The 1911 Handgun Picture Thread

[netsecsys]

Netsecsys you just picked this up but you have it for sale as we speak, on ARFCOM????

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_7_88/15...R_Bobtail.html

You are correct. Keeping a pair of Guncrafter No Name Commanders. I picked up the EC as my Ed Brown itch had to be scratched to see if it would take the spot on my hip from the GI. Too pretty for my hip...

[MAUSER202]

Attachment 41092Attachment 41093Picked up my 1st 1911 for the ww2 collection, a 1944 Remington Rand. Shot it just to try it and want to get a newer one as a shooter now

[jscottl]

SACS worked over Mil Spec
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Springfield Long Beach Operator minus it's magwell. Crimson Trace Rail Master Pro attached to rail.
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[Kyjames]

Here my Colt Series 70

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[Mrshmitty]

SACS worked over Mil Spec
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Springfield Long Beach Operator minus it's magwell. Crimson Trace Rail Master Pro attached to rail.
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I love both of these! That mil spec is exactly what I've been wanting to do. Maybe do a different front strap like the golf ball style with matching mainspring housing.

[jscottl]

I love both of these! That mil spec is exactly what I've been wanting to do. Maybe do a different front strap like the golf ball style with matching mainspring housing.

Thanks.
List of what SACS done:
Flat MSH
Speed trigger(same one they put in the Pro)
Cut slide and installed Trijicon night sights
Flush cut and 11 degree crown on barrel
Beavertail and delta hammer
Had the 1911 Defensive package done
1. Deburr pistol internally
2. Tune extractor & ejector
3. Recut barrel throat & polish feed ramp
4. Install custom match bushing
5. Check headspace
6. Install new recoil spring & firing pin spring
7. Tuned 4.5 lb. trigger
8. GI Models: Lower & flare ejection port; install extended ejector
9. Refinish as needed (Additional charge for some finishes)
10. Reliability tuning
11. Inspect & test fire for function
Refinish in satin ArmoryKote

[Chuck]

[slowlowmiata]

Picked this up last night. I have some grips, a flat trigger and flgr. In the mail.

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[Sterling Archer]

Such a great thread.

[Ned Christiansen]

Here’s one I may have mentioned elsewhere on the forum, not sure. I originally customized this one in the mid-90’s. It’s a gun I regularly see and see shot; when something breaks or cracks, it comes to me. At this point the round count is uncertain but certainly over 100K. I think probably over 150K.

2010, some frame cracks get addressed:



I found this in the barrel two years ago, it’s been interesting to watch:

A few weeks and a few thousand rounds later…..


This is the pistol it’s in….. the slide cracked and as an experiment I drilled a hole to terminate it. To my surprise it has worked, we’re at a couple years now and many thousands of rounds. I would absolutely never do that…. except for this particular guy. It’s an experiment . This pic is from 2014.


And the barrel, Dec. 28 2014:


Did I mention that this gun has been shot a little?


This well-used Colt as of 9/9/16. No new cracks!


The barrel—that gouge is polishing out nicely. Round count since last pics—my guess— 10K minumum.


The bushing. This gun has an inexplicably large slide bore and has been through several bushings because they move around and the lug gets deformed. I finally sleeved this one up, silver-brazing a piece over it and fitting it to the slide. Seems to be holding up.


The crack in the slide has not gone past the hole I drilled long ago. If you want your barrel clean get the blue Nylon brush from Iosso and wrap it in Chore Boy copper pan scrubber.


Seven rounds, 50 yards yesterday. Jeff has done more long-range 1911ing than anyone I know. 300-meter pop-ups are not too far to try it—and I’ve seen him connect often enough that it is not luck. This is all from standing, no rest.