Can’t help noticing the slide top treatments from today’s gunsmiths. This from 2002 shows the milling done before sight cuts so it makes for a cleaner plane. Just my personal taste is all.
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Speaking of slide treatments, I learned a couple weeks ago that French Borders on 1911 slides were first used by custom smiths to cover up their cosmetic screwups and then became popular as they were seen as a sign of custom work. Neat fun fact
Speaking of slide treatments, I learned a couple weeks ago that French Borders on 1911 slides were first used by custom smiths to cover up their cosmetic screwups and then became popular as they were seen as a sign of custom work. Neat fun fact
French Borders? Could someone educate me on this?
I am fond of the chevrons and the ball cut to set up the transition from side to top.
It's the border that's milled between the flat and the round of the slide
I am fond of the chevrons and the ball cut to set up the transition from side to top.
I can't resist my new custom gaboon ebony grips. The one piece Ed Brown Snake SkinPattern Magwell, fills out the blacked-out feel. I had to adjust the photo for the details even.
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Had not heard of Mitch Rosen, before. Just checking out their site. Wow!