1911's Pics Thread

dannyair said:
Just for the sake of showing a cool pic and telling you about this particular 1911, here's my Auto Ordnance GI .45 Love this gun! Funny thing is that I bought it to have a beater .45 that I didn't have to worry about taking such good care of as I do all my 1911 pistols. I put it in the ultrasonic bath to clean it and it took some of the parkerizing off the slide as you can see in the pic. Didn't bother me (well maybe a tad:redface:)...in fact it added some character and besides that's why I got it in the first place. The best part is that this gun shoots surprisingly amazing! It puts toonie sized holes in a targets at 10m with 8 rounds. More then I can say about many 1911's I have owned and still own. Yes I did take the S80's out as well as have the trigger and action done. I do that to almost every 1911 I own. Once you have a good trigger and action job done...well, they all must have them from then on in! :)

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This USGI 1911 looks really cool and it is how a weapon should likes like. great found.

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gwhysow said:
Did you have the spur coated, or did you find a stainless? In the case of the latter, please let me know.

Beautiful 1911 by the way. A wonderful example of the fact that a little work - and love - can go a long way. Good job.
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The hammer is coated, along with all the other frame parts. It's the standard Norinco spur hammer bobbed to clear the beavertail.
 
Here's a little something I'd like to share.

This is a water gun my grandfather got for me many years ago (at the "Buck or Two" I think). I always wanted a 1911, but at the time I just called them "a 45". If it wasn't my favorite toy then, it sure is now. It's to scale in size and even has markings "Government Model Automatic Pistol, CAL .45" I traded it to my buddy for a cap gun or something. While in his care he lost the plug, chopped off the trigger and for some reason widened the notch in the rear sight with his pocket knife lol. I managed to get it back some years later. While I'm sure it wouldn't be considered politically correct today it's a pretty sweet little toy.
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otilram said:
Wow. You must have a big safe for those vintage 1911s. :)
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deadman said:
Nah, I just jam them into an old orange crate, one on top of another.
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That comment reminds me of some photographs that appeared in a past issue of American Handgunner.

The photographs showed an original U.S. military shipment and storage can, or barrel, of (about) ten, brand-new, stacked M1911 (or M1911A1) pistols. This particular metal can - which somewhat resembled a beer keg - was in the inventory of Springfield Armory National Historic Site, IIRC, and the writer noted that these brand-new, never-issued pistols had been removed from the can only momentarily - for inventory control - before being carefully returned to the can...

...but I can't put my hand to any of the photographs.

Anybody?

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Wendell said:
That comment reminds me of some photographs that appeared in a past issue of American Handgunner.

The photographs showed an original U.S. military shipment and storage can, or barrel, of (about) ten, brand-new, stacked M1911 (or M1911A1) pistols. This particular metal can - which somewhat resembled a beer keg - was in the inventory of Springfield Armory National Historic Site, IIRC, and the writer noted that these brand-new, never-issued pistols had been removed from the can only momentarily - for inventory control - before being carefully returned to the can...

...but I can't put my hand to any of the photographs.

Anybody?

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Is this what you mean Wendell? These were canned after rebuild. Originally delivered were in their brown kraft boxes. Thats a Union Switch & Signal sitting on the top right of that pic!

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Bittermansbro said:
Is this what you mean Wendell? These were canned after rebuild. Originally delivered were in their brown kraft boxes. Thats a Union Switch & Signal sitting on the top right of that pic!

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That must be it. Thank you.

That looks like oak. I thought that the one that I remember was made of metal.
 
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