Since my earliest years of owning and collecting guns I’ve had a distinct fondness for two-tone pistols. Although not a 1911, my first example was a two-tone Sig 228 that wore a nickeled slide atop a black anodized frame... sure it was a backwards two-tone but at the ripe old age of 15 it was the coolest I had yet to see.It wasn’t but a few years later that I the 1911 bug really sunk its teeth in and from that point forward a two-tone 1911 has had almost immeasurable appeal to me.
My first correct two-tone 1911 came in the form of a Swenson gun built on a ‘68 Commercial Colt, it remains a great example of a classic fighting gun. After that I had Ted build me a matched pair of two-tone Signature Grades on big letter Colt Series 70s and later I added a two-tone Colt Combat Elite by Chuck Rogers. Two-tone guns almost seem in my blood and I really enjoy every opportunity I get to build a customer a great two-tone piece... this Best Grade gun was no different.
Built on a Colt Series 70 reissue this gun seemed destined for a custom conversion. The owner wanted a long wearing and classic gun he could carry and practice with as well as regularly use at IDPA matches. The gun got a welded frame and slide fit, Kart barrel, EGW bushing, Wilson beavertail, Ed Brown thumb safety, hand-cut 30lpi checkering front and rear, as well as a slight round-butt modification. The slide was flattened and serrated, bordered, given a lowered and flared ejection port, and fit with a set of Heinie sights with two-dot tritium inserts. In addition to only the best quality components throughout the mag-well was beveled, the frame and slide had all lines straightened, and finally a set of Spegel stocks were fit. There’s probably a few other details I missed but you get the picture... enjoy!
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Originally Posted by hoveyh
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