind checkering the underside of the trigger guard?

BLR
06-14-2012, 07:34 PM
Officially - it is to help locate the gun in your hand, assisting in proper grip.

In reality - just another place to checker, thus driving up cost. It's like the checkering behind the action on a Winchester M21. Just for looks.

JDM
06-14-2012, 07:38 PM
Hahaha. Got it.

BLR
06-19-2012, 06:58 AM
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Miami-20111220-00191.jpg

My Baer SRP-Prowler "Hybrid."

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Miami-20111128-00045-1.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Miami-20111128-00043-2.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Miami-20111128-00047-1.jpg

One of my all time favorites - NHC Predator. Love those guns.

LittleLebowski
06-19-2012, 09:15 AM
That checkering on the trigger guard would prolly kill me and I have the Glock Knuckle callous....

gtmtnbiker98
06-19-2012, 10:31 AM
Since everyone is posting pictures of their 1911s:
http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/581154/2/stock-photo-581154-pile-of-money.jpg

... what I saved by not wanting one.Can you say that now? Couldn't resist.

BLR
06-19-2012, 02:28 PM
A pair of Turnbull blued Wilsons:

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-10-14_14-52-33_377.jpg

A Tactical Elite in 10mm (matte blued) and a CQB-E in high polish. Both sporting 20lpi checkering on the front strap.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-10-14_14-51-55_902.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-10-14_14-50-57_211.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-10-14_14-53-21_833.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-10-14_14-53-58_526.jpg

Both sporting grips by Esmeralda.

Cheers!

BLR
06-19-2012, 02:32 PM
One of my all time favs - Colt Special Carry Combat (01970CY):

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-06-10_11-36-44_782.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-06-10_11-37-37_214-1.jpg

And a slightly more hyped, but no less great 1911:

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-06-22_15-21-58_114.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-06-22_15-22-12_578.jpg

A Springer Professional w/ light rail.

BLR
06-19-2012, 02:54 PM
A pair of wilsons - A CQB-Tactical LE with a Ryan Wilson Model 1 7 incher.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-02-26_12-20-54_412.jpg

A pair of Baer PIIs:

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2011-03-01_14-16-45_595.jpg

And my all time favorite firearm, my very first high end 1911, the one that started it all for me. A bone stock CQB (on it's second coat and around 20,000 rounds)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG03217-20101018-1556.jpg

Because it has been properly lubricated - there is little to no wear thus far. No parts failures. Not even a re-tensioned extractor.

BLR
06-19-2012, 02:57 PM
A pair of Browns, with gratuitous "Dot Torture Target" ;)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG01635-20100719-1638.jpg

And a Baer after a couple hundred rounds....

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG01545-20100621-1624.jpg

BLR
06-19-2012, 02:59 PM
Typical Monday PM shoot w/ accessories :) That is the little bro's Champ Op

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00967-20100315-1617.jpg

And I'm a sucker for blued Delta Elites -

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00941-20100311-0706.jpg

This one has a very old set of Novaks.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00942-20100311-0706.jpg

A Brown Kobra

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00899-20100305-1650.jpg

A Baer Super Tac and a TRP for fun

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00616-20091221-1546.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00647-20091221-1631.jpg

The Springer holy grail for some - a "full rail" Operator. I'm luke warm on this at best.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00575-20091124-2100.jpg

A PII and a Springer Super Match (love that rifle).

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00405-20091021-1724.jpg

I do love Colts - here's an 01918. Wish it was a WWI though, rather than the Black Army.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00269-20091015-1549-1.jpg

BLR
06-19-2012, 03:17 PM
An older, more well used Pro. This and the CQB were on a "rotation" for bowling pins/steel/IPSC competition and daily carry.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00291-20091015-1606-1.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00292-20091015-1606-1.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00295-20091015-1607-1.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG00305-20091015-1608-1.jpg

Man, that gun w/ 20lpi checkering and the VZ diamonds was absolutely stuck in your hands. Some of the bowling pin guys I shot with would pour Elmers glue on their hands to improve grip. It wouldn't help with that guy. AND it would give you some righteous callouses in short order.


ETA: Yes. I shoot my expensive 1911s. I don't shoot all of them this hard, but I always have 4 or 5 that are run like they should be.

Jason F
07-01-2012, 01:59 PM
I can't wait to see Todd post in this thread. :D


photo thread contribution:
http://fobart.net/jason/guns/combat_precision_20_1024.jpg

BLR
07-06-2012, 11:19 AM
A Wilson CQB-E with some custom features -

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120706-00702.jpg..

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120706-00703.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120706-00711.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120706-00708.jpg

Cheers!

Odin Bravo One
07-07-2012, 08:10 PM
Finished the re-build on my Kimber Stainless.

Of course, I scraped off a ton of paint from the trigger trying to re-fit everything after DuraCoat. But it's ok, I didn't throw anything this time because of it. Just lots of profanity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/DSCF0398.jpg

Failure2Stop
07-07-2012, 09:52 PM
A pair of Browns, with gratuitous "Dot Torture Target" ;)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG01635-20100719-1638.jpg


1911s are the only guns that can score a 50 on the DT without firing a single round.

SecondsCount
07-07-2012, 10:57 PM
Finished the re-build on my Kimber Stainless.

Of course, I scraped off a ton of paint from the trigger trying to re-fit everything after DuraCoat. But it's ok, I didn't throw anything this time because of it. Just lots of profanity.


I like. Are those frog skeletons?

Mrs. SC's new carry gun-

Custom built Caspian based 9mm "CCO" (4.25" commander slide on an officer frame) that a guy had built but hardly fired. John Harrison fit Kart barrel, Wilson bulletproof slide stop, Nowlin ignition parts, and a few other goodies. We will probably change out the thumb safety to a Wilson for easier use. The gun shoots like a dream and is a neat little package for concealed carry.

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/9mmcco.jpg

Jason F
07-08-2012, 10:49 AM
I like. Are those frog skeletons?

Mrs. SC's new carry gun-

Custom built Caspian based 9mm "CCO" (4.25" commander slide on an officer frame) that a guy had built but hardly fired. John Harrison fit Kart barrel, Wilson bulletproof slide stop, Nowlin ignition parts, and a few other goodies. We will probably change out the thumb safety to a Wilson for easier use. The gun shoots like a dream and is a neat little package for concealed carry.

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/9mmcco.jpg

That's a great looking weapon for the Mrs. And if it has passed through Mr. Harrison's hands then you know it should be good to go as well.

Wes Peart
07-08-2012, 12:59 PM
Springfield GI worked over by Grizzly Custom when they were still doing 1911's. Sold to an acquaintance who refuses to sell it back to me no matter what I offer him for it LOL
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/wesprt/IMG_0972-1.jpg
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/wesprt/IMG_0981.jpg

Combat Government, never did get around to fixing the horrid rear sight a previous owner installed. The tape was my doing though :p
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/wesprt/IMG_1731-1.jpg

Only picture I can find of my Baer TRS. Damn fine gun, would eat anything, even empty brass. Grip safety was also taped down with electrical tape, which drove some people nuts.
http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t291/wesprt/gunz040.jpg

fuse
07-08-2012, 02:59 PM
Finished the re-build on my Kimber Stainless.

