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5/20/2025 10:46:54 PM
 
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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Stu's 1911 on Gun Broker Msg# 1225548
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Guys--this is the gun's description Stu posted in the photo gallery:
Description: Custom work on this Colt by the late Russ Carniak includes low-mounted Bo-Mar adjustable sight, lowered ejection port, and reliability job. I added the Videcki trigger, Herrett stocks, hard bushing and a modified grip safety. The rug is one of a few that Carniak had made up in order to shake loose a parts backlog from Colt - once he sent their sales rep a gun rug with "Norinco" on it, the back-ordered Colt parts suddenly appeared on his doorstep! |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: That's a strange reply from the seller... I never heard of Bo-Mar sights coming from the factory as that rear sight required a custom cut, which also tells you that the gun is not stock. I don't believe the front sight was stock, either, as the back of it has been relieved in tiny stair steps to cut glare. And, while Colt sometimes installed a paddle-styled, drop-in semi beavertail grip safety I don't think they ever did a full beavertail like this gun has. You'd think a dealer/shop owner would know all this??? While Colt might have included a three-hole aluminum trigger on some guns (although I've never seen an example of that) I'd bet the same gunsmith Stu mentioned fitted this trigger when he did all the rest of the work, probably including a trigger job. |
