Cool! :biggrin:
You're a crazy man Bumper. There's no way I'd CCW an $1800 pistol especially if it was that schweet. I'd be scared to death of putting a scratch on it.
What's neat about a gun like this isn't just all the bells and whistles, it's that I could be standing in the lane right next to you and not recognize it for what it was. I keep looking for the 1911 with the gold trim, welded on extended magwell, and fully serrated slide with every other surface checkered to show up some day. It will probably also have a Pepto Bismol pink bead blasted finish and custom lime green grips featuring the Outkast logo. :tongue:
That thing with one of the magazines not working... personally I'd take a black or silver Sharpie and write "Range" on it on both sides. I couldn't trust that magazine after seeing that if it was me. :frown:
I remember growing up everyone spoke in hushed whispers of Wilson Combat Handguns. Supposedly if you had one you became endowed with Alvin York-esque superpowers. For a long time I always thought that's pretty much the best pistol there was on the planet. I've since learned that's not the case necessarily.
I've sometimes lamented that when you start talking about what's probably the best pistol in the world, it's probably a custom 1911 of some ilk. Sure you can hunt down a rare pinned and recessed specimen of a wheelgun and refinish it, tweak the trigger, chamfer the charge holes, polish and detail the lockwork, adjust the timing so it's perfect, play with the mainspring, replace the sights, replace the grips, and maybe have the barrel machined, maybe get the hammer how you want it, but that's about it. Every change you can make is a variation on one of these. It only works one way and all you can do is optimize a pre existing set of parts. You still get a heck of a gun, don't get me wrong, it just seems the 1911 platform lends itself to more adjustments than modern service pistols or revolvers.
I wonder how Nighthawk compares to the wonders from the Springfield Armory Custom Shop or the S&W Performance Center. I've always wondered if a mass produced gun that's been tweaked in house can really compare to something like this.
I too am surprised anyone could say they liked aluminum grips. Rain gutters on a gun, who thought I'd live to see the day? :biggrin:
BTW you might want to consider having it refinished once a year because all the drool that will collect on that gun is going to discolor it something awful.
You're a crazy man Bumper. There's no way I'd CCW an $1800 pistol especially if it was that schweet. I'd be scared to death of putting a scratch on it.
What's neat about a gun like this isn't just all the bells and whistles, it's that I could be standing in the lane right next to you and not recognize it for what it was. I keep looking for the 1911 with the gold trim, welded on extended magwell, and fully serrated slide with every other surface checkered to show up some day. It will probably also have a Pepto Bismol pink bead blasted finish and custom lime green grips featuring the Outkast logo. :tongue:
That thing with one of the magazines not working... personally I'd take a black or silver Sharpie and write "Range" on it on both sides. I couldn't trust that magazine after seeing that if it was me. :frown:
I remember growing up everyone spoke in hushed whispers of Wilson Combat Handguns. Supposedly if you had one you became endowed with Alvin York-esque superpowers. For a long time I always thought that's pretty much the best pistol there was on the planet. I've since learned that's not the case necessarily.
I've sometimes lamented that when you start talking about what's probably the best pistol in the world, it's probably a custom 1911 of some ilk. Sure you can hunt down a rare pinned and recessed specimen of a wheelgun and refinish it, tweak the trigger, chamfer the charge holes, polish and detail the lockwork, adjust the timing so it's perfect, play with the mainspring, replace the sights, replace the grips, and maybe have the barrel machined, maybe get the hammer how you want it, but that's about it. Every change you can make is a variation on one of these. It only works one way and all you can do is optimize a pre existing set of parts. You still get a heck of a gun, don't get me wrong, it just seems the 1911 platform lends itself to more adjustments than modern service pistols or revolvers.
I wonder how Nighthawk compares to the wonders from the Springfield Armory Custom Shop or the S&W Performance Center. I've always wondered if a mass produced gun that's been tweaked in house can really compare to something like this.
I too am surprised anyone could say they liked aluminum grips. Rain gutters on a gun, who thought I'd live to see the day? :biggrin:
BTW you might want to consider having it refinished once a year because all the drool that will collect on that gun is going to discolor it something awful.