Of course, I scraped off a ton of paint from the trigger trying to re-fit everything after DuraCoat. But it's ok, I didn't throw anything this time because of it. Just lots of profanity.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/DSCF0398.jpg

frogs for the frogman. love it

Coyotesfan97
07-12-2012, 05:45 PM
The new addition. A Springfield Armory Compact. Looks like I need to take some better cell phone pics

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/coyotesfan97/3995571c.jpg

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c310/coyotesfan97/923620c4.jpg

Blayglock
07-12-2012, 08:58 PM
Guncrafter: best I've owned by far.

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/VZEntry3.jpg

SA Custom Shop 9mn Cop Special

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/1911Dounts003.jpg

Baer TRS

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/BaerTRS002.jpg

NHC Predator II

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/NHC/NighthawkPredator003.jpg

Customized SA Operator

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/SA%20MC%20Operator%20Pro/SAMCOper007.jpg

Upgraded SA RO. My current carry 1911

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/SA1911012.jpg

Here it is after a long, hard range session before I had it Cerakoted.

http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv239/BlayGlock/b1d6c2f6.jpg

Sorry don't know why that pic above is sideways. Will fix later.

The_Dave
07-22-2012, 03:22 PM
I didn't have the proper tools to fit the TechWell mag well I got for my Trojan, so I ended up with a set of nasty looking grip panels... This weekend I had a chance to replace them. I dumped the TechWell for now, but I'm sure I'll get a low profile mag well later on. Anyway, I had some Desert Ironwood laying around that I hadn't managed to put on a knife yet, so I scavenged.

Before:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/cmdrpoppinfresh/IMG_8248_2.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/cmdrpoppinfresh/IMG_8247_2.jpg

After:

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/cmdrpoppinfresh/IMG_8246_2.jpg

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff170/cmdrpoppinfresh/IMG_8245_2.jpg

Firestickfilms
07-22-2012, 06:40 PM
My hard chromed Les Baer TRS...
http://evingrant.com/pics/Blue_Baer.jpg
I installed and fitted the S&A slim magwell, 10-8 Gen II slide release and extended mag release myself.
About 500 rounds into the 2000 round challenge, not bobbles yet.

BLR
07-27-2012, 03:42 PM
New Toy :D

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120727-00852.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120727-00854.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120727-00859.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20120727-00857.jpg

SecondsCount
07-27-2012, 04:30 PM
blr- that is a good looking gun. Nice and simple without a lot of frills. Who built it?

I was going through some old photos today and came across this one. Springfield 9mm that I purchased 7-8 years ago. I bought it mainly as a fun gun but it has done really well in the hands of ladies and younger people who wanted to try a lower recoiling 1911.
http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/springfield9mm.jpg

BLR
07-27-2012, 05:36 PM
blr- that is a good looking gun. Nice and simple without a lot of frills. Who built it?

I was going through some old photos today and came across this one. Springfield 9mm that I purchased 7-8 years ago. I bought it mainly as a fun gun but it has done really well in the hands of ladies and younger people who wanted to try a lower recoiling 1911.
http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/springfield9mm.jpg

Those are nice guns - I have one that was converted into a 9x23.

RE: The Colt - that is a product of the Colt Custom Shop. It started life out as a stainless S80 gun, and was modified by the CS as per the "Tactical Package." As such, it was made by Ritchie. As a side note, the CCS will be adding some pistolsmiths over the next year. And the wait has gone from about 6 months to 1 year now.

In fact, that particular gun is, was, the gun Colt took to gun shows (like SHOT) to display their Custom Shop work and is lettered as such. It's unreal how nice that package is. It's two tone Cerakote, 20lpi (90 degree diamonds - as it should be) with the nicked corners carry bevel. I much prefer that to the full bevel as seen by Wilson Combat.

My only complaint with it is that it does not have a NM barrel :(

This will be my primary gun for upcoming Gunsite and US Training classes. I cannot remember who here gave the tumbs up to UST, but they were absolutely right. It's first rate and then some. One of the top 3 IMHO.

Tamara
07-27-2012, 05:58 PM
Make sure you keep an eye on the tack welds on your mag floorplates!

927

BLR
07-27-2012, 06:00 PM
Make sure you keep an eye on the tack welds on your mag floorplates!



I never liked the 7 rd'ers. I shoot Tripps and 47s almost exclusively.

Tamara
07-27-2012, 06:02 PM
I never liked the 7 rd'ers. I shoot Tripps and 47s almost exclusively.

Me, too. Obviously this doesn't apply to you, then.

kmartphoto
07-28-2012, 11:01 AM
I can't wait to see Todd post in this thread. :D


photo thread contribution:
http://fobart.net/jason/guns/combat_precision_20_1024.jpg

HEY! theres my pistola! I was browsing through this thread before posting a few of your pics of it.

SecondsCount
08-22-2012, 05:09 PM
Mrs. SC has been playing with the camera lately. Her CCO among real rose petals-

http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/1911/ccoroses1.jpg

As you can see the gun is starting to show some holster wear. :cool:

Jason F
09-03-2012, 11:18 AM
Rainy, muddy, humid IDPA match yesterday. TONS of fun though.

995

Jason F
09-11-2012, 09:13 AM
Finally took delivery of my new pistola about 6 weeks ago, but I just got around to finishing the pictures for the builder, Combat Precision (http://www.combatprecision.com).

http://fobart.net/jason/guns/BankVault/CPT_BankVault_120910_0007.jpg

http://fobart.net/jason/guns/BankVault/CPT_BankVault_120910_0005.jpg

http://fobart.net/jason/guns/BankVault/CPT_BankVault_120910_0009.jpg

ToddG
09-11-2012, 09:24 AM
Awesome photos!

SecondsCount
09-11-2012, 09:40 AM
Awesome photos!

+1

Was the gun built from scratch on a Wilson slide and frame?

Jason F
09-11-2012, 09:54 AM
Was the gun built from scratch on a Wilson slide and frame?

Yes it was.

Wilson Combat frame, slide, & barrel
Wilson Combat sear, hammer, barrel, thumb safety, grip safety, grip screws
Stan Chen magwell & mainspring housing
EGW bushing
Ed Brown spring cap and spring guide, pin kit
Wolff springs
Nighthawk disconnector
Mil-tac grips
CPT rear sight
CPT front sight w/brass bead

BLR
10-04-2012, 09:23 AM
Just received this AM!

Wilson Tactical Supergrade, stainless steel, 45ACP, and so on.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Liberty-20121004-01325.jpg

To the best of my knowledge, this is the only TSG w/ 20lpi checkering on the front strap (though, there will soon be more )

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Liberty-20121004-01329.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Liberty-20121004-01330.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Liberty-20121004-01335.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Liberty-20121004-01338.jpg

Definitely a significant step above the nearly identically spec'd CQB-E shown earlier this year. A "head to head" comparison will be made ASAP.

Jason F
10-04-2012, 09:33 AM
blr- Beautiful!

Is that some sort of "half-depth Hi Power cut"?? Very interested to see what you think after you get a chance to run it side by side with the CQB.

BLR
10-04-2012, 12:36 PM
Yep, they call them "Carry Cuts"

Some side by sides:

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01344.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01345.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01346.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01348.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01350.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01352.jpg

BTW, I love 1911s. Especially well made ones ;)

Jason F
10-04-2012, 12:44 PM
Yep, they call them "Carry Cuts"

Some side by sides:

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/Beavercreek-20121004-01344.jpg


Oh yeah, I know that.... in your first few pictures of the TSG the cut didn't appear to be quite to normal depth. (must have been the angle of the shot, plus lighting or something, it just didn't look like their normal carry cut). I wondered if you'd ordered some weird "half-depth" carry cut or something...

