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LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 5:03:59 PM EDT

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Yep, that's right.

Back in the mid-90s, we attacked and developed a setup to run the very best 1911 slides ever built ... at least at that time ... and to my knowledge, they have not been surpassed, maybe tied, but not surpassed.

Anyhow, my wife, for our anniversary, badgered Sir Dave Dawson into dragging down this 9 year old project in it's bucket and finishing it for me. It came as a complete surprise.

What you see is my "Angled" model. I ran those chamfers downhill. I was the first to do it. I also made the first slab-side. That 1st slab-side went onto Dave Bishop's pistol. You also see one of my many hammers (my sear is hidden).

Something some of you may recall and most have never seen is my "Bovax Rear Sight". I made up a little something to fit into Bomar cuts to turn a competition gun into a carry-pistol. You're looking at the last one known to exist, as far as my world goes.

Anyhow, I was flabberghasted when my bride handed this little number over to me.

Nice to be married to such a nice witness to my life.

Much thanks go to Dave Dawson and to Willie Tarver. Dave is too busy to mess with the likes of me and Willie, bless his heart, took that rusted up 12 year-old slide and made it into a thing of beauty.

Talk amongst yourselves, I need a moment here.

Hope you enjoyed 'em, and of course Mark Fingar's magic is again evident.

M. LaRue

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

deadboi77 Vote from the rooftops Joined May 2005 Posts 1810 EE 100% (2) MI, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:12:40 PM EDT [#1] that is one beautiful pistola Sir oh 264
	Anyone who tries to crash my dinner party,is going to get some copper coated candy for dessert

dillon72 Member Joined Jan 2006 Posts 240 EE 100% (126) OH, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:14:34 PM EDT [Last Edit: dillon72] [#2] WOW That is nice!

MTNmyMag Team Member Joined Feb 2004 Posts 4537 EE 100% (25) FL, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:17:57 PM EDT [#3]
	Rest in peace Duke Dog, I will see you again one day.

TehLlama42 Joined Oct 2006 Posts 1116 EE 100% (4) NM, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:19:31 PM EDT [#4] That settles it. How far out would these be? Where can I take the liberty of sending all my bank account information?

heffelfinger007 Member Joined Sep 2005 Posts 3769 EE 100% (2) AZ, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:32:56 PM EDT [#5] I think I need to go change my underpants.
	While the wicked stand confounded, call me with thy saints surrounded.

myitinaw Men for Others Joined Jan 2005 Posts 5745 EE 100% (21) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:34:13 PM EDT [#6]
	A socialist may indeed be academically superior, And yet, most certainly, emotionally retarded… myitinaw 2006

sd_norske LaRue Lucky Bastard 7 Joined Jul 2005 Posts 1089 EE 100% (12) CO, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:34:37 PM EDT [#7] Beautiful 1911. When can I buy one?

13-F-COLT Member Joined May 2006 Posts 386 EE 100% (1) GA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:36:25 PM EDT [#8] oh..... my..... that right there is about the closest thing to the perfect 1911 i have ever seen. so whats it going to take to get larue 1911s on the market? petition? bribes? moonshine? babes? cuban cigars? name your price man!

LaRue_Tactical Member Joined Mar 2006 Posts 5361 EE 100% (168) TX, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:38:30 PM EDT [Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical] [#9] September "Until Hell Freezes Over" Contest link Don't forget to say something nice about my pistol before you race out of here.
	God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers. www.LaRue.com ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

EMP LaRue is the answer Joined Oct 2004 Posts 4174 EE 100% (37) JPN	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:39:16 PM EDT [#10] Wow is all I can say. Oh and GROUP BUY

TomCat0197 Member Joined Aug 2006 Posts 197 EE 100% (5) TX, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:50:10 PM EDT [Last Edit: TomCat0197] [#11] Well, crap. I ended up duping someone by a whopping 7 seconds. I'll go ahead and eliminate myself from the contest. And I'll be watching my email since I "know the drill"

LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 5:52:39 PM EDT

[#12]

Originally Posted By TomCat0197:
Well, crap.

I ended up duping someone by a whopping 7 seconds. I'll go ahead and eliminate myself from the contest.

No big deal on the duping ... drive on, as you're good-to-go.

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

exocet Member Joined Apr 2002 Posts 6136 EE 100% (79) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:56:21 PM EDT [#13] very nice

Nightdriver I make stuff Joined Dec 2001 Posts 4134 EE 100% (16) WI, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:58:15 PM EDT [#14] Is this going to be a production item or a one piece special build one?
	Not a drinker of the Kool-Aid

Jetlag I pity the fool. Joined Nov 2001 Posts 5872 EE 100% (7) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:58:47 PM EDT [#15] Looks like it's got a rechargeable battery in it.
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Bushman_269 Can you hear me now? Joined Feb 2002 Posts 2284 EE 100% (57) NY, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 5:59:54 PM EDT [#16] Beautiful pistola - shoot it in good health
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LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 6:00:18 PM EDT

[Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical] [#17]

Originally Posted By Nightdriver:
Is this going to be a production item or a one piece special build one?

