BullOnParade
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
A little over a year ago a member at my club was helping to liquidate an estate of his friend. I spotted on the list a .38 special slide for a 1911. Having never heard of such a beast, I assumed it was a misprint and what he had was a .38 super.
For a long time, I've dreamt of building a 1911 to round out my .22 and .45 for the purpose of a 2700 match (9 targets in rimfire, 9 targets in center fire of your choice and 9 targets in .45). A .38 super or .40 were what I thought were my only options. Looked around for some prices online and didn't get too far. These things are rare. But I did find Epps had a magazine for one in stock; serendipitous.
So I started doing some research and discovered Colt did infact make a .38 special National Match in response to the popularity of S&W's model 52. I contacted the gentleman selling the equipment, and it was indeed a .38 special gold cup slide and barrel, no magazine. I told him I would take the slide off his hands at the next match night, and went to Epps that weekend to buy the magazine.
Fast forward to today and I haven't done anything with this combination. I had thought of building a 1911 from an 80% frame, but it would seem those are no longer an option in Canada.
I thought I'd buy those prints that Dlask sold forever ago and try my hand at building from scratch. I work in a tool and die shop and have some access to CNC general machining equipment, but those are no longer for sale and Dlask never responded to my email.
Which I guess leaves me with buying a 1911 frame and investing in a gunsmith to do either blueprint the frame or match the slide for me?
What I'm looking for from the community is either any information or resources you may have on these unicorns, or just tell me how you would choose to go about completing this project.
And maybe if anyone has a set of those Dlask prints kicking around I could buy or borrow them from you?
For a long time, I've dreamt of building a 1911 to round out my .22 and .45 for the purpose of a 2700 match (9 targets in rimfire, 9 targets in center fire of your choice and 9 targets in .45). A .38 super or .40 were what I thought were my only options. Looked around for some prices online and didn't get too far. These things are rare. But I did find Epps had a magazine for one in stock; serendipitous.
So I started doing some research and discovered Colt did infact make a .38 special National Match in response to the popularity of S&W's model 52. I contacted the gentleman selling the equipment, and it was indeed a .38 special gold cup slide and barrel, no magazine. I told him I would take the slide off his hands at the next match night, and went to Epps that weekend to buy the magazine.
Fast forward to today and I haven't done anything with this combination. I had thought of building a 1911 from an 80% frame, but it would seem those are no longer an option in Canada.
I thought I'd buy those prints that Dlask sold forever ago and try my hand at building from scratch. I work in a tool and die shop and have some access to CNC general machining equipment, but those are no longer for sale and Dlask never responded to my email.
Which I guess leaves me with buying a 1911 frame and investing in a gunsmith to do either blueprint the frame or match the slide for me?
What I'm looking for from the community is either any information or resources you may have on these unicorns, or just tell me how you would choose to go about completing this project.
And maybe if anyone has a set of those Dlask prints kicking around I could buy or borrow them from you?
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