The 1911 Handgun Picture Thread

[ybrik]

01918 reproduction & 1918Z CCS

Beautiful ponies! What are those grips on the 1918Z CCS?

[Underwood 43]

https://vzgrips.com/gun-grips/1911/d...yena-brown-g10 w/ scoop

[Ned Christiansen]

I just finished a Kimber Desert Warrior for a female deputy who is a true shooting phenomenon. This was more than a light going-over but still short of a full custom. Some things weren’t really needed, or badly needed, or needed yet—like the barrel. This one fits in with my previous Kimber experience and is more than accurate enough with the factory barrel. One of the best groups I ever shot in fact, was with a Kimber and its original barrel. Also, fire control was left factory…. MIM and all, they have performed pretty well in my limited experience with Kimbers. Kimbers have their faults like most 1911’s but we figured, get the life out of these parts, which believe me, she will, and then change them.
Grip safety and ambi thumb safety are factory. I did install a Shield Driver rear sight and my Extra Stout Plunger Tube—from there it was about ergonomics and function. Kim wanted the grip area as slender as possible so I took quite a bit off mainspring housing, necessitating the addition of “hips” to it. Reducing it this much gets into the MSH’s rail and the slot in the frame it rides in…. this gets a little messy, leaving and exposed, knife-edge of steel that would not actually cut the user but is a bit unsightly and damage-prone. The magwell got opened up; high grip front and back, and a dose of FRAG, with matching grips by VZ.


It looks like the Challis grip bushing is protruding into the mag chute but it's not:


The magwell, and the original lanyarded MSH for comparison, to show how much the girth has been reduced on the backside.


…. And, the MSH with hips added. I did the FRAG a little different on this one, the top surface is left with a mild texture instead of being smooth. This one does have just a tad more stiction for it.

[Boris]

Kimber Desert Warrior

Beautiful work! Thanks for sharing this story of gun and owner, Mr. Christiansen. I'm sure she's stoked.

[newyork]

[newyork]

[DM-SC]

Nice!

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[Mrshmitty]

Love seeing them dirty guns.

[McNulty]

Attachment 30738

Wilson CQB elite I picked up this week.

[Ned Christiansen]

After a long time in the doing, this one was final-assembled, test fired, and delivered yesterday. It is for the guy from the thread about the high-round-count Operator.