@nortac Thank you my friend! I agree a single stack .45 is a must have but the STI in 9mm double stack is only .060" wider than my Kimber Pro. The Kimber is 1.25" across the grips and the STI is 1.310 so its a good gateway drug!
@nortac Thank you my friend! I agree a single stack .45 is a must have but the STI in 9mm double stack is only .060" wider than my Kimber Pro. The Kimber is 1.25" across the grips and the STI is 1.310 so its a good gateway drug!
Sweet 1911
And one more! The Stacatto-P needed a playmate so I grabbed a Stacattto-C
And one more! The Stacatto-P needed a playmate so I grabbed a Stacattto-C
VERY nicely done sir. Beautiful.Finally located & obtained an elusive WW2 unicorn & it only set me back $17,680 ... actually, I’m just dreaming & yes, just kidding!
Late in WW2, an order was placed with Colt for 400, blued 1911 A1s chambered in .38 Super ... said order was fulfilled & delivered in early-‘45. Twenty-four of the pistols were sent to Remington (UMC) for ammo development & testing, while the rest, destined for the OSS in the ETO, were warehoused stateside. Well, wouldn’t you know that the war ended & the 400 A1s remained warehoused until eventually finding their way, post-war, into the hands of various government officials in Europe.
Unable to afford one of those 400 unicorns, I did the next best thing & converted a recent Colt (02991) .38 Super into a distant facsimile thereof ... I replaced the horrifically long stock trigger; the grips & the flat MS housing with a late-war USGI stamped trigger; late-war Colt A1 grip panels & an arched Nighthawk MS housing. Also swapped out the stock 23# MS & sear spring with a 19# & ‘Light-Pull’ Cylinder & Slide sear spring, respectively. Lastly, I replaced the stock firing pin stop with an EGW flat-bottom stop.
Pictured below is the 02991 as purchased; below it, the conversion (perversion?) & lastly, two genuine WW2 OSS Colt .38 Super 1911A1s that unfortunately, do not reside in my safe.
Thank you, FarmerTan ... one of those OSS A1s did recently sell for nearly $18,000 so I wasn’t kidding when I said my bastardized .38 Super is as close as I’ll ever get to the real deal
. In truth, I never did warm up to the 02991’s appearance, so I figured, what the heck. While no one will ever mistake it for a wartime 1911A1 with its’ gaping ejection port, white dot sights, etc., etc...., I get a lot of miles out of incorporating USGI surplus components in modern 1911s. Eventually, I’m also going to add a USGI thumb safety & slide stop to the .38 Super. 
That looks like a beautiful beast! If you run out of ammo I'm sure you could use it as a club.Thank you, FarmerTan ... one of those OSS A1s did recently sell for nearly $18,000 so I wasn’t kidding when I said my bastardized .38 Super is as close as I’ll ever get to the real deal
On a whim, I recently picked up one SA’s new Defender Mil-Spec 1911s & just like the 02291, I gutted it & replaced many of the components with USGI A1 parts - still looking for the right type-3 wide-spur hammer & once I find that, I’ll leave the Springer be.
Below, a couple gratuitous shots of the Defender Mil-Spec
Thank you, FarmerTan ... one of those OSS A1s did recently sell for nearly $18,000 so I wasn’t kidding when I said my bastardized .38 Super is as close as I’ll ever get to the real deal
On a whim, I recently picked up one SA’s new Defender Mil-Spec 1911s & just like the 02291, I gutted it & replaced many of the components with USGI A1 parts - still looking for the right type-3 wide-spur hammer & once I find that, I’ll leave the Springer be.
Below, a couple gratuitous shots of the Defender Mil-Spec
Thank you, sir ... and yes, in a world of this...
Okie, certainly not the Glock. Rather, some of what’s been done to it. As they say, there is no accounting for taste ... that said, this:
Okie, certainly not the Glock. Rather, some of what’s been done to it. As they say, there is no accounting for taste ... that said, this:
