--Josh
“Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws.” - Tacitus.
No. They're being built now. Once that is complete, they'll fly to my favorite local gun shop here in Maryland where the State will take a couple of weeks to determine my worthiness to own more firearms.
I'm hoping to have them next month. But I've had no such commitment from Springfield or Warren, it's just crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.
"PLAN FOR YOUR TRAINING TO BE A REFLECTION OF REAL LIFE INSTEAD OF HOPING THAT REAL LIFE WILL BE A REFLECTION OF YOUR TRAINING!"
That may be the single biggest lie in the custom 1911 world -- so much so, that my 1911 shop has t shirts printed with "they are on the bench," across the back. I think the longest outstanding firearm order I have, is a deposit in for two Richard Heinie pistols from April 2000.
On the other hand, clever fellow that you are, Todd, you may be using the 2012-2013 Test gig as a way to actually get a few custom 1911 pistols built on a timeline.
Warren's relationship with Springfield Custom is extremely tight. He worked directly with them for years on the FBI SWAT & HRT guns as well as his own competition guns. In addition, the whole idea of going with the Warren production run was Springfield Custom's recommendation after they quoted me delivery of actual custom guns and I balked.
Like I said, at this moment I've had no commitment from anyone as to delivery other than it will be substantially sooner than the earliest they could promise full house custom guns. I do know that I wanted a change in mine from the regular spec -- I didn't want the front strap checkering -- and the guns are too far along to do that.