Custom 1911 pictures

[hinton03]

Interested in seeing folks that have had their 1911's customized, what they had done, what the wait was and who did the work.

I will start: Colt 1991 Commander worked on by Arizona gunsmith Eric Zinn; 22 months wait.

- Cut slide (Novak cut) and install Hienie Str 8 Tritium front and rear sights
- Reliability and action job (3.5-4.0 lbs trigger)
- Fit and install Kings trigger
- Fit and install EGW Commander Hammer
- Cut frame .250 radius and install and blend S&A Grip Safety
- Fit and install Nighthawk Thumb Safety
- Install and blend Brown MSH (25 LPI)
- High cut frame.
- Mild dehorn
- Tighten slide to frame fit
- Fit and install Baer over sized match grade barrel and brown bushing
- Serrate back of slide to match Hienie sights (serrate spare extractor)
- 25 LPI front strap checkering
- Lower and flare ejection port
- Finish in Ion Bond with flats polished (400 grit)







Thanks

 

[Greg528iT]

Looks GREAT!...

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Caspian base gun, .45, 10mm, .38 Super & 9mm. Birdsong "Green-T" finish.

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[bluetopper]

STI Master frame, checkered front strap, long wide dust cover.
STI Unique slide, no ball cuts up front.
Kart Natl. Match ramped barrel.
McCormick Xtreme grip safety.
STI extended safety.
Wilson combat ultra lite hammer and sear.
Infinity tri-Glide disconnector.
10-8 flat trigger....I bought and installed.
Smith & Alexander flat checkered MS housing and integral magazine well.
EGW stainless 2 piece FL guide rod and plug
EGW thick beveled and angle bored barrel bushing
STI 38 Super titanium firing pin
EGW fitted firing pin stop
Wison Combat bullet proof slide stop
Ed Brown extended magazine catch
Double diamond checkered Brazilian rosewood grips
Champion Bomar sights
Nowlin pins through out.
When I bought it, it had a parkerized finish. I didn't particularly like it so I had a local smith hot blue it for me. My photography does not do it justice. It shoots lights out, feels like one hunk of steel and would feed 45 caliber rocks if I had any.
It was built by Ryan Shanks of Logic Gunsmithing, Belle, Missouri.

 

[hinton03]

Parisite, I bet that rig shoots like a laser.

 

[Japle]

I built this LW Commander in 1975 using a frame and slide by different companies that are now out of business. I fit the Gov't length barrel after seeing an article by Mas Ayoob about a similar setup he was using on a steel-frame Commander. The Ed Brown beavertail was added later.

I've got between 12,000 and 15,000 rounds through it. The frame has a small crack in front of the slide stop pin that showed up 3-4,000 rounds ago. It hasn't gotten any bigger.



This gun started off as an Argentine 1927 surplus pistol. I installed a bunch of Wilson parts and some good sights. It feeds anything and seems very accurate.

 

[Moose458]

Springfield Armoury custom built by Les Baer.

 

[Moose458]

Springfield Armoury Micro Compact .45 APC

 

[Moose458]

Springfield Armoury Custom made by Les Baer when he was head of their custom shop.

 

[Moose458]

Not a 1911, but in the same family Browning Hi-Power custom by James Hoag.

 

[mesinge2]

Springfield Armory with Ed Brown and Wilson parts and a 4" Barrel/Slide fitted to an Officer's Frame:

 

[doc540]

Total low-rent, budget jobs

1978 Combat Commander in 9mm top
1974 CC in .45 bottom


They get shot.

Do grips count.

 

[hinton03]

Japle, that Argentine 1927 looks the way I like my 1911's to look and shoots that same way; nice job.

 

[Ric]

Novak work on a SA LW Champion Operator my EDC




Novak sights and Metaloy Hard Chrome refinish with some parts replaced on a Colt Compact



And the top of the collection, a Pistol Dynamics XO with a bobtail and Dawson rail, active recoil plug, fluted barrel, gold bead front sight, hard chrome and the sweetest trigger you have ever felt.

 

[dcarch]

I'm wiping the drool off my keyboard. That Argentine, except with Trijicons and an ambi safety, is what I want my Kimber to look like.

 

[Sonic82]

some very fine 1911's!..and lots of good photography.

 

[surjimmy]

Both of these are done by Austin Behlert, the 1911 is a 1924 Colt. Yost-Bonitz Custom Delta Elite by Chuck Warner

 

[Zach S]

Its the most customized 1911 I own, also the most expensive, was at one point an AMT Harballer, and is now a .22lr... It only has two or three parts left that were installed from the factory, the frame, trigger, and (I think?) the mag release.

The frame was rebuilt by a local gunsmith using some take-off and new parts. I specified a Kimber gripsafety since I own four Kimbers. It seems everyone else wanted a .22lr conversion when I did, and they were all backordered, so after looking for a few months I got the first one available, a fixed sight Ceiner.

It shot high out of the box, and to get it to shoot POA I had to take so much off the rear sight that the notch was only about .050" deep. In a more recent lot of ammo, it started shooting high again, so I asked the 'smith about an adjustable sight. He mentioned he had a few used Bo-Mar or LPA sights in his shop, so I left it with him for a hidden dovetail. It still shot high, so I picked up a Novak blank front sight, shaped it to my preference, and left it with him to serrate and install (pic taken before it was installed).



No future plans, but you never know. A few years ago it was just a parts gun, and I've spent $600 on it since then.

The pink stock in the pic is my four year old daughter's .22 cricket. I bought it so she has her own rifle waiting in the safe for when she's ready to shoot. The black stock is not an HK, its a GSG-5. Brought up only because if I don't mention them, someone will ask...

 

[TXSWFAN]

Nighthawk Heinie 10mm Longslide.

Nighthawk's pic because they're photographers are better than I am.

 

[hinton03]

TXSWFAN, that I like; how does it shoot?

 

[WC145]

Dietrich Gunsmithy customized Detonics CombatMaster-
Undercut trigger guard
Smoothed, recontoured , and blended MSH & grip "safety"
All edges broken
Bright polish (except top strap)
1/2 Bobbed hammer
Flush cut muzzle w/11deg crown
Fusion Carbon fiber trigger
4.5lb action job
Alumagrips


Clark Custom Meltdown Colt 1991A1 Compact-


Clark Custom Accurized Colt Gold Cup w/slide guide-


Clark Custom Hard Ball Colt Commercial Model (1952)-


Crawford Custom Hard Ball Colt Series 70 GM-

 

[johnnydollar]

Not a 1911, but in the same family Browning Hi-Power custom by James Hoag.

I do like S&W K-frame revolver sights on a BHP! Fine looking gun from one of the established masters of the craft--thank you for sharing!
JD

 

[TXSWFAN]

TXSWFAN, that I like; how does it shoot?

Better than I can. It's dehorned for carry and the longer sight radius helps my eyes.

Here's my favorite 1911 I shoot. Wilson Combat Supergrade Compact. Nary a hiccup ever.

 

[Zaydok Allen]

LOL. Ric, I think those grips with the Superman logo over a cross is one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. I'd love a T'shirt with that emblem on it!!!!! Where did you get those made? I actually have to use the bathroom, I'm laughing so hard.

 

[RogersPrecision]