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John Harrison
PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:23 am 
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Here are some pics of a Series '70 that I recently completed for Larry Vickers. It was built on a large rollmark Series '70 slide and later vintage Colt frame. Larry already had Pete Single checker the front strap, so I checkered a matching main spring housing. It features a flattened, serrated and bordered slide top, Heinie Slant Pro sights and a Colt National Match barrel and bushing that Larry supplied. I machined french borders, ball cuts and a lower slide bevel, lowered and fluted the ejection port and serrated the rear of the slide. The frame features a CMC beavetail, King's thumb safety, one of Larry's triggers and Yo-Bo ignition set. The mag well got a standard bevel, the butt rounded and it wears a set of Hogue cocobolo grips held with indexed Kings narrow slot screws. The work was finished up with a carry bevel job and blued with polished flats and matte rounds. Enjoy the pics!

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:46 am 
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John, GREAT work as always.
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Great looking gun John, I'm sure Mr. Vickers will be very pleased!

Thanks for sharing!
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A gun builder (whose work is highly sought after) asks another pistolsmith to build him a gun... Highest form of endorsement, in my opinion.
I'll see Larry tomorrow and I'll compliment him on this pistol.
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Nice work John!

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Smoking Hot. I love the build. John you have relay hit your stride.... 8) I have a gun around here somewhere I have been meaning to send you... :wink:

Congratulations to the new owner; looking forward to hearing how he likes it.

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This one is rich with your signature touches, each of them perfectly executed. Great job John!
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...and a Colt National Match barrel and bushing that Larry supplied.
John; that's a beautiful S70, my friend ... very tastefully executed.

Just curious ... did you have to weld-up and refit the Colt barrel? Did you have the opportunity to field test the gun? If so, how does the Colt barrel (accuracy) compare to your typical Kart installation?

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Mr. Harrison,

Picture perfect, guess now I have to pick me up one of them Big Letter guns....

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...and a Colt National Match barrel and bushing that Larry supplied.
John; that's a beautiful S70, my friend ... very tastefully executed.

Just curious ... did you have to weld-up and refit the Colt barrel? Did you have the opportunity to field test the gun? If so, how does the Colt barrel (accuracy) compare to your typical Kart installation?
John is referring to Colt National Match barrels that were made for the military National Match guns and were made to the NM oversize print. There were a few vendors over the last 40 years for these barrels, the most prominent being Colt, Kart, S&W, and IMI. They are of stellar quality.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:27 am 
I keep coming back to this one... just to look at the photos. What a beautiful job John!

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Beautiful John!

How does the width of the King's thumb safety compare to the Brown variants?

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Very Beautiful gun. I really like the way you round the bottom of the mainspring housing and frame. Thats nice..
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Heinie, Vickers.....good customers Mr. Harrison. and a mighty fine(impeccable even) pistol to boot. congrats, you deserve it. CW

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...and a Colt National Match barrel and bushing that Larry supplied.
Just curious ... did you have to weld-up and refit the Colt barrel? Did you have the opportunity to field test the gun? If so, how does the Colt barrel (accuracy) compare to your typical Kart installation?
The barrel was an oversize match unit is all normal respects, except it had two fitting pads sliver soldered in the rear upper locking groove at about 10:00 & 2:00. That was already done when the barrel came to me. Sorta like the lumps on a Kart EZ fit barrel, except the lower lugs still had to be fitted. It shot very well, comparable to a Kart.
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How does the width of the King's thumb safety compare to the Brown variants?
It's sort of medium in width, not as narrow as a Brown tactical.

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Now Larry can carry a proper pistol at his training classes...instead of that G19


Nah this will probably be his concealed carry gun

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Now Larry can carry a proper pistol at his training classes...instead of that G19


Nah this will probably be his concealed carry gun
Well he still teaches with the G19, as evidence by pictures of LAV from last weekend's class in Brady, TX.

With a gun as nice as this Colt, he probably just keep it in the safe and only bring it out to show it off to his buddies like Ken Hackathorn and Richard Heinie, telling them: "See, I got one too".

Nicely done John.
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Beautiful! Simple, elegant and tasteful. Hats off to you!
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That is a beauty.
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May I ask what checkering this gun has, it looks like it might be 20 LPI.?

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Looks like a work of art. Nice work.
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John Harrison
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May I ask what checkering this gun has, it looks like it might be 20 LPI.?

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Hi HardBoiled,

It's checkered 20 lpi.

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