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My pride and joy is FINALLY finished..

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Here's the final product.

A little background.. It started off as a Springfield GI .45 that was completely stripped. Everything I want is in it. It was passed around from smith to smith and finally ended up at Caylor Custom Guns. Mike worked his magic and got it running 100%. I just got it back this evening. I think I have a permanent smile now. :grin:

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:thumbsup:

That is an awesome weapon! Congrats!
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Nice looking gun HT. Now send it back. The thing I like best about 1911's is the holes in the trigger. J/K ;-)

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one eyed fatman wrote:Nice looking gun HT. Now send it back. The thing I like best about 1911's is the holes in the trigger. J/K ;-)
boooooooooo! :lol:
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Sweet HT!
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I posted these pics on 3 forums and see LJ on all of them. :razz:

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<< Drooling on the keyboard >> Don't mind me. lol.
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Nice gun. What all was done? What parts did you have installed?

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dws1117 wrote:Nice gun. What all was done? What parts did you have installed?
I'll get a parts list together shortly.
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I look forward to it.

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Slide:
Heinie cuts milled, ejection port lowered and flaired
Kart barrel and bushing
Ed Brown 9mm/38 firing pin
Wolff extra power pin spring
Ed Brown hardcore extractor
STI pin stop (bomar cut top)
Heinie Slant Pro Straight 8's
Wolff 16# recoil spring

Frame:
snakeskin frontstrap treatment, magwell beveled
C&S pins
Ed Brown snakeskin MSH
Ed Brown hardcore sear spring
C&S Tac II hammer
C&S Tac match hammer strut
EGW hard sear
C&S match disconnector
Grieder short trigger
Ed Brown extended mag release
Ed Brown extended thumb safety
Wolff 18# mainspring
Ed Brown hardcore slide stop
extended ejector (forgot brand)
barstock plunger tube (forgot brand)
Wilson Combat beavertail

Entire gun was lightly dehorned for carry
Reliability tuned
Slide to frame tightened
Trigger job set to 3.75# (wanted something in between 3.5-4#

I think that's it..
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Wow that's a lot. Do you mind if I ask what all that ran?
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BTW the most important this is, how does she shoot? We expect a full range report.

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dws1117 wrote:Wow that's a lot. Do you mind if I ask what all that ran?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ;-) I ran 275 rounds through it today. I had slight ammo issues (blazer brass). Other than that she's fully functional and accurate (more than me).
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I've known of a few people that have had ammo issues with Blazer brass. Personally I've had no problems with it in either my Springfield 1911 or my Glock. I guess some guns like it better than others.
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