80% 1911 Beryllium Copper Frame

[AKexpat]

I found this on the Olympic Arms (Olympia WA) site in the closeout section.

Olympic Arms produced many unusual 1911 guns (and parts) for many years prior to 2014 and has since stopped 1911 production. They acquired Safari Arms many years ago and this is a SAF design, the profile later termed Matchmaster by Oly. I purchased a stripped Matchmaster frame from them in carbon steel for a 1911 .22 in 2013 and it is of good quality.





Anyone here desiring a (pretty much) one-of-a-kind 1911 pistol with access to a machine shop might be interested:

http://www.olyarms.com/shop/closeouts/saf-b.html

Comments?

Jim

[Carcassonne]

I use to machine beryllium copper until I found out the dust was toxic. It is used a lot in the aerospace industry.



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[m850168]

+1 on Be dust toxicity. Otherwise looks sweet.

[stikman33]

I still have a quite rare BeCu Ping Eye2 putter made back in the day. They also made quite a few sets of irons out of the same stuff.

[AKexpat]

I still have a quite rare BeCu Ping Eye2 putter made back in the day. They also made quite a few sets of irons out of the same stuff.

It must be because you might strike a piece of steel (or other ferrous metal) out on the course (or elsewhere) with it. Being a non-sparking "tool" it won't start a fire by doing so.



Jim