Smith & Wesson 100 Year Anniversary 1911 8 Months over due but now on the way!

[Lepigeon]

Thank you, Lepigeon. My French is attrocious but I can surely understand "Le résultat est supérieur".

Can't wait until mine arrives.

Sorry, I did not even realize I wrote in French!!! Too excited! But yeah, from the picture, it exceeds my expectations!

 

[Bak Dur]

I thought the extractor (along with slide stop and mag release) are suppose to be black. I really liked the two tone

Thank you, Lepigeon. My French is attrocious but I can surely understand "Le résultat est supérieur".

Can't wait until mine arrives.

 

[Dale.Gribble]

Elisgun a mis une photo du joujou sur sa page web.

Le résultat est supérieur à mes attentes, et a mis fin à toutes mes interrogations sur la pertinence de la précommande que j'avais faite sur SRFC. Je suis juste impatient de l'avoir en main à présent...

Isnt the 100 year gun supposed to be engraved on both sides? Why is yours plain?

 

[Tuco Pike]

Isnt the 100 year gun supposed to be engraved on both sides? Why is yours plain?

IIRC there were a few different versions, much like the Remington R1 and I think Colt too. I too like the engraved on both sides, and have two coming.

 

[Bak Dur]

Isnt the 100 year gun supposed to be engraved on both sides? Why is yours plain?

I think its just the lighting washing it out on the slide. Look near the beavertail and you can see the slight engraving marks

 

[Dale.Gribble]

The pics frontier posted are not the guns we will recieve. The import version has fish scale serrations and IMHO uglier grips.

 

[Dale.Gribble]

IIRC there were a few different versions, much like the Remington R1 and I think Colt too. I too like the engraved on both sides, and have two coming.

So, out of 250 for canada, how many were engraved with wood box?

I also have two coming, maybe I got the plain version????? God dammit, I wanted engraved with woodbox.

 

[Frontier Firearms]

There is only one version coming to Canada and they have the engraving.

 

[Max Owner]

I lost my job a week after I paid for mine.

I will sell other stuff off if need be. Really wanted a centennial edition.

I won't even rack the slide on this thing. Hope it will be a decent collectors item. Time will tell......

 

[Boomer74]

Pics for anyone interested... Black extractor, not S/S.

* note the numbering on the slide (### of 250), and the "International Edition" on the opposite side...

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798767&highlight=Anniversary+1911

 

[Boomer74]

I won't even rack the slide on this thing. Hope it will be a decent collectors item. Time will tell......

I was just thinking...

To the serious US collectors, having one of ours would probably be more collectable than the US model.

Or, on the same token, would be a perfect "partner" for the collectors that already own the US version.

And there's only half as many "International Editions", making it even harder to aquire down there.

Pimp that ##### out across the border, on GunBroker... I'd guess it'd fetch ~ $2000 USD.


* sorry to hear about your job, I know the feeling...

 

[Max Owner]

Thanx Boomer.

If I was still working, I was thinking about getting an American version, too.

 

[Mikeman]

I saw one at Target Sports in Ontario for $1299....do you offer price matching

 

[Kveldulf]

I saw one at Target Sports in Ontario for $1299....do you offer price matching

Yeah ... on the second shipment.

 

[Bak Dur]

Just got mine today and couldn't be happier. Pistol is beautiful and engravings are top notch. Thanks Frontier for great experience.

 

[Kveldulf]

My 100th Anniversary arrived this afternoon. That is lightning-fast service and, like Bak Dur said, it is a beautiful gun -- I particularly like the feel of the trigger.

I found the engraving, however, especially on the slide, to be shallow and difficult to see. Has anyone else found this?

 

[Max Owner]

Mine showed up but was more concerned about getting it in the house without gettting beaten to death.

Will examine more closely tomorrow.

 

[Frontier Firearms]

Mine showed up but was more concerned about getting it in the house without gettting beaten to death.

Will examine more closely tomorrow.

And hope she didn't find it

 

[burnaby]

ANYONE SHOOT IT? Range Reports.

Hopefully get mine by next Friday.

 

[Bak Dur]

Didnt shoot mine yet.
but today i was cycling a snap cap from the mag, and the stupid thing didnt go in fully and got completely stuck in the barrel. I had to literally hammer it out of the barrel. When i got it out, the snap cap was deformed. I field stripped it and lubed it up with my oils.
I cant believe how tight and rough everything is. Its a struggle to pull the slide back, the spring was practically glued to the guide rod, the slide release didnt want to go in.......................is it cuz its new?? will it start smoothening out?? i have a taurus 1911 that i bought new and it was never like this when i first got it.

ANYONE SHOOT IT? Range Reports.

Hopefully get mine by next Friday.