Personally I'm not a fan of Carry Cuts, but that's the great thing about 1911's... you can customize them the way YOU want them. That's still a beautiful piece, for sure!

BLR
10-04-2012, 03:28 PM
Oh yeah, I know that.... in your first few pictures of the TSG the cut didn't appear to be quite to normal depth. (must have been the angle of the shot, plus lighting or something, it just didn't look like their normal carry cut). I wondered if you'd ordered some weird "half-depth" carry cut or something...

Personally I'm not a fan of Carry Cuts, but that's the great thing about 1911's... you can customize them the way YOU want them. That's still a beautiful piece, for sure!

Gotcha (was a little thrown by the question, I figured you knew...).

To be honest, I'm not much of a fan either. They populate less than 10% of my 1911s, but I figure I needed a few with, and I like these more than some.

JAD
10-05-2012, 04:01 PM
1071
As I'd mentioned some months ago, I have a 1968 Colt LWC that I'd asked Steve Morrison of MARS Armament to do some work on. The gun was reliable (to a 200 round test) and the trigger acceptable, but I had a desire to have a 'retro' looking LWC. While my motivations were largely aesthetic the piece was intended for carry. The only significant issues with the pistol were a nasty set of MGW sights that had been stuck on by a previous owner, and a bad match of the slide to the frame at the rear.

I asked Mr. Morrison to get that trued up, which would involve both blending the slide and fitting a new barrel (since that match is driven by the engagement of the slide through the barrel's link). I asked him to mount a National Match style rear sight and a tritium front; gently dehorn the grip safety and tangs; high cut and matte the front strap and matte a flat MSH to match; black oxide the slide, and hard chrome the frame.


Mr. Morrison communicated very well throughout the project, often just calling to check in. He had two concerns during the completion of the gun. First, he had deep-seated apprehension regarding the hard chrome; it sounded like a recent run of bad luck with his plater. We discussed several options, but in the end decided that at least temporarily we would go with a 'tungsten' gray cerakote. I'm quite happy with the result. While it's not perfectly retro looking, it's attractive in an industrial sort of way, and practical.


Second, he was very concerned about what is probably an original factory defect -- the frame's port side, in the area of the mainspring housing, is not a straight line; if you look carefully at the attached picture, you can see that the MSH exposes itself in a taper. He discussed ways to fix this but I declined to pursue them, given the cosmetic nature of the issue.


The pistol was delivered with ample warning in an amount of time I considered perfectly reasonable. I could not be happier with his customer service -- it was simply a great gunsmith experience.


Lockup is very tight; if eased forward, the gun does not go into battery. Today I put 100 rounds of WWB hardball through it, and experienced a single FTF; I'm quite sure that after a detail clean and relube the gun will easily pass a 2000 round challenge. However.... either I'm a pansy all of a sudden, or it's extremely foolish to attempt to run a .45 LWC without a beavertail safety. Mr. Morrison had a gentle hand on the grip safety, but I think even if it was much more aggressively rounded it would have cut me. This is just not going to be a 200 round per session gun, or a gun I would take to a class. Without the beavertail, recoil is sharper and harder to control, and it's significantly more challenging to establish a good grip on the gun in the holster. It probably slowed my draw by 0.8 seconds, and it for sure impacted splits. Plus, it hurt, which wasn't any fun.


I waited until after I'd cut up my hand before attempting to shoot it for groups, so I won't report those since I'm pretty sure the gun will do better. I only attempted to feed the gun ball (the aforementioned WWB, 20 rounds of ASYM Match HB, and 15 rounds of PPU) and some match 185 SWC loads, federal gold match and Winchester. Those were miserable failures -- the gun absoultely will not feed them, neither as the first round nor the second. I will have to try LSWC reloads and hollowpoints later. If it doesn't feed those, I'm sure MARS will make it right; I'm not too worried either way.


In short, I have a pistol that I consider intensely aesthetically pleasing (in other words fly), that can probably be carried with a good degree of confidence. However, it slows me down (versus my size-equivalent .38S LWC or my similar though heavier P35); it hurts to much to practice enough with (a very J frame problem); and I will never be as fast or accurate with it as a minor caliber gun.


It is time for me to take another serious look at the current vogue for 9x19 plastic pistols. I will work with Curiosity a few more times, but when funds become available I am likely to pick up either a P30 or G19 and spend a year getting comfortable with it.

NETim
10-13-2012, 10:09 AM
1090

Sharkskin ensemble. Wilson Pro.

BLR
10-16-2012, 07:06 PM
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20121016-01504.jpg

Flawless checkering. Perfectly centered (often the diamonds on one side of the grip are different than the other.)

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20121016-01505.jpg

Perfectly blended - running your finger nail over the seam yields only the faintest indication that the chute and frame are not one piece.

All off this gun: My Wilson CQB-E in 10mm.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/IMG-20121016-01510.jpg

Was my back up gun, which was pressed into service when the P35 got a bullet stuck in the throat. :mad:

ToddG
10-16-2012, 07:12 PM
Was my back up gun, which was pressed into service when the P35 got a bullet stuck in the throat. :mad:

I don't want to get all high-n-mighty shooting-professional on you, but using a 10mm 1911 to clear a stuck bullet in a BHP is not a good idea.

BLR
10-16-2012, 07:17 PM
I don't want to get all high-n-mighty shooting-professional on you, but using a 10mm 1911 to clear a stuck bullet in a BHP is not a good idea.

No no no! That's the biggest advantage of steel framed pistols - when you need a hammer, it's right there!!!

JAD
10-16-2012, 10:18 PM
No, Todd's right. You should have used a /smaller/ caliber to shoot the stuck bullet out of the P35 barrel.

Wait, do they make smaller calibers?

BLR
10-17-2012, 02:08 PM
No, Todd's right. You should have used a /smaller/ caliber to shoot the stuck bullet out of the P35 barrel.

Wait, do they make smaller calibers?

Than a 9mm? If so, I've never heard of it.

I can't imagine what the point to it would bee.

ToddG
10-17-2012, 02:23 PM
Than a 9mm? If so, I've never heard of it.
I can't imagine what the point to it would bee.

Shooting the little extra "e" off the word "be" in your posts, perhaps? :cool:

BLR
10-17-2012, 02:35 PM
Shooting the little extra "e" off the word "be" in your posts, perhaps? :cool:

Can't shoot the bee's dude. They pollinate the hops plants, which are needed to make beer.

NETim
10-17-2012, 04:18 PM
1097

VZ OP II's in Predator Green
2007 Wilson CQBomatic

1098

VZ OP II's Red/White/Blue limited run
Battle scarred plain Jane S&W sporting 10-8 rear/Dawson FO front/C&S trigger and Wilson Ambi safety. All installed by yours truly (and it still runs!)

Odin Bravo One
10-20-2012, 04:58 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/photo14.jpg

JDM
10-20-2012, 06:15 PM
That's awesome Sean. How does it run?

Odin Bravo One
10-27-2012, 04:40 PM
Put 200 rounds of Blazer through it this AM, trying to scare the storm away.

