Jason Burton
04-13-07, 00:55
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This year I had the pleasure of building a prize gun for the up coming Single Stack Classic. As with years past the base gun provided for the project was one of the fantastic Springfield Armory “gun kits” which, as many of you already know, is basically a frame and a slide with some assorted small parts. The oversized kit makes it a pretty fun build... I certainly wouldn’t mind having a few more of these to whittle away on (that’s a hint in case you’re reading this Dave :p ).
I wanted to build a gun that I thought epitomized the best blend of the traditional and the contemporary 1911. For me that meant classic touches like hand-cut 30lpi checkering front and rear, bordered slide, short trigger, Kart barrel with match bushing, and a two-tone finish of polished blue over matte hard chrome. All of the other “usual stuff” like a flattened and serrated slide top in the curved arrow pattern, reliability tune, Ed Brown extended thumb safety, S&A grip safety, Nowlin mag catch, Yo-Bo action components, etc. was mixed in as well and I topped the whole thing off with a gold line front sight and one of our Professional Grade rear sights... classic and contemporary. Toss in a classically styled Bulman rig for the photos just to continue the theme and... well you get the picture... ;) enjoy!
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18740913192.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18740913164.jpg
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http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799163.jpg
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http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799164.jpg
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http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18740913193.jpg
This year I had the pleasure of building a prize gun for the up coming Single Stack Classic. As with years past the base gun provided for the project was one of the fantastic Springfield Armory “gun kits” which, as many of you already know, is basically a frame and a slide with some assorted small parts. The oversized kit makes it a pretty fun build... I certainly wouldn’t mind having a few more of these to whittle away on (that’s a hint in case you’re reading this Dave :p ).
I wanted to build a gun that I thought epitomized the best blend of the traditional and the contemporary 1911. For me that meant classic touches like hand-cut 30lpi checkering front and rear, bordered slide, short trigger, Kart barrel with match bushing, and a two-tone finish of polished blue over matte hard chrome. All of the other “usual stuff” like a flattened and serrated slide top in the curved arrow pattern, reliability tune, Ed Brown extended thumb safety, S&A grip safety, Nowlin mag catch, Yo-Bo action components, etc. was mixed in as well and I topped the whole thing off with a gold line front sight and one of our Professional Grade rear sights... classic and contemporary. Toss in a classically styled Bulman rig for the photos just to continue the theme and... well you get the picture... ;) enjoy!
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18740913192.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18740913164.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17411802782.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17411802783.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18746153221.jpg
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http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18746153204.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799181.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799192.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799163.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/18746153233.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/17082799164.jpg
http://www.louderthanwords.us/mediumfoto/picts/ulfls/12042007/21083522941.jpg
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