From Pistol_purview

This beautiful 1911 was built by a living legend for a living legend. This Richard Heinie 1911 is numbered RH191, which is always engraved under the thumb safety. RH is regarded as one of the greatest 1911 smiths of all time. Famed gun writer and shooter Walt Rauch referred to him simply as The American Pistolsmith. At one point he had a 7 year wait to get one of his guns. This back log was largely a function of his real and perceived talent, but it was also manufactured by “king maker” @realcameronhopkins the editor of American Handgunner. If Cam put one of your guns on the cover of American Handgunner in the 80s and 90s, you were anointed king for a decade, and your back log started the month after that edition dropped. It’s true…don’t believe me, ask Stan Chen. Heinie guns are very hard to find in the wild because 1911 collectors don’t give them up while they are alive…not even the ones with scallops. This gun was built by Heinie for Larry Vickers in 1988 and is on page 109 of the Vickers book. Larry recently found himself at odds with the ATF so this gun became available and I wasted no time buying it. The roll marks (under my stewardship) have been restored by master engraver @bertramengraver and now re-blued, she gets to enjoy a cushy retirement in a climate controlled safe. Grips are of course by Craig Spegel because neither Dick or Larry are communists.