I've always liked the reverse two tone of the 1911 on Nash Bridges. his was a colt chambered in .38 super. the one I would want:
Except I want it in 10mm and a commander size
Except I want it in 10mm and a commander size
what is your dream carry?
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I don't think I have seen it yet
One of those case-hardened ARs with Turkish or French walnut stock. Pistol, can, BO. Cobra leather sling. AA
My lcr ii is pretty much a dream to carry…. Not sure if it’s my dream carry though.
Wilson/Turnbull case hardened 1911 with 9mm, .38 Super and 9x23 barrels for a BBQ gun. For a warm weather concealed carry, it hasn't been made yet.
For a production (think affordable) I had it and traded it in. Springfield Full sized Loaded Lightweight 1911 (aluminum frame). I went back a week later after I’d come to my senses and someone had already bought it. Only thing I would have changed is chamber it in .38 super. They make/made an operator lightweight but I can’t stand seeing a rail on a 1911 dust cover.
If we’re taking anything goes I’ll need more time to think about it but it will be chambered in 10mm or 38 super.
If we’re taking anything goes I’ll need more time to think about it but it will be chambered in 10mm or 38 super.
Already have it.Nighthawk Counselor in 9mm.
I'd like to handle one of those... 
Counselor
The Counselor is a 9mm, 3.5" barrel 1911 pistol, built on a shortened, lightweight, aluminum officer frame, complete with an aluminum MSH and grip safety. It sports a brand new slide design with "positive" serrations and patent-pending Flush-Fit magwell
www.nighthawkcustom.com
AA
If you are ever Arkansas way hit me hit me up and we'll burn a couple hundred rounds! It is a unique piece in that Nighthawk worked some "magic" on it. I don't know what they do but the recoil impluse is just like my 9mm 1911 Gov't Model. I tell everyone it is like a Chihuahua. Ya know... Little dog that thinks it's a big dog!
Counselor
The Counselor is a 9mm, 3.5" barrel 1911 pistol, built on a shortened, lightweight, aluminum officer frame, complete with an aluminum MSH and grip safety. It sports a brand new slide design with "positive" serrations and patent-pending Flush-Fit magwell
AA
A real Luger in .45 ACP ...
Please do! I'm running low!I'll trap-and-transport a few dozen house-eaters
Thanks.
AA
shoelessjoe
"I took out a Chihuahua!"
Likewise here … though I don’t call it ‘Counselor’, but rather, (also) in the prophet Isaiah’s words: ‘The Prince of Peace’ - i.e., an HK P7M8 in a Del Fatti rig.Already have it.
Summer carry and my favorite for toting around.
Kimber Eclipse Ultra, 45 ACP in Del Fatti IWB
Only carried in winter because it rides around in a Del Fatti OWB.
Springfield Champion that I bobtailed.
BBQ #1. 38 Super with Buffalo Bone grips.
BBQ #2. 45 ACP with BBQ / Delfatti holster (I use the same holster for both BBQ guns).
That's it for me. The rest are range toys.
Bill.
Kimber Eclipse Ultra, 45 ACP in Del Fatti IWB
Only carried in winter because it rides around in a Del Fatti OWB.
Springfield Champion that I bobtailed.
BBQ #1. 38 Super with Buffalo Bone grips.
BBQ #2. 45 ACP with BBQ / Delfatti holster (I use the same holster for both BBQ guns).
That's it for me. The rest are range toys.
Bill.
JCinPA
The Lather Maestro
Already have it. It started out as a Kimber Compact CDPII like this. Aluminum annodized frame, stainless steel slide, extreme melt job, night sights.
Then the things I did or had done by either Robar (now defunct) or EGW (now out of the smithing business, only making precision parts for guns and aircraft-But George Smith is a gunsmithing genius who built all of Doug Koenig's cometition guns, and he's local to me).
