Bobtail Charles Daly

[Kestryll]

About a year ago I traded for a Charles Daly MS 4" 1911A1 and wanted to do something different with it. I've never owned a bobtailed 1911 and figured I've only got about $300 in to the CD so why not.

I picked up the Ed Brown jigs, beavertail safety and bobtail MSH along with Ed Brown hammer, trigger, sear, safety, disconnector, etc. and dropped it all of with Jim Hoag about 7 weeks ago.

Today I got the call that it was ready and picked it up.
Hoag did an awesome job on the beavertail and bobtail, it's all blended very well and smooth as heck. All the work cost $400 so for a little over $700 I have a Charles Daly Commander with Ed Brown internals and parts customized by Jim Hoag.

[Dinosaur Jr]

Very nice! I bet it feels amazing to grip...

I held my first bobtail last week and was really impressed by the comfort of the grip.

[OUTLAWZ]

Awesome to see what a little time, money and TLC does.. Congratulations!

[vliberatore]

Nice! I'm wanting to pick up a commander to do something similar.

[taloft]

Nice, post results once you,ve fired it. Looks pretty good. Maybe post a pic of the heel so we can see the blend? Thanks for sharing.

[Revelation12:7]

Sa Weet!

[iluvmycolt]

Looks good.

[Kestryll]

Maybe post a pic of the heel so we can see the blend?

This is the best shot I could get with my iPhone and lousy camera skills.

[GW]

That looks great!
I think you are really going to like it.

[Mr310]

Am I the only one who prefers the feel of regular grips to a bobbed one? I just feel as though I get a better grip on the piece.


Nice gun, nonetheless.

[44fred]

Turned out nice.
Let us know how she runs.

[FlyingPen]

Brilliant.

Serious bang for your buck. Pun intended.

[CJJohn]

That's going to be a great carry gun. I bobbed the tail of my Kimber Pro CDP II and love it. It's prints much less. It takes a little getting used to while shooting I guess, but I never worried about it, and I'm still accurate with it.
Nicely done.

[Kestryll]

I probably would've put that money towards a nice set of sights, but I'm glad you're happy with the results.

That's on the list of things to do.
The hard part is finding out which dovetail CD used, there seems to have been more than one over the course of the production run.

[BigPimping]

Wow Kes, that looks amazing. I love the wood grips on it.