seagiant, thanks for the kind words. Good to see you here.
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seagiant, thanks for the kind words. Good to see you here.
Excellent job, I love restoration threads.
Outstanding work and a great story! Well done.
Great work, I would be proud to own it!
I like the old spur hammer/ standard grip safety/ short trigger combo like in the standard A1’s. ( I have small hands and the short trigger is a godsend! And agree with the early 1920’s assessment that flat mainspring housings cause you to point low in rapid fire)
Adding the larger sights makes this gun perfect in my mind ( though I can still despite 55 y/o eyes, do pretty well with my cmp 1911A1)
OP,
That is absolutely fantastic work. Quite frankly I would very much prefer to own a 1911 with the pedigree that this one has, including the rebuild that you performed on it, over a brand new in the box Colt any day. The back story, and time and effort involved make that pistol worth more than the dollar value or sum of the parts. It is a piece of history that hopefully will be appreciated by a future generation.
Hopefully the owner might take the time to write a couple pages about his brother's time in service as well as his own, and then the work you did and stick those pages in the box with the pistol. Future owners of the pistol may appreciate that very much.
Much respect!