Vickers Tactical 1911

[VA_Dinger]

The specs have been released for the Vickers Tactical/Nighthawk 1911 collaboration.

http://www.vickerstactical.com/VT1911.htm

Here is the rundown on the specs:
· Caspian Slide and Frame
· Front Grasping Grooves - Caspian Enhanced National Match Style
· Ball end mill relief cut on front sides of slide
· 5 inch Match Grade Barrel and Bushing - crown of muzzle flush with bushing
· Low Mount Novak or Low Mount Heinie sights standard - shooter specifies
· Dovetail Front Sight - serrated and roll pinned in place
· 3-Dot Tritium Night Sights
· Vickers/Yam Hard Use Trigger
· 25 LPI Checkered Frontstrap
· Integral Tactical Magwell
· Flat Mainspring Housing, checkered with a recessed lanyard loop
· Integral Plunger Tube
· Spare fitted extractor
· Top of Slide Serrated
· Rear of Slide Serrated - 40 LPI
· Beavertail grip safety with pad for positive disengagement
· Match hammer
· 4 lb trigger pull
· Slotted grip screws
· Strider gunner grips custom fitted with beveled edges in green, black, or coyote brown
· Carry bevel package
· Visual 'on fire' indicator
· Extended Thumb Safety
· Tactical Extended Mag Release
· Reliability Package to Vickers Tactical specs
· Black Permacoat finish
· Vickers Tactical logo
· Special 'LV' serial number prefix
· Shipped with 2 magazines, test target, and Certificate of Authenticity

Available Options Include:
· Low mount Bo Mar sights
· Ambidextrous Safety
· Crimson Trace Lasergrips (slide stop pin made flush for CTC grips, for left handed shooters, or on request)
· Desert Tan Permacoat with black fittings
· No Front Grasping Grooves

These are photos of Ken Hackathorns personal T&E pistol. Ricky T gave me permission to post them up. He also has a thread up on lightfighter.





Several of us got to talk with Larry recently and he seemed very excited about this pistol. By the looks for these specs it sounds like a truly outstanding 1911. Larry had nothing but great things to say about Nighthawk’s craftsmanship. Anybody who has been around him for ten minutes will know he only accepts perfection. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on one.

[dubb-1]

I'm expecting $10K worth of personal 1911s in the near future. I felt like I was done buying good "working guns", and would limit myself to buying heirlooms for the kids. Then this came to be. I have been upset about missing the times when LAV was building pistols for quite some time now. Timing is everything, you know! As with most whose work I admire most, I would not have supplied a spec sheet, but rather a blank check and blank canvas so that he could build what he believed best fit this user's needs.

Here I have been given that opportunity. Thanks LAV, and Nighthawk!

Now hurry up everybody, buy a bunch of gear from me so I can afford one!

[jmart]

That most definitely is a beautiful pistol. But I've been following these threads over at 10-8 and when I see the price tag attached to these custom jobs, I just go, "Oh well, maybe some day I'll die and be reincarnated and I'll get my own inheritance and I'll be able to afford something like that....."

Again, beautiful pistol, masterfully executed, just too damn rich for my blood. But please, everyone else enjoy.

[Sam]

Here's how y'all can get one of these. Sell all your Lorcins, Makarovs, Mosin Nagants, SKSs, AKs, glocks, etc. Put your money into a fine weapon. When my opportunity to own a Vickers built pistol came, I jumped at the chance, no question asked. Sold a Wilson and Les Baer to get the Vickers. Best move I ever made.

[Cold Zero]

Originally Posted by Sam

When my opportunity to own a Vickers built pistol came, I jumped at the chance, no question asked. Sold a Wilson and Les Baer to get the Vickers. Best move I ever made.

now thats an endorsement.

[VA_Dinger]

Originally Posted by Cold Zero

now thats an endorsement.

I got the opportunity to handle Sam's LAV gun and it is simply perfection. The craftsmanship as you might expect is simply out of this world. I have never felt a smoother operating 1911. Plus Sam does not let his waste away in a safe; he shoots the hell out of it.

Most shooters have no real clue on just how good a 1911 can be, IF they spend the money. Obviously that’s also the down side.

[Sam]

Originally Posted by VA_Dinger

I got the opportunity to handle Sam's LAV gun and it is simply perfection. .

Thanks man. That gun sure gets around

[VA_Dinger]

FYI - Nighthawk has just updated their website to include the Vickers Tactical gun.

http://www.nighthawkcustom.com/VickersTactical.aspx

No pictures of the production guns are posted yet though.

[Mooneys]

My Vickers arrived today. As a NHC dealer my original intentions, like any business man was to sell the Vickers....but....I may have to hold on to this one

Here are some pics. Not the best but I'll do a better job and post more this weekend.

http://stores.mooneysfirearms.com/Ca...GHTHAWK+CUSTOM

http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=66

[VA_Dinger]

Very impressive.

[JC_]

Originally Posted by VA_Dinger

Very impressive.

Yes, it is. I picked mine up today.

[VA_Dinger]

Originally Posted by JC_

Yes, it is. I picked mine up today.

Let's see some pictures!

[GastonG-NoVa]

$?

How much for the LAV?

[Business_Casual]

$2,875 G man.

How's that upper running?

M_P

[GastonG-NoVa]

so many uppers...which one?

[VA_Dinger]

This is one of the best photos I've seen posted of a VT/Nighthawk.

[bigbore]

I transfered one of these last week and got to give it a good once over. I hope he got a bad one, because it was absolutely nothing "nice".

I dont appreciate the meaningless things the "1911 people" obsess over, but I understand what they obsess over, and what they look for.

The dust cover was full of milling marks, as was the SN recess.
The trigger was fit poorly and had large gap between the guard and the bottom of the trigger.
The rear of the slide was serrated, but they forgot to serrate the ejector!
There grip safety was fit nice, but not “good enough” for a $2K 1911.
Same can be said for the blending of the thumb safety.
There was an OBVIOUS blemish at the bottom inside of the MSH.

From what I saw, it was nothing more than an over priced production pistol, not worth near the asking price and I told him to send it back and get the ejector taken care of at least.

I'm sure it shoots well, and will function as intended, but for the price it was lacking. I hope he just got a bad one.

[VA_Dinger]

Originally Posted by bigbore

I dont appreciate the meaningless things the "1911 people" obsess over, but I understand what they obsess over, and what they look for.

Steve the salesman.

Talks crap about "1911 People" in one thread and tries to sell $2400 RRA's in another.

I wish you had taken a photo. I would have liked to see a few photos of a VT/NH were NH "Forgot" to serrate the extractor. I assume "Ejector" was a typo because it isn't supposed to be serrated.

This is the ass end of a VT/NH:



FYI - I have this one on order:
-Nighthawk Custom Vickers Tactical
-Integral light rail
-Bo-mar low mount adj sights forward mounted on slide - SA TRP Operator style.
-Black Strider grips
-Ambi-Safety
-Slide stop pin cut flush
-Checker under trigger guard

[bigbore]

Originally Posted by VA_Dinger

I wish you had taken a photo. I would have liked to see a few photos of a VT/NH were NH "Forgot" to serrate the extractor. I assume "Ejector" was a typo because it isn't supposed to be serrated.

I meant Ejector, I cant rememeber the last time I saw a 1911 in that price range with rear serrations that did not serrate the ejector. I expected more attention to detail for that price.

[rob_s]

While I haven't seen either a Vickers or 10-8 Nighthawk in person, it does appear that they are taking a page out of Nike's book with regards to celebrity endorsements.