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wnroscoe
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Some may not like the color choice but, this is me.
It's been a while since I had a 1911 so I figured I better get while the getting's good. I started this 1911 with the slide job and had all intentions to finish it. With Rifle builds going I asked Jim Clark Jr. to finish fitting the other parts. The frame & slide were slightly out of spec and he had a time fitting it up, glad I asked him to do it  If you ever need 1911 work, Jim Clark, Jr. is your man. :-) of a nice guy.
My .260 in the back ground.
Caspian CM Frame & Slide, series 80 (Slide Job Required)
Storm Lake SS .45 ACP Barrel
Assorted King Parts, Trigger, Grip Safty, Slide Release and Thumb Safty
Ed Brown Pins & Springs
Clark Combat Hammer
Colt Sear
Clark Main Spring
Black Checkerd Micarta Grips
Wilson 8rd Mag
Clark Checkering
Novac Sights
FB & OD KG Gun Kote by me
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Savage110
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Location: Arizona
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Nice pistol roscoe, I dig tactical shoot up some terrorist look on a pistol  Besides the Kimber desert warrior I think this is my fav. 1911.
-Felipe
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becks
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 2:35 am Post subject: |
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Its really nice, other then the sights I wouldn't change a thing!
I think you might even have to pay Mike R a fee for copyright infringement 
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FluffyTheCat
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This pistol is obviously of very high quality. The beautiful machine work is readily apparent. If only all 1911s were so well made.
I won't comment on the color but please change the grips screws. Hex screws on a 1911 are a dangerous departure from the gospel of the prophet Browning.
Fluffy
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becks
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| FluffyTheCat wrote: | Hex screws on a 1911 are a dangerous departure from the gospel of the prophet Browning.
Fluffy |
Care to enlighten us on what you mean by that?
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slydwz
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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That is very, very nice Mr. Roscoe. You do nice work!
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boone
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Roscoe, Now my wife hates you even more.
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monteboy84
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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Great pistol Mr Roscoe!!
-matt
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ogre
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice, Will! I for one love the color combo and the grips. It's about like mine...on steroids.
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wnroscoe
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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| becks wrote: | | FluffyTheCat wrote: | Hex screws on a 1911 are a dangerous departure from the gospel of the prophet Browning.
Fluffy |
Care to enlighten us on what you mean by that? |
John Browning being the absolute mechanical genius he was designed the 1911 so it could be dissembled completely by hand with no tools. The Browning machine gun was designed and drawn by John Browning on a napkin during a short trip as I understand it. When I say he was a genius, that’s a gross understatement. The thumb safety pin would be used to remove the main spring housing, the main spring could then be removed and the flat tab used to remove the grip screws.
I understand Fluffy. He loves and respects the clean lines of the original 1911 with no frills, bells or whistles. This is what he means when he speaks of the 1911. I knew he wouldn’t like the colors but hey, I don’t like the Swiss K Rifles so I guess were even. I built my 1911 to be a clean no frills carry sidearm with a tactical flair. My other sidearm is a Beretta 96FS with night sites and is all black.
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Essayons
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A 1911 after my own heart. The first handgun I ever bought was a Springer Champion in the black and green 2 tone. Something about the color scheme stuck and now all of my modern guns with synthetic furniture have the same color scheme. In fact I just finished baking the frame of a RIA 1911 in OD gunkote that is my IDPA project gun.
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FluffyTheCat
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I really do like Mr. Roscoe's pistol, but it would appeal to me more if it were entirely black. Or parkerized.
Does anyone here remember the late Armand Swenson? Mr. Swenson was the second greatest 1911 gunsmith after Browning. Anyway, Swenson was the father of the custom 1911 as we know it today. He invented the extended safety, the ambidexterous safety etc.
Swenson also used to use industrial hard chrome as a finish. No-one does that anymore. Hmmm......
Fluffy
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wnroscoe
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| FluffyTheCat wrote: | | Swenson also used to use industrial hard chrome as a finish. No-one does that anymore. Hmmm......Fluffy |
Jim Clark at Clarks Custom Guns uses it on a regular basis.
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FluffyTheCat
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I knew that hard chrome plating is still available; however, you never see it much anymore. It is sadly out of fashion.
Anyway, I wish that Mr. Roscoe would build a few more 1911s and then have them hard chromed.
Fluffy
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DaddyX
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whoever dosent like the color scheme needs to get there eyes checked  , love the grips and the sights. i wouldn't change a thing
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