USMC PWS Contact?

[Dave Berryhill]

If anyone has a contact at PWS in Quantico, please drop me a line.

[VooDoo6Actual]

MEU(SOC) / MARSOC time.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOCpistol.jpg


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOCinaction.jpg


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOC2.jpg

[Dave Berryhill]

Who me? ;)

[VooDoo6Actual]

I've been tinkering w/ a project around that myself.

[JiMfraRED1911]

My Springfield 1911 just got back from PWS (hobby/lobby program). I know the Master Guns that runs the place along with a few other 2112s. You want the number to the shop?

[JiMfraRED1911]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5568/n68119575369531725185.th.jpg (http://img19.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n68119575369531725185.jpg)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/978/n68119575369531754965.th.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n68119575369531754965.jpg)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/2807/23746080849613826811957.th.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=23746080849613826811957.jpg)

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/6564/25826140566540626811957.th.jpg (http://img16.imageshack.us/my.php?image=25826140566540626811957.jpg)

[Dave Berryhill]

I always wondered what Big Boy carries when he's packin'! :D

[VooDoo6Actual]

really nice looking blaster.

She shoot sweet ?

[JiMfraRED1911]

really nice looking blaster.

She shoot sweet ?

But of course she does. The Corps wouldn't allow it any other way;) Great guys to work with BTW.

I love the feel of that 10-8 flat trigger. The other 2112s thought it looked a bit odd, but when they felt it...

[VooDoo6Actual]

JiMfraRED1911,

PM Sent

[6933]

MEU(SOC) / MARSOC time.

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOCpistol.jpg


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOCinaction.jpg


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e225/teehee321/MEUSOC2.jpg

Nice pics; so what you're saying is the 1911 is still relevent?(HA HA) Wouldn't know it by what you read sometimes. My father and uncle(VN Vets) swear by them. I haven't been into guns until recently. Like Mark Twain said, "It's amazing how much smarter your parents get as you get older." Stay safe and thanks for your service!

[JiMfraRED1911]

JiMfraRED1911,

PM Sent


Oh? I've checked my Private Messages box...I don't have one from you, HOPOETHOS.

[JiMfraRED1911]

http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=136214

[JiMfraRED1911]

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3295/n6811957537492537342299.th.jpg (http://img411.imageshack.us/my.php?image=n6811957537492537342299.jpg)

I'm a faint snatcher I know, but I think it's ok for 15 yards, moving laterally sometimes.

I'm taking her to school this June. Mr. Vickers will be my professor.

[N4LtRecce]

Nice looking gun, Jimbo!

[usmc51]

Dave,
I've got the MGySgt.'s phone number if you still need it. I can't remember his name for the life of me, though. I talked to him last August and he said he passed my contact information to one of his Devil Dogs who would contact me. I never heard anything.

[Dave Berryhill]

Thanks to everyone that offered to help. One of the posters put me in touch with someone at PWS and I was able to find out what I needed.

I was trying to find out if they had switched to a different thumb safety since the Kings ambi is no longer available. They are now using the Ed Brown ambi.

[VooDoo6Actual]

Dave et al,

any idea how many OFFICIAL variations there are now ?

I have have seen three w/ supportive documentation.

TIA

[Dave Berryhill]

No idea. The "old version" and "new version" designation are mine, not the Marines'.

[JiMfraRED1911]

When I was there touring the shop, I saw a lot more "new" versions of the MEU(SOC) 1911s (obviously), but there were a few "old"er guns (well used marked USGI frames, the infamous and sought after "in house" rear sight unit, ring/Rowell hammer). Might I add, Mr. Berryhill has done a bang up job with his replicas.

As you all probably know by now, the USMC takes an "evolutionary" approach to nearly every small arm they field. The Devil Dogs did the same thing with the original 1966 Remington contract M40s. The then called Rifle Team Equipment Shop (RTE) modded them into M40A1s (birth of the modern precision rifle here in America), A1s were rebuilt to the A3 designation and recirculated in '96. And now, the M40A3 is slowly being updated from what the Corps learned from the XM-3 DARPA rifle, ultimately culminating in the M40A5...and no, I'm not making this up.

http://www.leatherneckmagazine-digital.com/leatherneckmagazine/200904/?pg=36

Nothing is wasted if it passes thru the PWS @ Quantico.

[NCPatrolAR]

But of course she does. The Corps wouldn't allow it any other way;) Great guys to work with BTW.

I love the feel of that 10-8 flat trigger. The other 2112s thought it looked a bit odd, but when they felt it...

The 10-8 flat trigger is my "go-to" trigger for all 1911s

[JiMfraRED1911]

The 10-8 flat trigger is my "go-to" trigger for all 1911s

Lovely piece of kit.

Mr. Yam, Mr. Vickers, if you're watching, well done:cool:

[VooDoo6Actual]

Here's the most recent MEU(SOC) spoecs I know of from Nov. 7th 2008

enjoy...


https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/M6785409P1012Attachment_(1).doc

[JiMfraRED1911]

Here's the most recent I know of from Nov. 7th 2008

HTH enjoy


https://www.neco.navy.mil/synopsis_file/M6785409P1012Attachment_(1).doc

The day I picked up my gun, brand new Caspian frames left "in the white" were being wheeled in. I didn't see any RECON rail jobs, but best believe they've tried some.

[dookie1481]

A1s were rebuilt to the A3 designation and recirculated in '96.

What do you mean by this? I believe my unit was the first to switch over to the A3s and we didn't get them until mid-2002.

Jay

[JiMfraRED1911]

What do you mean by this? I believe my unit was the first to switch over to the A3s and we didn't get them until mid-2002.

Jay

http://www.snipercentral.com/m40a3.htm

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_rifle_m40.php

Ahhh...project STARTED in 1996, but A3 weren't issued 'til 01. My mistake.

[dookie1481]

http://www.snipercentral.com/m40a3.htm

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_other_firearms_rifle_m40.php

Ahhh...project STARTED in 1996, but A3 weren't issued 'til 01. My mistake.

No prob, just wondering if there was something I missed. Thanks.

Jay