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A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
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Whew...You had me scared there for a moment....when I saw that picture...
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Double Trouble
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09-08-2005, 03:46 PM
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Location: Rogue Valley, Oregon
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I tried and it said I couldn't delete the thread!
Troy
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09-08-2005, 04:05 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ....down Highway 61
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Drago, I know those guns
 . That guy can run a file pretty good, ey? Folks, you have just been blessed with pics of some fine custom 1911s built by one of the best Pistolsmths on the planet.Tabs, those prewar national match guns are something special. I'll give you that. You must be high if you think the current reissue 70 series guns are inferior to the orginal 70 series. Ive owned a pretty good sampling of Colts and none of the production guns Ive seen, shot, handled, or personally owned were consistently on par with the guns that Colt has been making for the last 3 or 4 years. You dont honestly believe that the machine tools and manufacturing process controls used to bild these guns have gotten worse or more inconsistent since the sixties do you? Also, Forged vs. Cast frames is totally different discussion, but please please show me a picture or give me a serial number of a Colt that was made on a cast steel frame? Even the wretched big rollmarked 1991A1 guns (which can be made just as nice as any other 1911 with a lot of work) used forged frames. Last edited by Shuie; 09-08-2005 at 08:54 PM.. |
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09-08-2005, 08:42 PM
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Location: Bay Area, CA.
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Colt Wilson Combat les baer My favorite is my HK .45 Tactical Last edited by jtkkz; 09-08-2005 at 09:17 PM.. |
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09-08-2005, 09:15 PM
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Location: Bay Area, CA.
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nice, i have debating whether to get a kimber or not
how much are those kimber team match? |
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09-08-2005, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ....down Highway 61
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Here are three classics from my safe. These will go to my kid:
Here's a further enhanced 'Enhanced' MKIV 80 series Colt. Base gun was a flatop 'Enhanced' .38 super. This is a full hosue gun that is fitted with both .38 Super and 9x23 Barsto barrels. Built by the same guy that built the guns Drago posted pictures of. The list of parts and work performed would take up half of a screen so I'll stop there and post a pic.  Tabs, you have mentioned a liking for .38 super. I like it to. All around, its my favorite caliber in a 5" 1911. If you like .38 Super, you must try a 9x23. I would never stop shooting 9x23 if I could find the ammo. These two were built by a guy named Jim Hoag. He received a screen credit in 'Thief' for building several guns very similar to these in 6" longslide configuration. His current shop resides in Canoga Park but he started out in Kings. These were intentionally old school retro builds becuase this guy is truly old school. He is respected as a 'Master Pistolsmith' by his peers. At well over 80 yrs old he still does all of this work by hand. 1st one was built on a series 70 reissue w/ buried Bomars, flattened & serrated slide, new bushing, Hoag's signature beavertail, and signature bordered 20LPI checkering, squared trigger guard, trigger job & reliabilty job.  2nd one was built on an original MKIV big letter 70 series gun. Spec was basically the same except for the Hoag signature K-frame S&W rear site and a commander style hammer.  The differences between these two guns sum up the comparison I tried make between an original 70 series and a reissue 70 series Colt. Both were built into very nice and tight guns by the same master smith. Both can shoot a better group than I will ever be able to hold. One of them took about twice as much work and time to finish as the other. |
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09-08-2005, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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FWIW, I have a friend who is into match shooting, he uses a RRA 1911. The website for this company is rockriverarms.com. These guys make top notch guns and are building an excellant reputation. (they also build high quality AR-15 components, which I am presently building one of)
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I got my Team Match for $1200 in my hand.
Rock River makes beautiful guns. Troy
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