Ran fine for me, but one of the RO's at the local range ran his high thumbs so high along the slide, it malfunctioned literally, 10 out of 10 attempts. It was quite comical. Handed to the other RO, ran great. Back to me, ran great. To the GF's 12 year old...........ran great.

It has all of the blast of a .357 Magnum, but is no more difficult to manage than a .45.

It is a beast of a gun, heavier than any other pistol I own, and probably heavier than two Glocks. But it is reliable, shoots a major caliber cartridge, sights I can see, and a trigger I can manage. Hmmmmmmm......seems to me someone who knows more about pistol shooting than I do came up with a criteria similar to that.

As for the why...............why not? I have 4 other .357's so ammo is not an issue. I didn't have a 1911 chambered in .357. And the whole "Spend that money on ammo and training" philosophy doesn't work with my schedule right now.

JDM
10-27-2012, 04:41 PM
It's f------ awesome.

CCT125US
10-27-2012, 05:36 PM
A student was kind enough to let me shoot a Coonan several months back. It is now on my list of guns to buy when I come into stupid money. Completely unpractical for me at this time, but is was extremely accurate and a joy to shoot.

Odin Bravo One
10-28-2012, 06:58 AM
It's f------ awesome.

Yeah, it is kind of. The only downside is that sooner or later I will have to start to reload for it. I have about 3k rounds of .357 left over from days gone by, but since this one goes through ammo faster than my SA Revolvers, I suspect the stash will decline rapidly. Plus it is fun to shoot. Once I get a few more spare mags and a mag pouch for it, I'll run it for some steel challenge games, and/or in Limited 10 Major. Pretty sure it will make major.

dbateman
11-03-2012, 06:55 AM
Nice pics folks thank's for sharing.

My one and only 1911 at the moment a Colt Special Combat Government chambered in 38Super it doesn't look as new any more, I have a baer CC chambered in 38Super on order.

And I am working on another build I just need to work out a few things.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/P1000690.jpg

A few dirty pics.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/P1000732.jpg

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/P1000753.jpg

BLR
11-17-2012, 04:44 PM
Properly done, panic buying takes time and planning. For instance, this was ordered over a year ago. Arrived a little late, but whatever.

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2012-11-15_11-11-40_239.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/2012-11-15_11-11-52_47.jpg

A Baron blued CQB-E. Should be a hoot to shoot.

WDW
11-25-2012, 07:14 PM
http://i865.photobucket.com/albums/ab217/10mm4me/image.jpg

Tamara
11-25-2012, 07:52 PM
As for the why...

Because few things are a PhD sheepskin in Gun Nerd like a Coonan, that's why. :D

(On the same note, I was actually looking at an IAR Grizzly in .45 Win Mag at the fun show today. It sure was neat. Thank Vishnu I'm poor... :o )

Jerry-R
11-27-2012, 04:35 PM
Hi, I didn't see a place for new members to introduce themselves, so I thought I would start here. Looks like a very well maintained, informative forum. I tend to read a lot, and post occasionally. I am an old shooter, and hope I will be able to contribute. Since this is a Picture Thread, below is my Ruger SR1911. Mods by John Harrison, Grips are Exhibition Grade Desert Ironwood by Sarge. He inlaid the medallions from the factory grips for me.

Thanks for having me.

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/pdogkilr/Firearms/Ruger%20SR1911/After%20John%20Harrison/Harrison%20-%20First%20SR1911%20Sized%201024/IMG_2120EditCropBestBLUESize1024.jpg

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/pdogkilr/Firearms/Ruger%20SR1911/After%20John%20Harrison/Harrison%20-%20First%20SR1911%20Sized%201024/IMG_2090EditCropSize1024.jpg

JAD
11-27-2012, 08:40 PM
, below is my Ruger SR1911. Mods by John Harrison, Grips are Exhibition Grade Desert Ironwood by Sarge.

That's the first piece of work I've seen done on Ruger canvas. It looks really nice. If you happen to have time, please keep us posted on how it holds up.

dbateman
11-28-2012, 05:03 AM
WOW Jerry that is avery nice looking pistol you have posted, I would love to here how she run's.

Welcome to the forum.

Jerry-R
11-28-2012, 08:59 AM
Thanks Guys - much appreciated. A range review is "coming soon to a theater near you". I live fairly close to Mr. Harrison and had the pleasure of meeting him during this project. He is a true gentleman, and consummate professional. I could not possibly be more pleased with the final product.

Dagga Boy
11-28-2012, 11:39 AM
That Ruger looks great. As much as i have tried with all my heart to not like the Ruger 1911, I have been impressed with every example that I shot over the last year. I have begun recommending them over Kimber's and other entry level 1911 platforms. I can't wait to see the build sheet on the one pictured.

kmartphoto
11-28-2012, 12:11 PM
Thanks Guys - much appreciated. A range review is "coming soon to a theater near you". I live fairly close to Mr. Harrison and had the pleasure of meeting him during this project. He is a true gentleman, and consummate professional. I could not possibly be more pleased with the final product.

Jerry, do I know you from IDPA? I'm in Atlanta as well and also a 1911 nerd.

Jerry-R
11-28-2012, 02:13 PM
Jerry, do I know you from IDPA? I'm in Atlanta as well and also a 1911 nerd.

No Sir, sorry. I have not tried formal competition, but know I should. The "pressure" would show bad habits, and help develop situational awareness via their scenarios. I am a member of RBGC and they hold frequent shoots. I have observed, but not participated.

STS
11-28-2012, 09:15 PM
MARS Armament Colt Rail Gun. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/29/e2u8a9am.jpg

pistolwrench
11-28-2012, 10:13 PM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Huck%2010-14-12/aa-1.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/FAA%209-25-2012/a14.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/CCO%208-28-2012/20.jpg

Up1911Fan
11-28-2012, 10:33 PM
Great to see you posting here Chuck, beautiful work as always!

pistolwrench
12-07-2012, 02:55 PM
Sniper Grey over Tactical Grey Cerakote.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/HAM12-7-12/10.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/HAM12-7-12/11.jpg

WDW
12-07-2012, 04:49 PM
Sniper Grey over Tactical Grey Cerakote.

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/HAM12-7-12/10.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/HAM12-7-12/11.jpg

That's a beautiful commander right there. I love the lines, color, & melted edges.

Lost River
12-08-2012, 11:39 PM
I bought this Kimber new, when they were first hitting the 1911 market. It has had a couple of rounds through it since then.

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/KMBR19115.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/034-2.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/032-1.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/033.jpg

Back when it still had a little bit more blue on it:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/013-3.jpg

LittleLebowski
12-09-2012, 08:50 AM
Is that a Clackamas gun, LR? Great pics, don't change a thing on that pistol.

Ironman
12-29-2012, 11:42 AM
http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i356/Firefighter1291/6067E5FB-2881-4D16-8DAE-9FADAE31BA73-2057-000000EF763FFC85_zpsaa141e54.jpg

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i356/Firefighter1291/72D73652-9451-46C0-85F5-6C35EA50519C-2057-000000EF82AEF1D3_zpsd4e23f95.jpg

http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i356/Firefighter1291/BEAE999E-C121-4E4A-9746-C14C9F7C5CD8-2057-000000EF92B08E99_zps9c7facd3.jpg

Ironman
12-29-2012, 11:43 AM
I bought this Kimber new, when they were first hitting the 1911 market. It has had a couple of rounds through it since then.



