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Design Concept/Parts Selection/Final Fitting: Dave Sample
Sponser/ Grunt Worker: Dr. Dean Taylor
Machinist: Don Williams
Bluing/ Trigger Group: Ted Yost.
ShortSword 01 Named by: Chuck Rogers. This is a Titaium Caspian Commander Size Lower End/Officers Caspian Top End. Barrel and Other Parts Ed Brown / Ted Yost. It is the final result of the Proto-Type Eagle 2 built many years ago. It will be in the Caspain Booth at the Shot Show.

Nice looking gun Dave. Thanks for posting the pictures. Details?

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Cool little blaster, Dave!

I'm intrigued by the slide serrations. Are they EDM'd?

Thanks for sharing them.

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Thanks! This was an Online 1911 Class Alumni Project that has been ongoing since before my Heart Surgery. It is the first time that I could design and build a 1911 without counting the pennies and cost was simply not an issue. Dr. Taylor purchased what we needed without complaint or discussion. We started off with a Colt Barrel from Ted that he sold me at a Gun Show or at Gunsite many years ago, but then we decided it would be worthy of a Name Barrel and we chose an Ed Brown. I have had good luck with his parts in the past and this one proved to be much better than we had hoped. The parts were not cheap. The Titainum lower end came dear and was a long time in coming. The Slide Treatment took a while to have done and also was expensive, but very worthwhile. I have known about the handling ease of checkered slides fior a very long time and this treatment rides below the surface of the slide so scabbard wear does not effect it. I built a 38 Super over 12 years ago with the help of Chuck Rogers that has a checkered slide in the rear that is vastly superior to grasping grooves and makes for a very easy gun to handle. Chuck worked very hard on this project as did I , and then I sent it to Metaloy so that they could ruin it for us.
This little gun is not the usual Blinger that I like to do. It is very subdued and I deliberatly did not take the sharpest pictures I could have, because I wanted you to see the overall ShortSword 01 the way it should be viewed. Everything is just right. The Black Diamond grips from Kim Ahrends from Pickagrip. The black CMC trigger. The 30 line hammer serrations in keeping with the 30 LPI checkering on the front strap. The fine checkering 30 LPI on the mainspring housing, and of course, the 30 LPI checkering on the under side of the slide stop. ( A Dave Sample Trade Mark) The slide is checkered 25 LIP and the flat down the center is 75 LPI reverse checkering with the points going in. The barrel has the Chamber Check Notch I have been doing for 20 years as an added safety feature, and locks up like a bullseye gun. Ted blued the slide in short order to perfection and furnished the hammer, didconnector and sear. Don Williams did a lot of the machine work for us and really made this gun neater with his input and ideas. The front strap was machined , but the person that did it changed tooling in the middle of it and I have worked hours trying to hide it so I will not name him or give him credit for a less than perfect job. He also welded up a hole in the casting and did an excellent job of that so we won and we lost with him. All in all, the nicest gun I have evr had any hand in building and one that was simply a real fun project to do.



WE do a two tone prep with a rough media and a smoother one on the sides. This also is a better picture of the top of the slide. Ted's Blue/Black



Here is a target from a 200 round testfire. It Loves +P ammo!

Very nicely executed, Dave. That slide is a jawdropper. Congratulations to all involved.

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Thanks for the nice words, Brian. The slide treatment has been a neat thing for me, because , as you know, Pistolsmiths are not "Me Too Guys and Gals". Compliments from my peers are very meaningful to me. I have seen the work done by many of you on other places and here, and you guys sre giving The Man a run for the money. I shot some pictures of both guns, the EAGLE 2, and the Shortsword 01 together and the inprovements are easy to spot.





The black mat on the slide rounds is very nice and non reflective in any kind of light situation. I am going to refinsh the old one and do that treatment to it. If you at the Shot Show, please look me up at the Caspian Booth and get a good look at this. I will be happy to tell any of you how the slide treatment is done. Chuck and Don already know how I do it.

You've got my curiosity up. Who's 'The Man'?

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Looking good Dave. Just saw the article in AH about the Patriot class, nicely written Stephen, and good job by you Dave and Bill Zollo. I thought that was a real interesting thing you did and happy to see it went well.

Thanks Ned. I just got my copy and I think it was a good job by Mr. Camp. "The Man"? Chuck Rogers, of course. I have thought he was Number 1 for many years, but I have to say I see some really outstanding work from all of you here. Catch him if you can! The article is not about me. It is about the men who built the guns Online. As all of you know, I am not doing any 1911 work for the public and haven't for years. I want the men and women who are trying to make a living to get the work. Our Class has bled back into your world and many of the students have used some of you to do some "Alumni Work'. I make it very clear to them that I will not take any aspiring "Gunsmiths" because the Class is a hobby thing for me. I just hope you know that we do not intend to take any work away from any of you. Thanks for letting me put up some pictures and information about this new little gun. Someone asked if ithe slide treatment was done by The EDM Process. That is the way we do it. It is an older type of machining and works very well for my concept where using a mill would be a hard job of work. I hope all of you will drop by and see it at The Show. See you there next week!

Dave, those are really nice.

I don't know if it's my monitor or not, but is there a french border on the slide or is if just the angle they are cut/radiused (is that a word?) at?

Between this site and my Land Rover boards, it's nice to see what the big dogs are doing while I putter around with my shooters and Series IIA...

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I am afraid that I can't find a real good picture that shows the French Cut that Don Williams did for Dean. It is not very obvious, but it does give it that little custom touch that we like. It runs slightly above the checkering and has a slight slant that we could not seem to help, but all in all, considering it went to three different places, It's OK. Don had to come on the scene after the slide came back from EDM and really did the best job he could with what he had to work with. I think that working with the part under oil must take some talent , too!

Dave,

Very nice and congrats on the article.

Ray

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Thanks Ray. Steve Camp did a very good job of telling the story we wanted told. I like the way Roy Huntington did the edit and layed out the pictures. I will thank him personally at the Shot Show.