Custom built Dlask 1911 Commander in 9mm - pictures & range test

Wow! The return of the Famous Mr. Terry, my buddy from the PoCo range. I haven't seen you and your wife up there in awhile. My GF misses having somebody at the shooting range to speak Mandarin to. It seems to be all Cantonese up there all the time!

That's an amazing looking pistol Terry. It's nice to see the final results. You told me quite a bit about the process of getting it built by Joe. I think you must be just about single handedly keeping Dlask in the black these days. You should post pics of your new gun up against your heavily customized Norinco. That one is a beauty too. It would be interesting just to gauge the size difference as well. What's the barrel on the "Commander"... 108mm (4.25 inch)?

How does the new one shoot at "pistol distances"? 7 yards, 10 yards, 12.. etc. I always think there is no sense torturing yourself with 25m shots all the time. Even for IPSC, you just need to be able to hit the target at 25m. Putting together 2 inch groups on top of the bulls-eye at that range is not all that realistic shooting off-hand.

Hopefully see you up at PoCo on the weekend. My GF is in Victoria this weekend, but I'll be there. Hopefully we will see some more posts from you on CGN too. You haven't been around here much lately. You're one of the guys that is consistently offering interesting posts with pictures.
 
Hi Ghostie. Yeah, we haven't seen you for a while.

You are right. The Commander has a 4.25" barrel, which is quite similar to most other modern pistols. The 1911 Government's barrel is 5" long.

The gun shoots great in normal distances too, say 10m or 15m. Feel free to come try it when we see each other at the range next time.
 
--Terry-- said:
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One thing that I am not sure whether it is good or not: A fully ramped barrel. I have not experienced any feeding issues in traditional non-ramped barrels in 1911s. Now I have this ramped barrel, will it limit my choices of replacement barrels in the future?

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I am not very familiar with semiauto pistols, but I do not want any (45 ACP also) without fully ramped/supported barrel, especially because there is always a chance to run into high pressure 9 mm submachine ammo. Glocks are excellent pistols (Call me old fashioned but they are not for my taste because of the look and frame/grip that gets chipped. Aluminum frame is also on my “NO” list) but I had seen a number of posts listing events when bottom case get ruptured. Most likely it’s overloaded ammo or obstructed barrel but I don’t think that anybody can be sure that this is going to happen to “others only”. In other words, fully supported/ramped barrel is pretty cheap insurance for such unwanted events.
 
--Terry-- said:
One thing that I am not sure whether it is good or not: A fully ramped barrel. I have not experienced any feeding issues in traditional non-ramped barrels in 1911s. Now I have this ramped barrel, will it limit my choices of replacement barrels in the future?

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Nice looking gun ! I am a sucker for 9mm 1911s . Dont worry about the ramped barrel you can find 9mm / 38 Super barrels easily in ramped configuration

BTW I have two 9mm 1911s and they have NON ramped barrels. One is a Colt Combat Commander and the other is a Sprinfield and they feed just fine . Contrary to popular belief if you feed hot SMG ammo in a non ramped 9mm barrel it doesnt mean you get an instant kaboom .

Only think you dont want to do is run 9Major loads in it.

Half the battle with 9mm 1911 is the proper magazine , and the best choice are the "springfield" style made my metalform. Better than the Colts , standard Metalforms,
 
I had the pleasure of shooting Terry's custom Dlask 1911 two weeks ago. It is a really nice pistol. It's quite heavy so, with the 9mm cartridge, the recoil is negligible. The reset on the trigger is just tiny. This would make a great competition gun, in that it is fast shooting, accurate and easy to control. The downside - I suppose - is that you would want to compete with this in "Production", and the gun is custom built. Anyway, who cares about competition! This is just a really, really nice piece of fine workmanship that is fun to shoot and take to the range every week.

By the way, Terry's wife is really turning into a crack shot in my view. The 9mm SIG226 from Terry's previous CGN posts seems to be her gun. She wanted to try my P229R 9mm, and when she did I think she just about had 5 shots touching at 15m on her first 5 shots! :eek: Of course there is a downside.... now (like my girlfriend) Terry's wife wants a 229 too! :runaway: Terry tries my 229 and is saying to her, "Umm... I don't think it is really any different." :) I'm really wondering if we can get some SIG PROs in 9mm, and if they shoot about as well as the 229s, and if the "girls" would like them. At the $1,200 mark, the 229s are a bit much for "his and hers", and I want to keep mine. It's also my favorite gun right now.

Terry! You have to tell her, you can have the 9mm 1911 or the SIG... not both! :D
 
it's also a Single Action which automatically takes it out of Production Div.
 
After reading this thread I ve been wondering if i should send my COLT LW COMMANDER for a custom job ?? Joe s work seems great and at a reasonnable price. I was thinking of a new trigger , sights , front strap checkering , MSH ,beavertail , ambi safety , deburing , slide to frame fit and maybe barrel-bushing if necessary . HOW MUCH WILL THAT COST ME ?? That will probably cost me as much as getting a custom DLASK like Terrys right ??? Any idea ?? or should i send an email and ask Dlask for a quote??
 
^ Since none of us are Jo at Dlask, you'd be better off sending him an email or calling him and asking for exactly what you want.

His thing is 1911's. When I had a Kimber I had Jo install/fit a new barrel & bushing and it was very reasonable when you consider the cost of the parts.
 
Joe customized a Norinco for me and it is without a doubt one of the most accurate 1911's I own. Total bill was around $600 but was well worth it. Could not recomend his work more strongly.

Take Care

Bob
 
Hermann78:

I will advise you not to customize the Colt. Too much work, many changes, and big bill. It is not easy (even to gunsmiths) to add beavertails to old pistols. Many hours of work.

You'd be better off selling it and paying a little more to get the perfect 1911 you want.
 
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