What you see is one of the 500-per-month we used to build back in the 90s.

We're talking ourselves into going back into production ... or at least we're trying to talk ourselvess into it.

ETA - Oh, and LT hammers, LT sears, et al.

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

donne3 yeah... I'm a girl. Joined Jun 2005 Posts 2180 EE 100% (3) TX, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:01:07 PM EDT [#18] sweet. happy anniversary to you and your lovely bride.
	Proud Aunt of the Ranstad's Militia MBG *Go, 1-91!* Hoo-ah! IMHO everyone should wake the hell up and put their damn aluminum hats on. - FlatlinesUp

gwhipp Member Joined Oct 2007 Posts 19 EE 0% (0) CO, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:02:51 PM EDT [Last Edit: gwhipp] [#19] Put me down for 2.

SGB Tallahassee Joined May 2001 Posts 22109 EE 100% (56) FL, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:05:14 PM EDT [#20] Nicely done.
	"The 1911 was the design given by God to us through John M. Browning that represents the epitome of what a killing tool needs to be. It was true in 1911 and is true now."—Colonel Robert J. Coates, USMC

YFZ4KT Joined Mar 2008 Posts 21 EE 100% (1) NV, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:06:38 PM EDT [#21] Happy Anniversary, very nice, clean set up there.....would be nice to have one in my collection....

murphysteuer

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Posted: 9/1/2008 6:07:22 PM EDT

[#22]

Originally Posted By LaRue_Tactical:

Originally Posted By Nightdriver:
Is this going to be a production item or a one piece special build one?

What you see is one of the 500-per-month we used to build back in the 90s.

We're talking ourselves into going back into production ... or at least we're trying to talk ourselvess into it.

ETA - Oh, and LT hammers, LT sears, et al.

Hmmm - I'd definitely pre pay on something like that.
She's a beauty and I do mean the pistol!

a308garand Member Joined Jul 2002 Posts 186 EE 100% (22) CA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:09:26 PM EDT [Last Edit: a308garand] [#23] O.K., O.K., I can't take it anymore. Hopefully its a done deal by this time and items start rolling out the doors soon. Nice pistol is an understatement. Very nice
	"Your times is over! You are gonna die bloody; all you can do is pick where!" ~Sheriff to Butch and Sundance

dSmith45 33N36'47", 96W24'48" Joined Feb 2005 Posts 1164 EE 100% (4) TX, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:10:58 PM EDT [#24] That pistol needs a BBQ thrown in it's honor.
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newt117 Member Joined Sep 2007 Posts 34 EE 100% (7) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:12:45 PM EDT [#25] I have been wanting a 1911. I couldn't help but by one as beautiful as that. It is stunning. If you make it we will buy it.

Mr10anahaf Babysitting your 18+ year old children since 2001 Joined Apr 2003 Posts 1936 EE 100% (14) OH, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:15:17 PM EDT [#26] Cool, I need to learn more about 1911's, I don't understand what makes it a "slab side"?
	"pax vobiscum"

trp Joined Jul 2008 Posts 287 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:15:49 PM EDT [#27] If LaRue starts making 1911s I pledge to buy one the day I turn 21.

Lumpy196 Pissing you off on purpose Joined Aug 2002 Posts 33558 EE 100% (39) AZ, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:23:55 PM EDT [#28] AND it's in the right caliber
	By FREEFALLE7: My son tried that EMO shit telling me how bad his life was etc. I took all of his electronics and made him split 3 loads of wood. Once he was done he told me he was better.

Cerberos Member Joined Mar 2008 Posts 36 EE 0% (0) OR, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:32:28 PM EDT [#29] Would love to see/hear more about the rear sight. It looks very interesting!

DonnieBrasco Has BRD affected you or a loved one? Joined Sep 2006 Posts 981 EE 100% (114) HI, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:32:34 PM EDT [#30] That is a mighty fine looking pistol.
	"Live every week like it's Shark Week."

LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 6:34:02 PM EDT

[#31]

Originally Posted By Cerberos:
Would love to see/hear more about the rear sight. It looks very interesting!

And you thought I just fell off this turnip truck.

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

EFB16ACRX Member Joined Aug 2007 Posts 3550 EE 100% (9) USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:34:40 PM EDT [#32] you bastard. WANT
	Originally Posted By John_Wayne777: I'M THE GIANT RAPE BANANA! YOU'RE NEXT!!!

