Official 1911 Pic Thread...

drgrant said:
I have one of those 2004 Kimber anniversary editions. Those grips it comes with are awful. Mine is a nice shooter now that it's seen two gunsmiths. I had an Ed Brown safety put on it, a Dawson FO front, an extended mag release, and an S&A magwell..... I also had the damned beavertail reshaped a bit, as I found the stock grip safety on that gun to be unreasonably painful for some reason.

Love the Wilson in the pic, BTW... it's almost like the Kimbers are going "I wanna be like that gun when I grow up!!!" [rofl]

-Mike
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That's funny! I agree with you that the grips on the Anniversary Kimber are no good for use. Mine is a heck of a shooter though and I do carry it on occassion, heck I've even shot a few IDPA matches with it just for fun and done Ok. It's not a Wilson but it doesn't suck [smile]
 
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meth0d said:
That's how they should come out of the Ruger factory!
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Actually, if you read up on the Ruger 1911, you will find it is a quality gun, but it is built to a "price point", not to "utmost quality". Certain parts are made using casting and metal injection molded parts where this is considered "good enough". That may be, but there is a difference between cast, mim, forged, and machined from bar stock - with the later two occupying the pointy part of the quality pyramid.

I expect it's a fine gun, but it's still "mid quality" on the food chain to matter how elegant a finish you put on it.
 
Rob Boudrie said:
Actually, if you read up on the Ruger 1911, you will find it is a quality gun, but it is built to a "price point", not to "utmost quality". Certain parts are made using casting and metal injection molded parts where this is considered "good enough". That may be, but there is a difference between cast, mim, forged, and machined from bar stock - with the later two occupying the pointy part of the quality pyramid.

I expect it's a fine gun, but it's still "mid quality" on the food chain to matter how elegant a finish you put on it.
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I agree and makes a great base gun.

I would take it over pretty much any other 1911 that is MA compliant.
 
I would take it over pretty much any other 1911 that is MA compliant.
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Actually, the Infinity's are at the pointy end of the pyramid and there are several on the EOPS lab tested and target lists (and I'd say that even if I didn't do projects for them) - 100% CNC machined from bar stock. But, they fall into the category of "If you have to ask, you can't afford it". You can probably get 3 Rugers for the price of one SVI.

What will be most interesting is seeing how the quality compares between the S&W 1911's and the Ruger, and occupy the same general mid tier price point. I'm not a bit fan of the S*W pivoting extractor, as I think it messes up the sleek classic looks of the 1911 - but, on the other hand, it may be easier to mass produce without "mistuning".
 
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Rob Boudrie said:
Actually, if you read up on the Ruger 1911, you will find it is a quality gun, but it is built to a "price point", not to "utmost quality". Certain parts are made using casting and metal injection molded parts where this is considered "good enough". That may be, but there is a difference between cast, mim, forged, and machined from bar stock - with the later two occupying the pointy part of the quality pyramid.

I expect it's a fine gun, but it's still "mid quality" on the food chain to matter how elegant a finish you put on it.
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Oh yes, I understand there are some sacrifices made to achieve the price point, I was simply referring to the color/finish of this one vs. that "low glare stainless" Ruger is currently producing.
 
meth0d said:
Oh yes, I understand there are some sacrifices made to achieve the price point, I was simply referring to the color/finish of this one vs. that "low glare stainless" Ruger is currently producing.
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Business End sure makes that Roger look pretty.
 
I find that even with hi brow ammo that I'll get "muzzle fog" if I shoot the gun enough. Even with N340 there will still be crud on the front of the gun. Not much, but some. It's also interesting to note the different colors you get from different powders. For example Titegroup leaves this yellowish brown crud on the gun. Unique leaves dark black soot. etc.

-Mike
 
These are my two, the first of which is probably one of the most fugliest 1911s on the planet. It was a gun someone built off an Auto Ord frame, with a Caspian Slide (Series 70 style, no FP safety BS) some other decent parts, a Wilson bull barrel and a comp of unknown origin. I got sick of the busted Weigand scope mount so I decided to have all that crap ripped off there and go back to basics. (I had Lou @ BEC do the trigger and sights, which came out exceptionally well... and down the road when I can afford it I am going to probably have him weld over the holes on the dust cover and refinish the entire gun in a better color. )

Most interesting about this gun is whoever built it originally actually hacked the frame off on the bottom to put that magwell on there. If you use Cheapo 7 round USGI style mags they sit flush with the bottom of the magwell, not recessed like they are normally.

Worthless trivia: I once tried to sell this gun on NES for $650. I left the ad up for like 3 weeks. Nobody bit. I take it as a sign from god or whoever that the gun was meant to live in my safe forever.

Before:

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After: (I had all the crap taken off of it and had the irons installed and the trigger replaced).

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It is fugly but it works well for killing bowling pins, particularly if you use a powder that is "gassy" like Power Pistol- there is a huge difference in regards to how that stuff works the comp.

The best part about this gun is I can beat on it like a rented mule and not give a rats ass. Back a few years ago I used to run 230 FMJs that were probably leaving this gun going about 930 FPS or
so. [laugh]

This is the other 1911... a Mimber, er, Kimber 2004 Anniversary Edition, which I had a few mods done to, to make it suck less. I had Greg Derr add the magwell (Replacing the shitty plastic MSH... only Kimber would put a plastic MSH on a special edition gun. The one saving grace of this gun is that it is a Series 70, no FP safety garbage. ) and the extended mag release, Ed Brown Combat safety, re-profile the beavertail (so it didn't stab me in the hand, the stock Kimber beavertail was pure crap in comparison) and put a fiberoptic front on it. and clean up the action, which breaks nicely at under 4 pounds. Then down the road the poor quality Kimber extractor (or maybe its tuning was poor from the factory) started turning it into a Jammomatic- so I had Lou @ Business End take a look at it... and he fixed the gun in about 5 minutes (by re-tensioning the extractor) and it no longer jams except when really filthy... it was like getting a new pistol!


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drgrant,


I thought that this might be your Comp so I went looking in my photos; alas it isn't.
But at least your post reminded me of it. It is a Springfield Factory Comp that just turned 20 years old a couple of months ago.
It is a US made frame and rail!

It used to shoot anything through it but I haven't shot in over a year and a half due to injury.

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Take care.
 
I just finished up refinishing an STI Ranger II I picked up last week in the classifieds. I "Bobbed" the tail, added some front slide serrations, and also added some serrations to the top of the slide. I then finshed it off 2-tone with Graphite Black and Satin Aluminum Cerakote.

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My Babies....Colt Combat Elite with lots of mods and a custom built Caspian all work done myself. The Colt is my go to IDPA gun and the Caspian...kind of just sits in the safe waiting for the Zombie Apocolypse...

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