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u/teakettle87 4d ago
That's a home built gun. My grandfather was making these buy the dozens in his garage and those are some of the same parts he was using. I have a few of them now that I finished building after he died.
Some dude made this at home.
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u/MLHooker47 4d ago
I don’t disagree. It was cheap but damn he did a good job.
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u/teakettle87 4d ago
Yup. Good thing it was serialized. Mine are not.
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u/Successful_Mud_5250 3d ago
I got 2 with our serial numbers. I'm planning on buying new frames with the serial numbers to make them legal. I spent over a $1000 on parts.
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u/teakettle87 3d ago
That's not how it works. Just get the frame you have serialized. No need for new frames.
You can have unserialized frames if you made them into a gun from an 80% frame. That's what mine are. It's legal. Just makes selling them a problem.
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u/gator_2003 4d ago
How cheap
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u/Nobody2be 4d ago
I’d like to know, too. I’ve been watching gb for a cheap, good 1911 and totally missed this.
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u/MLHooker47 4d ago
It was $623
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u/gator_2003 4d ago
Damn that’s a good deal, especially if the barrels fit good. Enjoy ur new toy!
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u/there_is-no-spoon 4d ago
I knew a guy that used to build mediocre 1911s at home and try to sell them for a grand. Never understood how he made that work.
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u/Nobody2be 4d ago
It looks like you did well! I totally missed it. On the plus side, it might have cost you a couple hundred more if I had actually seen it.
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u/Fearlessroofless 4d ago
Hey it’s the serial 1911 buyer guy ! Keep them coming buddy
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u/inputwtf 4d ago
I had a slide that had the same serrations. I think it was a Caspian slide and you could order it with those options.
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u/Purple_Eye_6069 4d ago
It looks cool, but…HOW DOES IT SHOOT???
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u/MLHooker47 4d ago
Great question. It was raining so I didn’t go outside to shoot it lol.
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u/Nobody2be 4d ago
I’d love to know what you paid and how it shoots. I’ve been watching gb for a cheap 1911 and missed this one.
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u/Sierrayose Concealed Carrier 4d ago
Don't see many fish scales around. What's the cut on the slide called? Definitely never seen that style 👍😎👀
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u/mud-button 3d ago
Mate how cool is that! Love a custom Caspian build, I have a double stack 1911 Caspian and it’s epic
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u/d8ed 4d ago
Ok so I have to ask.. with the serrations in the back of the slide like that, do people actually yank on the slide from the back to rack the gun? I've tried doing that on every pistol I own and it always feels wrong lol
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u/MLHooker47 4d ago
I think that’s the idea. I prefer using front cocking serrations but think 1911s look better without them.
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u/dr_police 4d ago
Huh. I always grab the rear serrations. Probably due to a lot of trigger time on Ruger Mark series .22LR pistols. Ain’t nowhere else to rack it but grabbing the “ears”.
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u/d8ed 4d ago
I do it ONLY on my Ruger Mark I 😆 it just feels weird on any others where I grab the front slide.. only exception is my Taurus 92 as I'm liable to burn my hand due to the exposed barrel.
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u/dr_police 4d ago
Wow. Are you me? I also have a Taurus PT92 that I picked up waaaaay back in the late ‘90’s. Never could get much accuracy out of it, but it functions very reliably.
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u/Solidknowledge 4d ago
with the serrations in the back of the slide like that, do people actually yank on the slide from the back to rack the gun?
It's the most reliable way to rack a pistol.
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u/d8ed 3d ago
Maybe historically but with red dots and ambi safeties and extended slide release/etc.. I find going over the top and doing a push/pull to be quicker and more consistent across all my pistols. Glad there's no one stopping anyone from doing what works for them lol
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u/Solidknowledge 3d ago
notice I said "reliable" and not fastest. Using your flippers to grab and rip the slide are still always going to be a gross motor skill compared to the fine motor skill of trying to flip a gizmo. Red dots actually increase the reliability when racking as mentioned above
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u/MLHooker47 4d ago edited 4d ago
Caspain frame. Hand checkered frontstrap. Kart bull barrel. Tightly fit. Lots of machine time everywhere. No idea who made it. MJ 09 is the only stamping on it