Back when it still had a little bit more blue on it:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b109/IV_Troop/013-3.jpg

Man I love a gun with character! Clackamas? So nice!

WDW
12-29-2012, 08:36 PM
Man I love a gun with character! Clackamas? So nice!

Clackamas Kimbers were the originals made in Oregon & actually worth a s*** :) Back before they got all Yonkered

Ironman
12-30-2012, 06:55 AM
Clackamas Kimbers were the originals made in Oregon & actually worth a s*** :) Back before they got all Yonkered

Oh I know what a Clakamas is LOL! I was just asking him if it was infact a Clackamas. lol I would never touch a new Kimber either.

pistolwrench
01-02-2013, 12:27 AM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-1-13KIM/s7.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-1-13KIM/s9copy.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-1-13KIM/s1.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-1-13KIM/k8.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-1-13KIM/k7.jpg

Odin Bravo One
01-02-2013, 04:41 PM
Sexy Springfield.

SouthNarc
01-02-2013, 05:41 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/SavageHunter/photo14.jpg

Man that's just fuckin' bitchin'.

I see you're walking in Chris Caracci's footsteps!:D

Odin Bravo One
01-02-2013, 06:06 PM
Man that's just fuckin' bitchin'.

I see you're walking in Chris Caracci's footsteps!:D

Zing!!!!!!!!!!!

Though, when I was about 17, those LOTI videos were cool........:p

SouthNarc
01-02-2013, 07:13 PM
Now you need a 357 magnum derringer belt buckle to hold up your UDTs!

kodiakpb
01-02-2013, 07:54 PM
Just picked her up today

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/6a9ytary.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/vyqu6edy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/e7ysy7ys.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/atypy2y8.jpg

WDW
01-02-2013, 08:32 PM
Just picked her up today

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/6a9ytary.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/vyqu6edy.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/e7ysy7ys.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/03/atypy2y8.jpg

We def need a 2,000rd challenge with that thing. Just out of curiosity, is your ejector pinned to the frame? I've read that a lot of TRP's are glued or simply press fit into the frame.

kodiakpb
01-02-2013, 11:24 PM
We def need a 2,000rd challenge with that thing. Just out of curiosity, is your ejector pinned to the frame? I've read that a lot of TRP's are glued or simply press fit into the frame.

No unfortunately not

Haraise
01-02-2013, 11:43 PM
No unfortunately not

No need to feel sad about it. Even the Pros come that way, from what I've heard. Custom shop said no functional difference, IIRC.

kodiakpb
01-03-2013, 12:44 AM
No need to feel sad about it. Even the Pros come that way, from what I've heard. Custom shop said no functional difference, IIRC.

Thanks Haraise

JAD
01-03-2013, 07:17 AM
How am I supposed to be able to figure out why the primers keep falling out of my brass, if not for a loose ejector?

BLR
01-03-2013, 07:52 AM
No need to feel sad about it. Even the Pros come that way, from what I've heard. Custom shop said no functional difference, IIRC.

My pro's are pinned.

Nothing wrong with glued ejectors though.

Haraise
01-03-2013, 11:55 AM
My pro's are pinned.

Nothing wrong with glued ejectors though.

If I remember correctly the springfield custom shop will pin them for free if you want.

But if gluing is good enough for THE BEST 1911 EVER, it's nothing to worry about.

kodiakpb
01-03-2013, 04:30 PM
If I remember correctly the springfield custom shop will pin them for free if you want.

But if gluing is good enough for THE BEST 1911 EVER, it's nothing to worry about.

Good to know thank you.

pistolwrench
01-26-2013, 06:01 PM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-26-13hatter/28.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-26-13hatter/30.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-26-13hatter/26.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/1-26-13hatter/22.jpg

YVK
01-26-2013, 11:32 PM
Chuck, that crown could substitute a shaving mirror in a pinch. Barrel removed, of course;). Beautiful work, as always.

knedrgr
02-21-2013, 09:26 PM
My old STI Duty One 45ACP.
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/UGC_STI_Duty-One-with-flat-trigger.jpg

Old STI DO 45ACP and ACS The Oriental 45ACP
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/STI-Duty-One-and-Remsport-Rail.jpg

ACS The Oriental 45ACP
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/Remsport_Rail.jpg

STI DO 9mm (top) 45ACP (bottom)
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/UGC_STI-Duty-Ones_9mm-and-45ACP.jpg

STI DO 9mm
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/UGC_STI-Duty-One_9mm.jpg

DW CCO 45ACP
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/DW-CCO_Moto.jpg

GSG 1911-22 22LR
http://i590.photobucket.com/albums/ss343/urbanguerillaclothing/GSG-1911-22_BW.jpg

pistolwrench
02-22-2013, 03:30 PM
http://rogersprecision.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/111a4.jpg

http://rogersprecision.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/111a2.jpg

BLR
03-03-2013, 02:14 PM
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03380_zps2d139792.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03379_zps5e7b1ec7.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03377_zps1924989e.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03376_zps1fb76126.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03375_zps6575ce48.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03370_zps02974097.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03371_zpsa7bd7409.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03366_zps55ac1eef.jpg

Havent decided to keep them yet, likely wont. Other pursuits need funding.

Fit and finish is typical Brown - good but lacking "soul," or whatever. I'm somewhat put out, as the grips are no longer nice cocobolo and they are not hand checkered either.

These kind of leave me luke warm.

JM Campbell
03-03-2013, 02:34 PM
http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03380_zps2d139792.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03379_zps5e7b1ec7.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03377_zps1924989e.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03376_zps1fb76126.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03375_zps6575ce48.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03370_zps02974097.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03371_zpsa7bd7409.jpg

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo345/blriehl/1911s/IMG-20130303-03366_zps55ac1eef.jpg

Havent decided to keep them yet, likely wont. Other pursuits need funding.

Fit and finish is typical Brown - good but lacking "soul," or whatever. I'm somewhat put out, as the grips are no longer nice cocobolo and they are not hand checkered either.

These kind of leave me luke warm.

PS....Bill I hate you :D

Nice blasters, wish I had the same problems.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using Tapatalk 2

LHS
03-04-2013, 09:47 AM
My well-used CQB. I grew up with 1911s, and had my fair share of issues with reliability, maintenance, etc. The Wilson just seems to ignore all that. I change the recoil springs every 5K rounds, and lube it periodically. It gobbles everything I feed it, from WWB ball to 200gr +p Cor-Bon 'flying ashtrays'. I've retired it as my carry and IDPA gun in favor of the Beretta, but it still holds a place in my heart. Speaking of which, I need to pull it out and shoot a match with it one of these days.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h103/LordHeadshot/KyleTribute_zps9e792ea9.jpg

pistolwrench
03-30-2013, 03:30 AM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/1g.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/3g.jpg

BigT
03-30-2013, 03:38 AM
​Chuck that is simply superb!

SeriousStudent
03-30-2013, 10:55 AM
Mr Rogers, that is an excellent pistol, thank you for posting the photos. I love an "elegantly efficient" 1911.

If you have a moment, could you tell me what finish you used on it? I have an old pre-70's Series Colt I'm thinking about having some work done on.

Thank you again, and have a good weekend.

pistolwrench
03-30-2013, 11:15 AM
Cerakote over manganese phosphate.

