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1968 Lightweight Commander .45 ACP. Currently at Mars Armament getting a little love. More pics... eventually.
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1968 Lightweight Commander .45 ACP. Currently at Mars Armament getting a little love. More pics... eventually.
Pogo, that's an awesome commander.
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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
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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.
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/...Colt1small.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~train2live/...Colt2small.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.
Tam, beautiful guns and photos.
Also, I had the same benchmade auto for almost 2 years. Good knife.
Since everyone is posting pictures of their 1911s:
http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbvie...e-of-money.jpg
... what I saved by not wanting one.
[don't have the picture upload thing right yet. Maybe oversized]
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.
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Here it be.