Anthony and the 41 Magnum
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I've just acquired an unfired early 1980s Colt Series 80 Gov't Model, full sized, blued carbon steel, and wood grip panels.
I'd like to have it customized as a carry gun for the street, but I'm looking for the best gunsmith for the job.
Recently at an LFI-I class I was taking with Massad Ayoob, I asked him about the 1911 he carries. His was done by Mark Morris and he feels that Mark does the best work of anyone he has seen. That's a rather hefty statement coming from Ayoob. Morris has a three year backlog though. So I'm shopping for top drawer gunsmiths who specialize in the 1911 for combat.
I'm particularly interested in those that have had Wayne Novak or Clark Custom Guns do their 1911s as I've heard awesome things about these shops.
Please do not tell me to buy a different brand of gun or other such things. This is the 1911 I've always wanted and now I'd like to turn it into the best it can be.
Thanks for the input.
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- Anthony (the crazy Italian with a .41 Magnum)
"Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians by necessity, communities by tradition, and the lesson is inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons and lives from violence of any and every kind by all the means within their power."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'd like to have it customized as a carry gun for the street, but I'm looking for the best gunsmith for the job.
Recently at an LFI-I class I was taking with Massad Ayoob, I asked him about the 1911 he carries. His was done by Mark Morris and he feels that Mark does the best work of anyone he has seen. That's a rather hefty statement coming from Ayoob. Morris has a three year backlog though. So I'm shopping for top drawer gunsmiths who specialize in the 1911 for combat.
I'm particularly interested in those that have had Wayne Novak or Clark Custom Guns do their 1911s as I've heard awesome things about these shops.
Please do not tell me to buy a different brand of gun or other such things. This is the 1911 I've always wanted and now I'd like to turn it into the best it can be.
Thanks for the input.
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- Anthony (the crazy Italian with a .41 Magnum)
"Civilized people are taught by logic, barbarians by necessity, communities by tradition, and the lesson is inculcated even in wild beasts by nature itself. They learn that they have to defend their own bodies and persons and lives from violence of any and every kind by all the means within their power."
- Marcus Tullius Cicero