KR20 CEP Joined Jun 2005 Posts 697 EE 100% (1) AZ, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:36:28 PM EDT [#33] Very nice. 20
	1* Confucius say, never break into home of man whose immediate response is to run to armory with glee, saying, "FINALLY!" -Frost7

10-8k9 Member Joined Aug 2007 Posts 792 EE 0% (0) AL, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:39:01 PM EDT [#34] What ele is there to say but WOW, I want. Just goes to prove, a picture is worth a 1,000 words.
	"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke

ridewaves Team Member Joined Apr 2002 Posts 1720 EE 100% (411) HI, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:48:32 PM EDT [#35] Do want. I haven't even accrued enough hidden funds to get a stealth yet. You are going to break me.
	...and how can man die better, than facing fearful odds; for the ashes of his fathers and the temples of his gods? RIP Steven Checo OEF 21 DEC 02

poison123 Joined Jun 2008 Posts 70 EE 100% (14) GA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:50:57 PM EDT [#36] And here I thought my NightHawk was nice. :) It looks pretty. The real question is how does it shoot :) Count me in for one when you guys start producing them. You might actually get me to buy a double stack :)

Warthog86 Gun Forum Lurker Joined Dec 2001 Posts 260 EE 100% (6) CA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:51:26 PM EDT [#37] Very nice pistol indeed ! Jeff

LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 6:52:24 PM EDT

[#38]

Originally Posted By poison123:
And here I thought my NightHawk was nice. :) It looks pretty. The real question is how does it shoot :)

Count me in for one when you guys start producing them. You might actually get me to buy a double stack :)

The man asks "Does it shoot" ???

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

yakrat101 Combat lawn ornament. Joined Mar 2004 Posts 1437 EE 100% (205) MO, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:59:00 PM EDT [#39] A nice 1911 has been on my 'to get' list for awhile but it keeps falling back to fund more AR's. An LT 1911 (or 2011) would change the priority stack up. Very nice looking pistol. yak
	My opinion is based on logic, knowledge and personal experience. In subjective matters it should be of no concern to you.

poison123 Joined Jun 2008 Posts 71 EE 100% (14) GA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 6:59:20 PM EDT [#40] LoL. Just joking with ya, I'm sure its very accurate. If you don't mind could you list who made all the parts etc?

GhostRing The Breakfast Pirate Joined Sep 2004 Posts 9813 EE 100% (57) OR, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:00:23 PM EDT [#41] Bushing-less barrel and a 1911 DilloRench? C'mon. That needs to relinquished for spotting such an egregious error. Just messin'. Finest double stack I've seen in a long time! Loving the "doorstop" rear sight.
	"It'll tickle yore innards!"

LaRue_Tactical

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Posted: 9/1/2008 7:05:05 PM EDT

[Last Edit: LaRue_Tactical] [#42]

Originally Posted By poison123:
LoL. Just joking with ya, I'm sure its very accurate. If you don't mind could you list who made all the parts etc?

I can tell you that I made that very Slide, the Wire-EDM Hammer, the Wire-EDM Sear, and my Bovax Rear Sight (a LaRue design from way back).

God Bless Our Troops ... Especially Our Snipers.
www.LaRue.com

ETA - We've done the math. ;-) You learn things while building 100,000+ mounts ... and we include it in every mount going out our door. ML

poison123 Joined Jun 2008 Posts 72 EE 100% (14) GA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:14:33 PM EDT [#43] Cool. Then I can tell you I will buy said parts as soon as you want to start selling them :)

223-Buckaroo Trapped in Time, Surrounded by Evil, Low on Gas. Joined Aug 2001 Posts 2870 EE 0% (0) AZ, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:18:31 PM EDT [#44] Oh Dear God.... that is a beautiful pistol.
	[TraceAdkins] "Of course that's a real gun in the gunrack. No I don't have a permit for it! You got a permit to ask stupid questions???" [/TraceAdkins]

Danomite45 Member Joined Sep 2002 Posts 254 EE 100% (6) AK, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:27:30 PM EDT [#45] very, very nice
	Thanks LaRue!!! "GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS, ESPECIALLY OUR SNIPERS" Don't forget to pray about it!

hkOrion Member Joined Mar 2006 Posts 357 EE 0% (0) CO, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:29:13 PM EDT [#46] that's a sweet looking piece of utility right there.
	~~Thompson/Tancredo~~ ??????? - 2008!

spudwebb Member Joined Feb 2008 Posts 243 EE 100% (5) NV, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:33:23 PM EDT [#47] Probably the best looking 1911 I have ever seen. You are a lucky man. Congrats

excursion12 Member Joined May 2007 Posts 181 EE 100% (7) IN, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:40:01 PM EDT [#48] That poor dillo, just searching for a barrel bushing to snag onto..... Nice pistol

EHilderbrand Joined May 2003 Posts 3749 EE 100% (33) PA, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 7:45:38 PM EDT [#49] Holy dogshit. That thing is gorgeous.

Hoolie Member Joined Aug 2005 Posts 334 EE 100% (2) MI, USA	Posted: 9/1/2008 8:01:26 PM EDT [#50] Gorgeous.
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