Category Archives: Guns

This Colt came to me about 40% done, my client bought it and a box of parts from a deceased gunsmith’s estate. I told him to send it and I would see if it was worth saving/finishing. Well, this gun had been equipped with accurails, the Clark barrel and bushing expertly fit, the slide flatsContinue reading “60% KGB Customs Colt”

Very Cool. It also restates my long held and often stated dislike for “hard fit” 1911s for carry and combat. Any pistol fitted to the tightness of 1911s like this would have trouble in dirty environments but, at the time it was thought a 1911 had to be hard fit for accuracy. The irony isContinue reading “Brad Halling’s Delta Force 1911”

pistol_purview Colt 70 series 1911 comp gun chambered in 45 ACP by master smith Jim Garthwaite…the gentle giant. All the boxes are checked here — low mount Bomar, hard fit Barsto, hand checkering for days, French borders, lowered and flared ejection port, lustrous blueing— I could go on and on. Grips by Craig Spegel, becauseContinue reading “Jim Garthwaite Custom Colt 1911”

pistol_purview 1980 Combat Commander in .45 ACP made by Craig Wetstein. Straight out of gunsmithing school, Wetstein was one of the young guns that was building what is arguably the most famous custom 1911 ever manufactured—the famed Pachmayr Combat Special. After that, he left Pachmayr and opened his own shop called “Auto Shop” in CulverContinue reading “Craig Wetstein Custom Colt Combat Commander”

Now here is something you don’t see every day. Pictures from our pal, Karl at KGBcustoms.