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Excellent start to this page!! Edit: @Infidel4life11 I certainly don't have the amazing view you have but this is the best I could do with what I got to work with!   
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Beautiful pistol. Did you black out the white dot sights on it? It kind of looks like it from the angle. |
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Originally Posted By Pony151515: Beautiful pistol. Did you black out the white dot sights on it? It kind of looks like it from the angle. The base gun was a loaded and the tritium fell out before I got it. The sights are going to get replaced I just haven’t got to it yet. Too many projects |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By 5pt56: Excellent start to this page!! Edit: @Infidel4life11 I certainly don't have the amazing view you have but this is the best I could do with what I got to work with! https://i.imgur.com/iidy5E8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/51fTVy7.jpg https://i.imgur.com/z1aoU9k.jpg Shits beautiful bruh |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By Infidel4life11: The base gun was a loaded and the tritium fell out before I got it. The sights are going to get replaced I just haven’t got to it yet. Too many projects Holy shit funny you say that. My Pro’s front tritium fell out, and where I shoot the lighting is such that the rear sights would glow and draw my attention to them instead of the front sight. So I said fuck it and blacked them all out as a stop gap Until I get some new sights...and in doing so made it so much better of a sight picture I might just keep it that way. |
ICQBP project       The Ed Brown Safety is going to require more fitting than my skill set can handle. I went at the rear sight as best as I could and couldn’t get it to budge. Need a bigger hammer apparently. So it’ll get sent off for those two items. Still mulling over engraving and deleting the slide rollmark. Pretty happy with it so far. |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By 5pt56: Delete and engrave for sure!!! Do it!!! Originally Posted By Fordtough25: Very nice, can’t wait to see the result! Thanks boys 
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Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By Dunderway: There are some King's 201AW safeties on EBay right now. You would need to reshape the strong side, but should be able to make it come out like a 201A. Yep and they are legit. I ordered and received one a couple weeks ago. And reshaping the strong side is the plan. 
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@Infidel4life11 Looks great, I really like the orange outlined front sight. How is is the rear sight configured, does it also have Tritium inserts? Can you show a sight picture of that setup? Originally Posted By Infidel4life11: That was a chore https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/83BC491C-54BD-4BC9-A0E8-0116F1687280-1590912.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/FB54142E-EF2F-4C5B-9570-DB806F4945E3-1590913.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/2DD1C30E-85EB-4E96-8DE6-62142C7777C8-1590914.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/3F7B319E-D747-48D2-9A9A-8DC3F9CA29CD-1590915.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/BC42F3D6-25C5-402A-8AFF-18F672DCECD5-1590916.jpg |
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Originally Posted By Yojimbo: @Infidel4life11 Looks great, I really like the orange outlined front sight. How is is the rear sight configured, does it also have Tritium inserts? Can you show a sight picture of that setup? Can’t tell you how hard it was to take this pic lol The rear is a plain black .140 wide notch    |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Neat pics. Is it a mix of Kimbers, Springfields and Berettas? |
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Originally Posted By Pony151515: Neat pics. Is it a mix of Kimbers, Springfields and Berettas? First photo appears to be DET-1 pistols. Second picture is all 1911 without ICQB. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USMC-07568.jpg Interestingly 2nd photo showed a early version of MEUSOC pistol with vertical serrations that don't see often in the photos publicly released as those represent early variant. 
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Looks great, thanks for the pics! I wonder how a plain black rear sights and a gold bead front sight would look? Originally Posted By Infidel4life11: Can’t tell you how hard it was to take this pic lol The rear is a plain black .140 wide notch https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/D1762C93-7D3D-4D9F-93D7-D8CEF69F0558-1592390.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/DFDBC45B-E2F6-4299-B218-0B9FC74576C5-1592391.jpg https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/325471/9D816C1B-CC10-46B4-973A-9331117DD3A6-1592392.jpg |
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I’m rejoining this party after years away from owning a shooter 1911. Don’t want to butcher my 1913 Colt. I have a Kimber CC I on the way. Ambidextrous safety (lefty) and lanyard loop MSH is first in the to buy list. I think I have the Packmeyers from my last build around somewhere... ETA: Who are people using for lanyard loop MSHs? Caspian doesn’t seem to have them. Kimber? C&S? |
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Originally Posted By BePhreed: I’m rejoining this party after years away from owning a shooter 1911. Don’t want to butcher my 1913 Colt. I have a Kimber CC I on the way. Ambidextrous safety (lefty) and lanyard loop MSH is first in the to buy list. I think I have the Packmeyers from my last build around somewhere... ETA: Who are people using for lanyard loop MSHs? Caspian doesn’t seem to have them. Kimber? C&S? They are on Smith and Alexander’s website. But I think you have to call or email them. On my variant 4 I bought a usgi and had it serrated. On my Kimber ICQB-P I used the Kimber mainspring from my Warrior. |
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I got the Ed Brown grip safety to fit and function however, she needs a lot of blending and is borderline uncomfortable as is.     
