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I think this is the first "Commercial" Colt I've done. It was kind of an orphan that came my way, had it sold a few years ago to a guy in California but just then the Kali DOJ changed the laws and I wound up selling it to a customer-in-waiting who had a few years yet to go on my list. It finally came up and here are a few pics of the result.

It had a few minor problemswhere somebody had tried pretty hard to get it apart the wrong way, but nothing so bad that welding was required-- just a few scratches. Here are the pics, more details later.... nothing really wildhere, other'n some folks feel that to do anything other than checkering on a "C-block" is blasphemy......

Very nice Ned!! Conamyds are REALLY starting to grow on me and I really like your treatment of the bushing.

Just caught sight of that hammer. Don't think I've ever seen one quite like that. Very nice and subtle.

Pics like these make me realize just how long of a wait I have before my pistol gets worked on by you..and I've only been on the list a few days!!!!

Holy Hannah!!!!

That is some amazing detailed work and it really comes together as a cohesive whole. I usually am very traditional in my likes, but I could be persuaded to adopt this one.

The picture of the rear of slide and frame shows some really great touches. I love the slide AND frame matting, the reprofiled rear sight, and the lightened hammer.

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Maybe not but there is just enough wildness there to make it very unique yet classic. Nice gun.

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Giff, we offer Michiguns Blue Ointment for that....

Yeah, but I hear it takes 4 to 5 years to get a prescription!!!

That is perfect! I really like the bobbed spur hammer. That gun is AWESOME!!

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Wow that is sweeeeeet......

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Seventhsword

Just beautiful work, period.

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What he said, squared, Ned. Dave

Very nice Ned and I love the no dovetail rear sight.

Ray

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That hammer is awsome! So how many years do I need to wait to invest in the hammer? That would be so cool on my Detonics II Scoremaster.

Ned built a gun for me five years ago (I waited six weeks, IIRC) and I am STILL find myself noticing, on occasion, some minor thing that he did that I hadn't noticed before or had forgotten. At that time Ned was a relative unknown and I had chosen him based on a single phone conversation with him after seeing pictures of his work online. I remember being on the edge of my seat the whole six weeks that my box o' parts was away wondering if I had made a good decision or not.

Turns out, I don't think that I could have made a better one.

Ned the minimalist... I can't stop drooling Ned, nice touch on the hammer. congrats to the owner what kind of a bushing is that Ned? That looks cool

Understated beauty my friend! A classic.

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Very neat work...... simple, elegant, functional. As usual Ned, great work.
Best regards,
Jeffro (Jeff)

We wanted to keep as much of the original "C" parts as possible, so that's the original hammer, bobbed to fit the b'tail. I wanted something different with hammer serrations so I just dug those three little trenches..... after chrome they got a dab of baking laquer and some oven time.

The bushing. I buy these finished on the OD (outer diameter)and unfinished on the ID and front from EGW. I bore them to fit the barrel and then rebore at an angle (the result is quite different from the angle-bored bushing affered by EGW). Then I shape them like this on the front, and usually polish the front face as I have on this one.

Bluing on this is by Yo and Bo, chrome (hammer, bushing, barrel) by Tripp. Note to the owner if you're reading, sorry I posted pics publicly before you have even seen the gun but I thought too it might be a fun surprise for you. Also, in case I forget to mention it, the recoil spring guide is un-refinished, in original condition so you can have some idea of the low mileage that was on the gun.

Sweet as candy, buddy.

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Ned - That's a nice blaster there, buddy! Now if I could only get you to quit with the blasphemy and start checkering!!!!

Lottsa cool touches

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Art....just art. As always it seems.

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Thanks guys.

And thanks again to you, Harold, for having faith a few years back. Harold's gun was actually my first job after going "public" and full-time in this. Have done a few things with and for him since and it's always good.... finally gotto meet him at SHOT this year and was not disappointed.

Awesome gun......but......
It's that hammer that haunts me!
Man, that's triple cool. Has an art deco look. Yet functional.
Lightens the hammer for quicker lock time, and
provides a traction surface.
Perfect execution in hardened tool steel.
Once again, kudos bro.

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Just "bro"? I've been downgraded from "twin bro" ?

It does give traction but the abbreviated form of the hammer makes it really hard to thumbcock. But then, one never thumbcocks a 1911, nor does one ever thumb-decock one, so....

I was taught to dry fire twice, for every actual shot. Cheaper.... and controls flinch to a degree. I have no trouble thumb cocking the abbreviated hammers for dry fire practice.
Thumb cocking of the hammer on a 1911, for ANY other reason, escapes me.

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I was taught to dry fire twice, for every actual shot. Cheaper.... and controls flinch to a degree. I have no trouble thumb cocking the abbreviated hammers for dry fire practice.
Thumb cocking of the hammer on a 1911, for ANY other reason, escapes me.

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Anybody remember the ISI dry-fire training device? ISI was International Shootists... Incorporated, I guess. Mickey Fowler and Mike Dalton as I recall. An air cylinder replaces the barrel. A special MSH replaces the original, so that when you drop the hammer, the MSH senses it and fires the cylinder (hooked up to a CO2 tank). The result-- you pull the trigger, the gun "fires" and cycles, your sight pic is disturbed so you have to recover.... a very useful dry-fire training tool. Got this in about 81 I'd guess.... this thing is:

The single most underappreciated tool EVER for improving your shooting.

Shame they are no longer made, BUT, I did see something similar at SHOT the last two years, can't remember the name, but a Czech by the name of Dvorchak or something like that is making them. But not for the 1911. I offered him my ISI unit to examine but he never took me up on it.

I don't recall the ISI device, but I do remember another "thing" that did a similar function by creating a recoil sensation and working the slide. It sounded good, but it had a big air tank, clamp levers, and other stuff that all hung from the gun...so it made the 1911 about the size of an MP5.
The ISI deal sounds a lot better.

That is one nice 1911. I hate to be redundant, but I keep seeing new details in each picture like everyone else. All good ones too.

SWEET FANCY MOSES!!! This is my pistol and all I can say is wow. Well, that's not all, but I will leave the joyous expletives out for now.

As Ned explained, I had only seen photos of the base gun so these pics are a welcome treat (feel free to post more as time allows, my friend).

The hammer cuts really took me back and are a touch that I had not expected. I'm sure there are more goodies on the left side of the pistol.

Ned, you did a wonderful job of taking the half-baked, less-is-more, modern classic Colt vision I had and turning it into beautiful reality.

In short, thanks for the Monday morning smile, Ned. Working on this has been a pleasure on this end, but you won't get rid of me this easily. I'll be back on your list as soon as I can. Now it's back to those photos for me...

Steve

If pistols like these are wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Steve

Criminy. OK, OK, I have them welded up and smoothed off, sheesh!

But seriously. Gladja like it, and thanks a mil for your patience on this, a real pleasure doing business with you. Will expect a call tomorow!