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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