Couple of interesting things about it. Because it is a compact, it has a 23# spring, not the normal 16#. With the extreme melt job I, literally, could not rack the slide after the NP3 coating, it was too slippery. So I had George Smith of EGW and his crew recut the slide serrations so I could rack it. Something else George did which is genius. These guns were notable for having the feed ramp in the aluminum slide get scored by hollow points. So George milled out the feed ramp area, added a matching steel piece there (I think he called it a Dutchman, name for a process?) which is both epoxied into the frame and screwed in from behind the trigger guard. Then he put it in a CNC milling machine and recut the feedramp. Result? I now have an aluminum-framed carry gun with a steel feedramp!
This has the Officer sized frame, not full-sized like the Commander, but the 4" barrel works really well (Commanders have 4.25"). Some of the ultra-compact .45 guns are not reliable, they are too small for the design and I won't carry them. But this is just perfect. Goldilocks. It's a bull barrel, so no front bushing, and a little more weight up front. It's about as perfect a .45 carry gun as I could wish for. Expensive as hell,but I got what I wanted out of it.
Interestingly, almost all 1911's now come with flat mainspring housings, but over the years they came with both flat or arched. I point better with the arched, which is why I replaced it. I also have a Nighthawk GRP Recon that I had done with an arched MSH with magazine feed ramps.
Then the things I did or had done by either Robar (now defunct) or EGW (now out of the smithing business, only making precision parts for guns and aircraft-But George Smith is a gunsmithing genius who built all of Doug Koenig's cometition guns, and he's local to me).
- Schwarz firing pin safety parts removed (by me)
- S&A Arched & Checkered MSH (by me)
- Engraved name on slide forward of ejection port (by trophy shop)
- Wilson 6N slim combat safety, single side fitted
- Wilson bullet proof slide stop fitted
- Wilson bullet proof firing pin stop fitted
- Wilson bullet proof extractor, tuned
- Ed Brown beavertail grip safety fitted
- Combat trigger job with
- -Ed Brown match sear
- -Ed Brown match disconnector
- -Ed Brown match hammer
- Ed Brown Mag release
- Crown barrel
- Strip finish on frame
- NP3 Complete gun including internals
- NP3 magazines (One Wilson standard-follower Officers 6-rounder, and two CobraMags)
- Grips by Esmerelda
Couple of interesting things about it. Because it is a compact, it has a 23# spring, not the normal 16#. With the extreme melt job I, literally, could not rack the slide after the NP3 coating, it was too slippery. So I had George Smith of EGW and his crew recut the slide serrations so I could rack it. Something else George did which is genius. These guns were notable for having the feed ramp in the aluminum slide get scored by hollow points. So George milled out the feed ramp area, added a matching steel piece there (I think he called it a Dutchman, name for a process?) which is both epoxied into the frame and screwed in from behind the trigger guard. Then he put it in a CNC milling machine and recut the feedramp. Result? I now have an aluminum-framed carry gun with a steel feedramp!
This has the Officer sized frame, not full-sized like the Commander, but the 4" barrel works really well (Commanders have 4.25"). Some of the ultra-compact .45 guns are not reliable, they are too small for the design and I won't carry them. But this is just perfect. Goldilocks. It's a bull barrel, so no front bushing, and a little more weight up front. It's about as perfect a .45 carry gun as I could wish for. Expensive as hell,but I got what I wanted out of it.
Interestingly, almost all 1911's now come with flat mainspring housings, but over the years they came with both flat or arched. I point better with the arched, which is why I replaced it. I also have a Nighthawk GRP Recon that I had done with an arched MSH with magazine feed ramps.
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Not sure what a "Dream Carry" would be for me. I've had a lot of different ones over the years and they all have some give and take. That being said, this is one of my favorite on a cool day when I can wear a lite jacket.
Well, since I'm dreaming:
Type 2 Phaser when wearing a jacket or loose clothing; Type 1 Phaser for deep concealment/pocket carry.
Type 2 Phaser when wearing a jacket or loose clothing; Type 1 Phaser for deep concealment/pocket carry.
I’d like to carry Chris’s Staccato, Mike’s Colt Officer’s or Tim’s Browning High Power.
Not necessarily in that order, but preferably all at the same time.
Oh, and I didn’t have to give them back.
Not necessarily in that order, but preferably all at the same time.
Oh, and I didn’t have to give them back.
I wish I had the possibility to carry anything at all in my jurisdiction
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