1973 70 series Colt in .45 ACP by RG Curtis–an AMU armorer who apprenticed under Richard Shockey. Curtis acquired Shockey’s business upon his retirement and continued custom 1911 work like this for decades after. I have never been able to source a picture of Curtis.
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Well, of all of ’em, that’s the nicest looking. Or the least ugly.
I’m puzzled about the Rube Goldberg foresights on these things. Did the rules of the game prohibit longslides, or were there simply no longslides around when these were made? I Know Arnie used an AMT longslide in Terminator in 1984.
It seems (to me) like it would be better to put a 6 inch rib on a longside gun, versus that thing that they’ve done with the standard slide length.
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long slides werent made during the time of those guns, i don’t believe.
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A long slide could be fabricated by grafting an extension to an existing slide; that is how Clark and Hoag made their long slides. There were no aftermarket 6″ slides widely available until Caspian started to offer them.
One thing to consider is the effect of the extra slide mass on the recoil cycle, especially when using low velocity “Soft Ball” wadcutter loads.
The sight rib extension was just an easier way to get the longer sight radius without the hassle of fabricating a long slide.
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Thanks for the background. I assumed something lkke that must’ve been the case.
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