Oh Boy! Made a New 1911 Purchase!

Well, I've wanted a full-size 1911 ever since I could pull a trigger. And last night I did just that.

Picked up a Glade's Gun Works 1911 in .45 acp. The pistol has a hard chrome finish, beveled magazine well, a painted front sight, Wichita adjustable rear sight, extended safety and magazine release, and a match hammer and sear. This pistol is built off of a Caspian slide, frame and barrel. This is DEFINITELY my last pistol purchase for a while...






And a special thanks goes out to JZ06, thanks for being my conscience last night... and by conscience I mean that little red devil on my shoulder!

Thanks guys. Yeah, I went in to buy a $12 Uncle Mike's holster for my SP101... Ended up walking out spending closer to $1200!

Oh and I got a set of Hogue rubber monogrips for the range, yeah I know they're ugly as sin but they are a really really comfy to shoot with.

AirForceShooter said:

Not ambi??

It's defective.
But really really nice


AFS

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Haha thanks. Yeah it's a range shooter, never going to carry/shoot with my left hand so "defective" is fine for me.

Just One Shot said:

Where have I heard that before?

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Hahaha yeah, but I bought 3 pistols in the past month... Buying 3 prior to that over 3 YEARS, really I'm done for a while. Now what I consider a while will probably vary from what others do, I'm talking 6 months or so.

kanook
Since Glades has been closed for many years now, if you feel like it needs some work contact Wayne Bergquist at (239)594-1573

He built it.

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WOW! Thanks for the contact info! Much appreciated!

doubleh said:

That is a nice piece of machinery. Enjoy.

It's only defective if you are a lefty.

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Thanks!

And I agree. Despite my screen name I'm actually right-handed!

JZ06 said:

"UPDATE YOUR SIG" add the GLADES!

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Straight away Jay!

And yeah, I'm definitely content with pistols for the time being. I mean, an FN 5.7 still tempts me in my dreams, but I'll wait till the Camaro sells for that one.

I still plan on getting a 12ga and a bolt-action rifle, though probably not until summer.

Haha thanks guys. I picked up 600 rounds of FMJ last night, as well as a box of 20 SD rounds. CAN'T WAIT to "break her in" with 100 rounds of the FMJ and a mag of the HP's, ASAP!

Well guys, exactly one week to the date I bought it, I have a range report!

Since last week I have put in a Wilson 2-pc guide rod. I had some spare time this afternoon and decided to hit the local indoor ($25/hr, ugh!) to try out the new aquisition. Let me start by saying that I am not "used to" a .45 as my usual range blaster is a xD-M 9mm. So after 100 rounds of Winchester white box the verdict is in: this gun can totally out-shoot me. The trigger is silky at all of what feels like 3 lbs. The targets were out at about 7 yards and every mag yielded about the same results. Without touching the sights grouping was at around 2-3". Granted I'm far from an experienced shooter, and still getting used to the gun, I'm very pleased with the results.

Here's a target with a 2" group that I kept after just 1 mag through it.

Sweet, thanks for the tip!

Yeah I had been considering having a CT custom shop build me a 1911 from "scratch", but I saw this used at a dealer and at about half the original price I had to grab it. My 10-year-long 1911 craving is finally satisfied!