Dave Sample
member
Let us clear this up now. The owner has sworn that no one else has worked on the gun. He is my best friend of 38+ years and he believes that it was that way when he got it back from the Smith. I have grave doubts about it and would never disclose the guy that did it. He was known to do good work for some and crap work for others, but I have never figured out who was who in that time when he was a master smith. It hurts me bad to think the guy would turn something like this loose.
The gun has had thousands of round through it and was a Jam-O Matic from day one. It was a Gold Cup that had a Caspian Lower with the rails beat down and tightened. The checkering was hand done and excellent. 20 LPI on the front strap and the front of the trigger guard. Not as good as mine, but very nice. I can't show you that because he has his name stamped on the frame.
I am installing a Kart NM Barrel and bushing, a new ejector, and a new slide stop in it and re finishing the lower Flat Black. The top end is my Electroless Nickle Finish that I use to do down in Raton, NM years ago. It still looks like the day I plated it.
I do not denigrate other people in my business, no matter how bad their work is. I have mentioned several times that I shut this shop down because I became the "Court of Last Resort" around here and all I was doing was going into 1911's trying to patch up terrible work. I never get to see the good work. Just the screw ups. This man is retired now and it does not matter who he is . There are many fine smiths in CO and I do not know of anyone there I would not use. Let us put this one back in the storage locker where it belongs, as I regret that you didn't understand what this was all about. I wanted you to see a welded up P.O.S. barrel fitted badly and who did it is not a factor. Sometimes when you weld stuff, it is so hard you can't cut it with hand tools. This may have been the case here. I do not apply heat to 1911's for any reason. I can buy a new barrel cheaper than I can have someone weld up a mediocre one. Heat changes the metal, and it rarely improves the gun. End of Story.
The gun has had thousands of round through it and was a Jam-O Matic from day one. It was a Gold Cup that had a Caspian Lower with the rails beat down and tightened. The checkering was hand done and excellent. 20 LPI on the front strap and the front of the trigger guard. Not as good as mine, but very nice. I can't show you that because he has his name stamped on the frame.
I am installing a Kart NM Barrel and bushing, a new ejector, and a new slide stop in it and re finishing the lower Flat Black. The top end is my Electroless Nickle Finish that I use to do down in Raton, NM years ago. It still looks like the day I plated it.
I do not denigrate other people in my business, no matter how bad their work is. I have mentioned several times that I shut this shop down because I became the "Court of Last Resort" around here and all I was doing was going into 1911's trying to patch up terrible work. I never get to see the good work. Just the screw ups. This man is retired now and it does not matter who he is . There are many fine smiths in CO and I do not know of anyone there I would not use. Let us put this one back in the storage locker where it belongs, as I regret that you didn't understand what this was all about. I wanted you to see a welded up P.O.S. barrel fitted badly and who did it is not a factor. Sometimes when you weld stuff, it is so hard you can't cut it with hand tools. This may have been the case here. I do not apply heat to 1911's for any reason. I can buy a new barrel cheaper than I can have someone weld up a mediocre one. Heat changes the metal, and it rarely improves the gun. End of Story.