SeriousStudent
03-30-2013, 12:11 PM
Thank you very much, I appreciate the information.

pistolwrench
03-31-2013, 04:21 PM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/3m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/4m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/5m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/1m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/11m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/6m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/7m.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/Blackout/8m.jpg

pistolwrench
05-03-2013, 02:47 AM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-3-2013/1.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-3-2013/2.jpg

Odin Bravo One
05-03-2013, 05:22 PM
I would like to add a Chuck Rogers 1911 to the stable. Very nice looking piece!

Thanks for sharing. My shirt has drool on it.

pistolwrench
05-11-2013, 10:20 PM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-3-2013/1qa.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-3-2013/1ew.jpg

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-3-2013/1az.jpg

pistolwrench
05-22-2013, 04:43 PM
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-21-13Blackie/1x.jpg~original

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-21-13Blackie/19x.jpg~original

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-21-13Blackie/17x.jpg~original

http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z228/pistolwrench19/5-21-13Blackie/7x.jpg~original

167
05-23-2013, 11:31 AM
Not near as nice as most of the other blasters in this thread. Didn't want to drop major coin on my first one though.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/coveringfire_98/011_zpsc3c86dda.jpg

JAD
05-25-2013, 09:49 PM
Not near as nice as most of the other blasters in this thread. Didn't want to drop major coin on my first one though.

Glocks are blasters. 1911s are light sabers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aRtupiY9Dw&sns=em




Jon
KC

167
05-26-2013, 12:45 PM
Glocks are blasters. 1911s are light sabers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aRtupiY9Dw&sns=em




Jon
KC

Lol. Point taken :D

Maple Syrup Actual
05-28-2013, 12:24 AM
In the early stages...way early stages.


http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/28/e8aqe7ev.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/28/ty6aty9y.jpg

Plans include high cut and checkered front strap, all hard edges broken. Ed Brown grip safety with all the height I can get on the grip. Most of the inside bits are on hand...WC Bulletproof. Novak sights.

Frame and slide are originally a norinco, maybe ten years old. Steel is good and the holes are in the right places. Good base material, IMO. Needs a lot of work to make it nice, though.

Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

167
05-28-2013, 07:30 PM
In the early stages...way early stages.


http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/28/e8aqe7ev.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/28/ty6aty9y.jpg

Plans include high cut and checkered front strap, all hard edges broken. Ed Brown grip safety with all the height I can get on the grip. Most of the inside bits are on hand...WC Bulletproof. Novak sights.

Frame and slide are originally a norinco, maybe ten years old. Steel is good and the holes are in the right places. Good base material, IMO. Needs a lot of work to make it nice, though.

Sent from my SGH-I317M using Tapatalk 2

I have officially owned a 1911 for 8 days...and want to build one now. It is like building the car you drive, just can't do that with anything.

Pictures from a range trip today.

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/coveringfire_98/natespics536_zpsb30da946.jpg

http://i616.photobucket.com/albums/tt244/coveringfire_98/natespics544_zps1830d429.jpg

cdunn
05-30-2013, 05:06 AM
my new old stock 1911pd.
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad24/ca_dunn/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/1911pdrail_zpsfeb3e12e.jpg (http://s918.photobucket.com/user/ca_dunn/media/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/1911pdrail_zpsfeb3e12e.jpg.html)

Maple Syrup Actual
06-02-2013, 08:39 PM
Beavertail fitting nearly complete. Just polishing out the minor scuffs.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/03/6udapaje.jpg

Same deal with the cutting of the front strap.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/03/y9aqyge3.jpg

And the dust cover is properly shaped now. It had a bit of a bulge and wasn't really centered perfectly around the bore. Now it's got a pretty nice shape.

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/06/03/eba6yruz.jpg

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JAD
06-06-2013, 10:13 AM
The Colt / Wilson LWC got some new stocks from Esmeralda -- ivorywood slims:
1537

Jerry-R
07-23-2013, 10:13 AM
Sig TAC-Ops with Thompson Machine Poseidon 45 Suppressor

http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i106/pdogkilr/Firearms/NFA%20Pictures/Thompson-Machine%20Poseidon%2045%20Suppressor/IMG_2266PoseidonFramed1024_zpsdcbf839b.jpg (http://s70.photobucket.com/user/pdogkilr/media/Firearms/NFA%20Pictures/Thompson-Machine%20Poseidon%2045%20Suppressor/IMG_2266PoseidonFramed1024_zpsdcbf839b.jpg.html)

BLR
07-25-2013, 05:57 PM
My EN-W-PTFE coated CQB, and my Cerakoted CQB-E in 10mm.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155633_zps3e1158d2.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155633_zps3e1158d2.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155608_zpsa345a878.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155608_zpsa345a878.jpg.html)

A Tripp 10mm mag coated. It is amazing just how slick this coating is. I admit, I was very skeptical when I was asked to coat mags thinking the benefit just wouldn't be there. Coated mags feed soooo smoothly, it is wonderful.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155655_zps80a4559d.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155655_zps80a4559d.jpg.html)

Yes, the coating will wear and scratch the top layer. Under the top/self lubricating layer, there is a high phos (10-11%) adhesion/anti corrosion layer

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155702_zpsbbb5741b.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155702_zpsbbb5741b.jpg.html)

One of my favorite pistols. Love that green.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155749_zps3c75fd93.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155749_zps3c75fd93.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155846_zps753f624c.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155846_zps753f624c.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_155921_zps1e3fa202.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_155921_zps1e3fa202.jpg.html)

Not sure which I think looks best - luckily I don't have to choose.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130725_160050_zps58d9d2d0.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130725_160050_zps58d9d2d0.jpg.html)

Gratuitous Non-Wilson p0rn.

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130714_103047_zps59dc1784.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130714_103047_zps59dc1784.jpg.html)

cdunn
07-25-2013, 06:22 PM
my oldish kimber pro elite
http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad24/ca_dunn/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/DSCN2321_zps0c5f19e0.jpg (http://s918.photobucket.com/user/ca_dunn/media/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/DSCN2321_zps0c5f19e0.jpg.html)

http://i918.photobucket.com/albums/ad24/ca_dunn/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/DSCN2320_zpsbdb10f38.jpg (http://s918.photobucket.com/user/ca_dunn/media/motorcycle/1911s%20and%20others/DSCN2320_zpsbdb10f38.jpg.html)

dbateman
09-16-2013, 03:16 AM
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/image-6.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/dbateman83/media/image-6.jpg.html)

Three Colts.

S391
10-07-2013, 10:44 AM
My Les Baer Custom Carry....

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/S682/Baer_knife_2_zps7cfe4199.jpg

SecondsCount
10-07-2013, 10:54 AM
My Les Baer Custom Carry....

Nice!

SouthNarc
10-07-2013, 11:15 AM
The Colt / Wilson LWC got some new stocks from Esmeralda -- ivorywood slims:
1537


Damn man I like that gun!

JAD
10-07-2013, 11:27 AM
Damn man I like that gun!
Thanks, Mr. Douglas, me too. When I get a window for ECQC, I'll run it.

SouthNarc
10-07-2013, 01:51 PM
You gotta' wear some Eastern Diamondback Rattler boots when you do!

