Custom Springfield 1911-first shots full range session

[1911whore]

OK, ladies and gentlemen, here is the first rain session with the brand new Springfield custom 1911 build. 300 rounds down range problem free. Super accurate, super smooth,

https://youtu.be/0aJkXU9NcC0?si=vYrrW-Xd6qCIVyBg

[splithoof]

I watched the video, nice pistol. Did you build it from a kit?…That is how I got into SA 1911’s back in the 1980’s, before they offered complete pistols. Those were sold as a frame, slide, and barrel. Gunsmiths were using them as a platform for semi-custom builds. Then they came out with the “GI” version, and more models as time went by.
Hopefully the indoor facility you were using has adequate ventilation. I shoot outdoors now, on advice from my pulmonologist.

[1911whore]

No. It started life as a Springfield Mil Spec.

[splithoof]

No. It started life as a Springfield Mil Spec.

I have a few that were done that way over thirty years ago. With the rise of more options from the likes of SA and other makers, for most end users it makes little sense to go that way anymore, unless they are very specific about each and every component, or simply like the satisfaction of doing it that way. For me, I can find every option I prefer on a variety of out-of-the-box models.

[1911whore]

I have a few that were done that way over thirty years ago. With the rise of more options from the likes of SA and other makers, for most end users it makes little sense to go that way anymore, unless they are very specific about each and every component, or simply like the satisfaction of doing it that way. For me, I can find every option I prefer on a variety of out-of-the-box models.

That’s great and yes, most “options” can be had on different out of the box or stock /production models. But there is a huge difference between a production gun and a full house custom.

[splithoof]

That’s great and yes, most “options” can be had on different out of the box or stock /production models. But there is a huge difference between a production gun and a full house custom.

Yes there is; however, I don’t view a “full house custom” as starting from a base gun that has been disassembled and had additional machining to major components.
A “full house custom” starts from a blank forging/casting that a qualified gunsmith takes from beginning to end, applies their own serial number, builder name, etc.
It is a fine line, but it exists. A “semi-custom” IMO is starting out with a base model and transforming it to the desires of the end user. And those can most certainly be every bit as good.

[1911whore]

Yes there is; however, I don’t view a “full house custom” as starting from a base gun that has been disassembled and had additional machining to major components.
A “full house custom” starts from a blank forging/casting that a qualified gunsmith takes from beginning to end, applies their own serial number, builder name, etc.
It is a fine line, but it exists. A “semi-custom” IMO is starting out with a base model and transforming it to the desires of the end user. And those can most certainly be every bit as good.

I guess Jason Burton is not doing full house custom guns. Nor did Yost, Harrison, Chen, BEC, Swenson, or any of the greats then. In your opinion.

[splithoof]

I guess Jason Burton is not doing full house custom guns. Nor did Yost, Harrison, Chen, BEC, Swenson, or any of the greats then. In your opinion.

Correct.
And I own a Yost GSP, a Colt worked over by Armand Swenson, another Colt done by Jim Hoag, and a Capone Colt when he was over at King’s Gunworks in Glendale. They all started out as stock production guns of other manufacture. They are all very nice for sure, but they are semi-custom.

Nice Youtube channel, BTW. I like the Winchester 1903 stuff.

[1911whore]

Correct.
And I own a Yost GSP, a Colt worked over by Armand Swenson, another Colt done by Jim Hoag, and a Capone Colt when he was over at King’s Gunworks in Glendale. They all started out as stock production guns of other manufacture. They are all very nice for sure, but they are semi-custom.

Nice Youtube channel, BTW. I like the Winchester 1903 stuff.

We can all have differences of opinion and that’s why this country is so great!! I would consider the pistols you mentioned to be custom pistols but everyone has a different take. Thank you for the comment on the channel. I have a moon rock of a pistol coming up soon!!