longbough

Thanks.

My rifle collection isn't as big as my handgun collection but I do have some nice stuff. Here's the only photo I can find right now of my CQB carbine. I might have gotten a little carried away with the color balance.

It's basically a Colt AR with a few modifications: I swapped out the upper receiver for an LMT monolith - 16" barrel. The trigger is Compass Lake 2-stage. I have an Aimpoint Comp M3 sight on a LaRue mount with Troy BUIS. The stock is Magpul CTR and the grip is Magpul MAID with modified trigger guard. On the front end there's a Surefire M900A vertical foregrip with a LaRue QD mount mod. Finally it's got a Viking Tactics LR2 2-point sling that mounts directly to quick-detach points built into the stock and forend.



If you have a sharp eye you'll notice I took this photo before my front BUIS arrived.



Coming soon:

I just purchased the "crown jewel" of my handgun collection - a commercial Colt m1911A1 from 1925 with 99%+ of it's original gorgeous blueing! It looks practically brand new with only a nick in the grips. The original owner passed it (and a few other guns) to a friend in 1963 before he passed away. The friend shelved it and never shot it at all and gave it to my favorite local gunsmith last week to sell for him. I've never seen one in such good condition - ever!

I'll have it in my hands in another few weeks (thanks to California's handgun laws I have to wait 30 days between purchases). I'll post a photo when I have it.

BTW - the fella also had another interesting item. It was a Colt Woodsman from 1947 (mint condition, of course) with original box and papers. The grips were plastic "elephant ear" type. It was pointed out to me that "elephant ears" only came in walnut (that eroded with age) - not plastic. Even the box says these grips were hand-fitted for the pistol. Technically, this gun does not exist because there's no record about these grips ever having been produced by Colt. The gunsmith is still researching it. So far my research also doesn't turn up anything about this item. It's sitting on my local gunsmith's kitchen table until he can figure out what he's got.
There was a window of opportunity of one day where I could have bought it from him for about $1700 - which seems steep at first but, if it's truly a "one of a kind" item, it'd be nearly priceless for a collector.

In any case I'm not a gun speculator - I don't buy to sell. I buy to shoot and enjoy.... You bet I'm gonna shoot my 1925 Colt m1911A1.

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