BLR
10-07-2013, 02:03 PM
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130922_0933040_zpse5e34a60.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130922_0933040_zpse5e34a60.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130922_093258_zps874b41c8.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130922_093258_zps874b41c8.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20130922_093247_zps421ba1eb.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20130922_093247_zps421ba1eb.jpg.html)

JAD
10-07-2013, 02:13 PM
You gotta' wear some Eastern Diamondback Rattler boots when you do!
I'm going to send my SME back to John and get it basketweaved.

theJanitor
10-07-2013, 07:32 PM
My primary blaster for quite a few years now:

1976 Colt built by Frank Glenn
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8055/8098766385_a286ac09fe_c.jpg

JAD
10-08-2013, 03:47 PM
1976 Colt built by Frank Glenn

Clearly all worn out. I'll give you fifty bucks for it. Or trade you a brand new Glock. Whichever.

theJanitor
10-08-2013, 05:18 PM
Clearly all worn out.

Clearly.

I got suckered into shooting a match a couple years back. So I took this colt out. I shot this stage to completion, went to unload and clear, and the slide came off in my hands. I look down and my slide stop is in the dirt. I pick it up, slap it back in, and finish the other stages. Upon inspection of the pistol the next week, I could not find anything out of spec. It's been as good as ever.

My buddy coincidentally snapped a pic of me finishing up this stage (notice the slide stop hole):

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h30/grandprixboy/7726611632_10ca71cf69_b.jpg

BLR
10-08-2013, 05:29 PM
That's awesome.



Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk 4

dbateman
10-09-2013, 07:54 PM
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/P1000735.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/dbateman83/media/P1000735.jpg.html)

shane45
10-09-2013, 09:52 PM
Here is my very first 1911 build. I built this about 14 years ago. It is still running strong today. I built it as part of a gunsmithing class I started way back when.

http://bryantarmament.com/pics/P1.jpg

http://bryantarmament.com/pics/rear.jpg

dbateman
10-14-2013, 11:34 PM
Colt plane Jane Gov mod chambered in 38Super, pic from my range session today.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/image-8.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/dbateman83/media/image-8.jpg.html)

BLR
10-18-2013, 07:48 PM
Colt Love

http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165615_zpse2fca8ea.jpg.html[URL]

[URL=http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165622_zpsbeed27fd.jpg.html]http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_165622_zpsbeed27fd.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165615_zpse2fca8ea.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_165631_zpsda7d3d1d.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165631_zpsda7d3d1d.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_165655_zpsb71c0c45.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165655_zpsb71c0c45.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_165717_zpsab91340b.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165717_zpsab91340b.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_165824_zps2cdc3c1a.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_165824_zps2cdc3c1a.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_170117_zpsfa381fcd.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_170117_zpsfa381fcd.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131018_170140_zpsc81d70ed.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131018_170140_zpsc81d70ed.jpg.html)

Cause, you know, 1911s don't run when dirty.

theJanitor
10-18-2013, 08:32 PM
Bill,

What model colt is that, or is that a bespoke gun? and is that your coating on it?

BLR
10-19-2013, 06:19 AM
Bill,

What model colt is that, or is that a bespoke gun? and is that your coating on it?

That is my modified Cerakote. Is just a regular old S80, with the Colt "Tactical Package."

In fact, that was the gun Colt took to all their gun shows, including SHOT. I twisted Brents arm a little, and got it.

jetfire
10-19-2013, 12:30 PM
Colt plane Jane Gov mod chambered in 38Super, pic from my range session today.

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh93/dbateman83/image-8.jpg (http://s254.photobucket.com/user/dbateman83/media/image-8.jpg.html)

That is a classy looking rig right there.

Dave Williams
10-19-2013, 01:25 PM
Yeah sweet holster rig.

theJanitor
10-19-2013, 02:37 PM
That is my modified Cerakote. Is just a regular old S80, with the Colt "Tactical Package."



it looks about perfect. VERY nice

Dagga Boy
10-20-2013, 08:51 PM
Yeah sweet holster rig.

Sadly, we lost Gordon Davis recently. I have a lot of his leather. More importantly, I was lucky enough to have spent a bunch of time talking to Gordon when I was young and just getting into guns. His taking the time to explain holster design to me was invaluable.

Clyde from Carolina
10-20-2013, 09:01 PM
Sadly, we lost Gordon Davis recently. I have a lot of his leather. More importantly, I was lucky enough to have spent a bunch of time talking to Gordon when I was young and just getting into guns. His taking the time to explain holster design to me was invaluable.

Dang, hate to hear stuff like this. Sad and yet another reminder I'm not getting any younger. Vaya con Dios, Gordon.

karmapolice
10-23-2013, 09:18 AM
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3805/10195285104_432e20217c_k.jpg

Odin Bravo One
10-23-2013, 02:12 PM
Since everybody's doing it now...

437

Delta Elite with a bit of work. Novak night sights, STI trigger, Brown Hardcore lockwork, some other stuff... And the ever-classy skateboard tape on the frontstrap! :cool:

Tell ya what............

If you decide you want that glass you mentioned on your blog, I can get you the money..............just the little matter of you parting with this............

BLR
10-23-2013, 02:58 PM
Said the Devil to Faust...

BLR
10-24-2013, 02:12 PM
Short, 150 round range day. Did a FAST cold, at the beginning, and one at the end. In between, one drill:
Draw from concealment, fire one onto 3x5 at 10yrds, reload from concealment, and fire another to same card.

1st FAST: 1.98/0.41/2.56/0.29/0.31/0.30/0.34 (clean) (FAST at 7rds, using Pistol-Training.com target)

2nd FAST: 1.67/0.39/2.11/0.23/0.25/0.22/0.29 (clean)

Now for the gooey picture goodness:

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131024_145720_zps4636d5e1.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131024_145720_zps4636d5e1.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131024_145701_zpsaea58c0c.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131024_145701_zpsaea58c0c.jpg.html)

Today's "tools"

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131024_145519_zps25bc5494.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131024_145519_zps25bc5494.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131024_145555_zps9e5dce3c.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131024_145555_zps9e5dce3c.jpg.html)

Tobacco used today: African Queen (very mildly aromatic flake with lots of Virginas for awesomeness)

BLR
10-24-2013, 02:31 PM
How many rounds are you firing after the reload?

Today - 5. I wanted to experiment with my splits.

BLR
10-24-2013, 02:39 PM
Gotcha, I was confused for a moment. :cool:

In hind sight, it was pretty pointless. While I was doing it though...

WDW
10-26-2013, 02:10 PM
You carry a straight razor? You're hardcore!!!!

BLR
10-27-2013, 04:46 PM
Today was short, 100 rounds. The drill was the Triple Nickel (5 targets, 5 yards, 5sec).

Needless to say, I didn't break 5 seconds.

Slowest: 7.78s Clean
Fastest: 5.81s Clean
Average: 6.21s Clean

The gear:
Baer SRP, 1.5"
Mags: ETM
Ammo: 200g LSWC
Holster/mag carrier: Raven Phantom
Target: QIT
Pipe: Peterson Silver Spigot Rhodesian
Bac: University Flake (AAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!)

