OK, I made up the name. Ted doesn't actually offer a pistol called the Govern-Mander--yet. Maybe after I show it off a little, he'll add it to the line.
It began as a New-Rollmark Commander. Then it received most of Ted's 1* package. And then Ted put it in a room with a Government model for some 1911 mating rituals. (Whether Lew played a '70s Barry White 8-track is a matter of debate.) Add some retro touches, and the Govern-Mander is born.
The details:
I hope to get some better pics soon--not to mention get it to the range. Just from my first impressions, I find it hard to see why anyone would spend big bucks on a "semi-custom" production 1911. Even as a no-nonsense "serious" gun, this Pony-bearing blaster is a work of art.
Ted and Lew were great to work with. They put up with my changing requests and gave good advice too.
It began as a New-Rollmark Commander. Then it received most of Ted's 1* package. And then Ted put it in a room with a Government model for some 1911 mating rituals. (Whether Lew played a '70s Barry White 8-track is a matter of debate.) Add some retro touches, and the Govern-Mander is born.
The details:
- Complete dependability package with Wilson Bulletproof extractor
- Trigger job with Nowlin tool-steel sear
- Fitted short trigger
- Colt Gov't spur hammer
- Colt Gov't grip safety
- High-cut and bobbed hammer
- Ed Brown strong-side safety, dehorned and narrowed
- Yost-Bonitz retro rear sight
- Dovetailed Novak serrated ramp front sight
- Wilson match bushing
- Stippled frontstrap
- Ed Brown mainspring housing, stippled
- Hand-filed magazine well bevel
- Recrowned barrel
- Tightened frame and slide
- Complete dehorn
- Satin matte bead blast and blue
I hope to get some better pics soon--not to mention get it to the range. Just from my first impressions, I find it hard to see why anyone would spend big bucks on a "semi-custom" production 1911. Even as a no-nonsense "serious" gun, this Pony-bearing blaster is a work of art.
Ted and Lew were great to work with. They put up with my changing requests and gave good advice too.