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Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By Pleaforwar: Been a minute, but picked this up today. Now just need to find some ammo. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50386991293_897d13e0fb_k.jpg Nice |
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Originally Posted By Pleaforwar: Been a minute, but picked this up today. Now just need to find some ammo. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50386991293_897d13e0fb_k.jpg YES! |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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So how hard is it to find someone to build one of these now? I have pretty much all the parts (from the parts list) for a variant 4 sitting in a box under my bed. Still need to pick up a MSH, Caspian frame and Springfield loaded slide but wondering if I should continue the project or if its hard to find a former PWS who builds these. |
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Originally Posted By LsuJon: So how hard is it to find someone to build one of these now? I have pretty much all the parts (from the parts list) for a variant 4 sitting in a box under my bed. Still need to pick up a MSH, Caspian frame and Springfield loaded slide but wondering if I should continue the project or if its hard to find a former PWS who builds these. 2 words.....Valor Precision |
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Originally Posted By 5pt56: 2 words.....Valor Precision |
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Originally Posted By LsuJon: Wow appreciate that! Now I have to decide if I'm going to finish finding parts so I can send it off, or sell them to a better home. Hardly ever shoot my M45A1 as is, but these are such iconic and great looking pistols. Look at the 2nd set of pics posted on this page and you will know my vote!  Seriously though, you won't find a better individual to do this work! |
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Looking a Gen 1 PRI Gas buster charging handle.
Looking a Gen 1 PRI Gas buster charging handle.
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Originally Posted By LsuJon: Wow appreciate that! Now I have to decide if I'm going to finish finding parts so I can send it off, or sell them to a better home. Hardly ever shoot my M45A1 as is, but these are such iconic and great looking pistols. Originally Posted By 5pt56: Look at the 2nd set of pics posted on this page and you will know my vote! Seriously though, you won't find a better individual to do this work! The first post on these page is a Valor Precision build also. |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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Originally Posted By Pleaforwar: Been a minute, but picked this up today. Now just need to find some ammo. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50386991293_897d13e0fb_k.jpg |
Other clones are taking my attention.
| Hello, just joined this thread because Im looking for a Colt M45A1 in the brown ionbond for sale somewhere and can only seem to see them on gunbroker. Is Colt still producing these pistols? Thought you guys might know and know where to look. Never was a 1911 guy, but seeing Garandthumbs video on this pistol made me want one really bad. Thanks for any info yall, great looking pistols by the way. Love the pictures |
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Rhee, a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force (MRF), aims an M45A1 pistol during marksmanship training and qualification at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 16, 2017. MRF specializes in amphibious reconnaissance; vessel Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations; and limited combat operations as the reconnaissance element for the 31st MEU. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU’s air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales) The following one is interesting. USMC marked slide with Ionbond finish side by side with other Cerakote finished pistols. The photo was taken last year, appeared that some units continue to use those old Cerakote M45A1 in deployment instead of turn in for newer Ionbond finished pistols. PACIFIC OCEAN (May 24, 2019) Marines assigned to 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fire Colt 1911 M45A1 close-quarters battle pistols on the flight deck of amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) during a small arms gun shoot. The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to support regional stability, reassure partners and allies, and maintain a presence to respond to any crisis ranging from humanitarian assistance to contingency operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class John Luke McGovern) 
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Originally Posted By mlin: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Allen Rhee, a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force (MRF), aims an M45A1 pistol during marksmanship training and qualification at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 16, 2017. MRF specializes in amphibious reconnaissance; vessel Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations; and limited combat operations as the reconnaissance element for the 31st MEU. As the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed unit, the 31st MEU’s air-ground-logistics team provides a flexible force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations, from limited combat to humanitarian assistance operations, throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jorge A. Rosales) https://i.imgur.com/xlr4cnT.jpg The wear on that girl. 
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"A gun, like any other source of power, is a force for good or evil, being neither in itself, but dependent upon those who possess it."
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Originally Posted By SecretSquirell: The wear on that girl. Look closely at @5pt56 post at the top of this page! |
Retired Army OIF/OEF No one will know the violence it took to become this gentle
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
NEEDED: Surefire 310r, Dawson Rail for 1911, Caspian or Series 70 frame
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