From 1911_purview

Colt commander in 9mm by legendary pistolsmith Otto Matyska, who operates out of his Affton MO shop called Otto Comp. Right around the time I was born, Otto immigrated to the U.S. after narrowly escaping Czechoslovakia during the 1968 communist invasion. For the last 40 years he has been masterfully crafting one of a kind 1911s like this, largely for competitive shooters. Now, stop power scrolling for one minute and really look at this gun. Since Jim Boland is dead, and Ned Christiansen’s books are closed, who else on planet earth could make something like this? The answer is nobody. And even if they could, they likely wouldn’t because of the time and cost that would be associated with this radical build. Why did he start with a commander? The answer is speed. Sports car engineers will tell you lighter things go faster. Right @georgehuening? Lighter slide, faster cycling. Next, he lightened (read hollowed out) virtually everything inside and outside of the gun. After that he built a GARGANTUAN compensator for this would be race machine, because his shop is called Otto Comp. How does it shoot? It’s like shooting BBs out of a Civil War canon. The pivoting trigger fosters a very crisp sub 2.5 pound pull, so you better believe there were a few negligent discharges the first time I shot it. Now look at the back of the gun. He machined out the entire back of the frame and then installed a Novak-like fixed grip safety. That alone likely took two days to make. The masterful dehorning, the hand made magwell, the checkering, the custom beavertail, the YUGE comp, a 5 1/2 inch match grade Wilson pipe, and an adjustable Bomar, all cloaked in nickel/NP3 and shod in carbon fiber grips, make this thing (to me) a virtual work of art. As my buddy Tony would say, the thing looks like it’s going fast, just sitting on the counter. This gun was not assembled…it was built, and there’s a difference. Of course today’s background music is of course Immigrant Song