Porn:

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_171855_zps5bf88ca4.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_171855_zps5bf88ca4.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_171930_zpsf5a90f61.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_171930_zpsf5a90f61.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_171938_zps8d3de67b.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_171938_zps8d3de67b.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_171956_zps457fed09.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_171956_zps457fed09.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_172032_zpsb95376e1.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_172032_zpsb95376e1.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_172054_zpsb7573605.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_172054_zpsb7573605.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_172108_zps449e7900.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_172108_zps449e7900.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131027_171907_zps7cc0e66e.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131027_171907_zps7cc0e66e.jpg.html)

BLR
10-28-2013, 12:40 PM
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/29/8ubatade.jpg

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk

theJanitor
10-29-2013, 04:12 PM
I've been waiting awhile for these black oval dimpled grips to be available again.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3741/10562510034_7bb4febd4e_c.jpg

crossrifles
10-29-2013, 05:45 PM
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/30/nazybaqy.jpg

BLR
10-29-2013, 07:08 PM
http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135204_zps4d42999b.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135204_zps4d42999b.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135152_zpsec9b0c1d.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135152_zpsec9b0c1d.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135101_zps90f06e19.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135101_zps90f06e19.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135048_zps13b8224c.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135048_zps13b8224c.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135233_zps962a0afc.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135233_zps962a0afc.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135516_zps75c1e316.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135516_zps75c1e316.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135534_zpseea1ac35.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135534_zpseea1ac35.jpg.html)

http://i1277.photobucket.com/albums/y491/feral45/20131029_135539_zpsab82963b.jpg (http://s1277.photobucket.com/user/feral45/media/20131029_135539_zpsab82963b.jpg.html)

I love axes. More than guns.

theJanitor
10-29-2013, 09:58 PM
crossrifles, that's a big pile o' awesome.

Bill's axe comment is distressing

crossrifles
10-30-2013, 11:04 AM
crossrifles, that's a big pile o' awesome.


Thanks!
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/31/uhanyhy4.jpg

167
10-30-2013, 01:03 PM
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I love axes. More than guns.

So the question is, which one is better. The Nighthawk, the Wilson or the axe? :D

BLR
11-01-2013, 03:56 PM
Drill 1 - Mozambique - 10yrds
Fastest: 1.97s
Slowest: 2.76s
Average: 2.13s

Drill 2. - Bill Drill
No times

Drill 3 - Draw, Fire, Reload, Fire to 2" Dot @ 7 yrds
Fastest: 3.66s
Slowest: 4.24s
Average: 3.89s

Hardware:
Colt Enthusiast Edition #1
Raven Phantom & mag carrier
230g FMJ over Bullseye @890fps
Peterson 4S
Scottish Mixture

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(Not cool with that recoil spring plug)

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BLR
11-01-2013, 03:58 PM
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BLR
11-07-2013, 03:02 PM
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/08/apeqy5y3.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/11/08/esu6yrur.jpg

Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk

jetfire
11-07-2013, 04:44 PM
1885

That's Colt CCG Serial number 440, it's had over 10,000 rounds through it so far. After the 2013 shooting season, it had some serious issues with surface rust, so I sent it off to the rad bros at H&M Metal to get their black nitride coating applied to it. It's now back and looks better than it did when it was brand new. It's being carried stylishly by my pet T-Rex, Salvatore Wiggins III.

BLR
11-07-2013, 05:44 PM
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Odin Bravo One
11-07-2013, 06:31 PM
1885

That's Colt CCG Serial number 440, it's had over 10,000 rounds through it so far. After the 2013 shooting season, it had some serious issues with surface rust, so I sent it off to the rad bros at H&M Metal to get their black nitride coating applied to it. It's now back and looks better than it did when it was brand new. It's being carried stylishly by my pet T-Rex, Salvatore Wiggins III.

I thought Salvatore Wiggins III was KIA by a .380 to the face?

jetfire
11-08-2013, 08:31 AM
I thought Salvatore Wiggins III was KIA by a .380 to the face?

That was his father, Sal Wiggins Jr.

Odin Bravo One
11-08-2013, 09:28 PM
Ok.

Well, may he rest in pieces of his skull.

And this will come off sounding terrible, but I'll say it anyway............those T-Rex's all pretty much look the same to me.

jetfire
11-08-2013, 09:38 PM
Ok.

Well, may he rest in pieces of his skull.

And this will come off sounding terrible, but I'll say it anyway............those T-Rex's all pretty much look the same to me.

The forum needs a like button for posts like this.

ToddG
11-09-2013, 04:11 PM
...those T-Rex's all pretty much look the same to me.

Speciesist...

(which, much to my surprise, is actually a word)

Erik
11-09-2013, 04:14 PM
But is it in the free version?

Malamute
11-24-2013, 11:54 AM
Its a bit retro, made in '14. It came to me as something of a project, it had been rusted and pitted, but someone had done a pretty good job of hand polishing out most of the pits, and kept the edges and stamping clean and sharp. I finished it with the rest of the correct parts it needed. The tiny original front sight disappeared, as did the next couple that a 'smith installed. It now has a dovetail front. I also ditched the wide spur hammer and short grip safety, they both bit me too much to enjoy shooting it. I haven't shot it on paper much, but after getting the sights squared away and trigger pull down to a decent level, it will bang the 24" plate @ 300 yards often enough to be fun. Hoping it will feed the Lyman 452424 for a useful field load. I had it blued a year or so ago, its been in the white most of the time I've had it.


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/Malamute/Odds%20and%20ends%20online/IMG_5632_zps4dbb38f2.jpg


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/Malamute/Odds%20and%20ends%20online/IMG_5629_zpsd4e27b34.jpg

Edit: It looks like the edits to the pic on photobucket to rotate don't actually function in real life even though they show as rotated in the album.

Timbonez
11-27-2013, 05:55 PM
Its a bit retro, made in '14. It came to me as something of a project, it had been rusted and pitted, but someone had done a pretty good job of hand polishing out most of the pits, and kept the edges and stamping clean and sharp. I finished it with the rest of the correct parts it needed. The tiny original front sight disappeared, as did the next couple that a 'smith installed. It now has a dovetail front. I also ditched the wide spur hammer and short grip safety, they both bit me too much to enjoy shooting it. I haven't shot it on paper much, but after getting the sights squared away and trigger pull down to a decent level, it will bang the 24" plate @ 300 yards often enough to be fun. Hoping it will feed the Lyman 452424 for a useful field load. I had it blued a year or so ago, its been in the white most of the time I've had it.


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/Malamute/Odds%20and%20ends%20online/IMG_5632_zps4dbb38f2.jpg


http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b387/Malamute/Odds%20and%20ends%20online/IMG_5629_zpsd4e27b34.jpg

Edit: It looks like the edits to the pic on photobucket to rotate don't actually function in real life even though they show as rotated in the album.

Simple 1911s always seem to appeal to me.

JAD
12-04-2013, 01:33 PM
Its a bit retro, made in '14. .

That's a beautiful gun. Let me know if you get tired of it.

Malamute
12-04-2013, 01:45 PM
That's a beautiful gun. Let me know if you get tired of it.



Thanks for the kind thoughts of giving a poor old gun a good home, but I'll probably hang on to it. I've had sellers remorse several times. Once was a 1911 made in '17, and another was a National Match made in the 60's that had an Ace kit with it. The guy that bought the National Match wont sell it back for some reason.

BLR
12-27-2013, 03:13 PM
Getting close to a month of inactivity here....

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Navy Mixture. Damn fine smoke, that.

karmapolice
01-07-2014, 11:39 PM
Chris at http://www.combatprecision.com/ installed 10-8 performance sights and flat trigger on my Colt Rail Gun for me today.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5549/11831153156_6fae3caad5_k.jpg

SGT_Calle
01-08-2014, 08:13 AM
That WML is a perfect fit on a beautiful pistol.