My first 1911 is here, finally.

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Looks good. I've owned two Remington R1s and both were excellent guns. Tight fitting and very accurate with serviceable but not great triggers. Both of mine have been extremely reliable, but both in .45.
 
You got an awesome deal on that! Well done.

If you plan to carry it IWB, those g10 scales are going to do a number on you. That’s my experience anyway with a 1911 with what looks like the identical pattern. Wet sanding was my answer.
 
Ed Ames said:
You got an awesome deal on that! Well done.

If you plan to carry it IWB, those g10 scales are going to do a number on you. That’s my experience anyway with a 1911 with what looks like the identical pattern. Wet sanding was my answer.
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Not planning on carrying it. Just a range toy. My carry gun is half the size with 3 more rounds of capacity. I bought the cheapest leather holster I could find.

I also ordered another set of the G10 grips in FDE and will wet sand them. Also ordered a set of the Magpul grips. Not used to having so many choices in grips, lol.
 
I'd put some rounds through it before I did anything to the trigger. I don't own a trigger scale but my SR-1911 trigger is lighter & smoother now than it was when I first bought it. It may smooth out nicely.

Beautiful pistol.
 
Trey Veston said:
Not planning on carrying it. Just a range toy. My carry gun is half the size with 3 more rounds of capacity. I bought the cheapest leather holster I could find.

I also ordered another set of the G10 grips in FDE and will wet sand them. Also ordered a set of the Magpul grips. Not used to having so many choices in grips, lol.
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Trey Veston said:
Not planning on carrying it. Just a range toy. My carry gun is half the size with 3 more rounds of capacity. I bought the cheapest leather holster I could find.

I also ordered another set of the G10 grips in FDE and will wet sand them. Also ordered a set of the Magpul grips. Not used to having so many choices in grips, lol.
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If you lived nearby I have a box full of grips you could try til you found what you liked. Holsters too probably. I like the extra grippy grips, along with checkered msh and front strap. If you're not carrying it won't be as much an issue, but I don't mind the scraping and rubbing the grips to to my side. Just figure if I ever need it, I have no guarantee my hands won't be sweaty, oily, dirty, half frozen etc...
 
I personally wouldn’t replace the grips until I’d shot it a bit...they may surprise you and be just right-YMMV. A lot of shooting it will help with the trigger... An IWB holster, and as previously mentioned, a GUN belt, will make it disappear.
 
Nice purchase. Enjoy. A friend of mine was the armorer for the first run of the R1 when they were made in Ilion. He thinks very highly of them.
 
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A couple of years ago I wisened up and bought a a Desantis gun belt and man that made a big difference. With a good gun belt, I can carry my 1911's comfortably all day without the belt sagging or pants being weighed down like with a regular belt. I'm pretty thin at 5' 9" and 145 pounds and have no problems concealing a 1911. Yes my compact 3.5" 1911 is easier to conceal than a full size is. I still carry both full size 1911's often.​
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I bought a DeSantis heavy duty belt some years back and it really made a big difference in how well it held my gun and holster in position and especially how comfortable it was for long periods of time.

I'm 5' 10" and 160 lbs. and I also have no trouble carrying any size 1911 from an Colt Officer's Model ACP, to a Commander; all the way up to Government size.
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If there is any possibility of ever carrying it, I wouldn't lessen the trigger pull to less than 4-4.5 lbs. That's still plenty light to shoot accurately but still have enough resistance to avoid an "ND".
 
Another congratulations and another +1 on a good rig, carried or not. Mine is a Wilson Combat Summer Companion in shark, based on the BN Summer Special, with matching shark skin belt. After 10 years of daily wear the belt is still wearing like iron, stiff as ever, and nary a scratch. Well worth the premium over standard leather IME.


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Wearing it today as always. $130 for the last belt I may ever need.
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Skylerbone said:
Another congratulations and another +1 on a good rig, carried or not. Mine is a Wilson Combat Summer Companion in shark, based on the BN Summer Special, with matching shark skin belt. After 10 years of daily wear the belt is still wearing like iron, stiff as ever, and nary a scratch. Well worth the premium over standard leather IME.


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Wearing it today as always. $130 for the last belt I may ever need.
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Any idea if they make one of these in a scratchless (no buckle) type? All the gun belts I've seen of a scratchless variety are Velcro.
 
Howland937 said:
Any idea if they make one of these in a scratchless (no buckle) type? All the gun belts I've seen of a scratchless variety are Velcro.
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WC does not however nearly all custom holster makers will have something cataloged that should work if not modified. Shark leather by the way is nearly 10X stronger than cowhide.

I’ve got a few things coming in this week from Black Hills Leather and I’m sure by reputation alone they will be fantastic. Rudy answered my questions and worked with my rather urgent timeline. https://blackhillsleather.com/


Here’s the other end of that belt, again after 10 years (photo taken just now).
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Skylerbone said:
WC does not however nearly all custom holster makers will have something cataloged that should work if not modified.
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That would surprise me, unless one of us is misunderstanding what Howland937 is asking. Nearly every leather holster/belt maker produces, nearly exclusively, a belt with a buckle. I think it is the outlier that would offer a buckle-less belt.

I'm somewhat of a "holster hound", and if I knew a leather holster/belt maker that produced a belt without a buckle, I'd give a link, but while I know there certainly must be some, they aren't within my normal holster/belt maker search group.
 
JTQ said:
what Howland937 is asking
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Currently I'm using my everyday belt I wear for work. Its "scratchless" meaning it has internal hooks with no buckle, so as not to scratch vehicles as I'm working on them. It does ok, but after a while they'll stretch from the weight of the gun (swear it's the gun doing it, not my waistline)
 
Howland937 said:
Currently I'm using my everyday belt I wear for work. Its "scratchless" meaning it has internal hooks with no buckle, so as not to scratch vehicles as I'm working on them. It does ok, but after a while they'll stretch from the weight of the gun (swear it's the gun doing it, not my waistline)
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That's what I understood. I can't think of any holster maker that produces a buckle-less belt. I'm sure there must be one, or a few, but I can't think of any.

There are a few odd-ball (my apologies to those that have and love these, it's just they are not the mainstream gun belts) belt makers that do produce buckle-less gun belts, but while I'm aware they are out there, it's not a market sector I follow, so I can't give you any listings. Sorry.
 
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