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That's not uncommon, nor is it a big problem. Colt and others machines away the section of frame rail just above the window for the slide stop lobe. That's the best thing to do to it.

I've been busy finishing projects lately and they all wrapped up at the same time. This pre-Series '70 Government Model was just completed for one of my Georgia Boys. His tastes run to Combat Special style blasters, as you can see from this one. The custom work includes: Tightened slide to...

I use a 3mm x 1mm oring under the grip screws that comes from McMaster-Carr, but can be found most anywhere.

I built it with the parts my client asked for. I don't know how suspect factory parts are and I don't want to make blanket statements that they're all good or bad, but I feel certain that there are better parts available to choose from, compared to today's parts. Compare todays high...

Hey, no worries Salty and please call me John. You can certainly do trigger jobs on the stock parts from Colt or most any of the quality 1911's on the market. Back in the heyday of Bob Chow, Jim Clark, Austin Behlert and others, there weren't the plethora of high grade parts available as there...

Thanks guys, I appreciate your most kind comments. The grips are from Larry Davidson cut is a pattern that I'd been asking for. They give good grip when squeezed, but don't snag on cover garments. The E-Treat seems to be great stuff. Dimensional changes were on par with hard chrome jobs...

My client had owned this pistol for many years and shot it very little because it drew blood every time he fired it. He told me he was torn between selling it as a lost cause or having it built into a full-house custom. He liked the idea of another full-house gun (I've built him several), but...