Fellas,
This is a revised version of an olser post I had on Pistolsmith.com. It is a Caspian based .45ACP. All I can say every time I see or shoot it is WOW! It is absolutely beautiful, incredibly accurate, and runs like a sewing machine. It is everything I wanted and much, much more.
I got the idea for the overall style of the gun from a few places, but the biggest aesthetic influence came from Dane Burns' best grade Kimber/Caspian build seen on the Pistolsmith.com pages or his website. It's the one in his photo gallery on the purple background. An absolutely beautiful gun with every visual touch I have ever wanted in a 1911. Because I have been 100% satisfied with Dave's work for me in the past, I decided to get him to build me one. Dave isn't much on computers or the internet, and he's never seen Dane's gun. I simply described it to him, told him what parts I wanted, and he did the rest. Here's a brief list of what was done and used:
-Caspian Barstock slide, GI serrations, no logo
-Caspian Cast receiver, 30lpi hand checkered front strap
-Kart match barrel
-NM bushing
-Novak Lo-Mount rear sight and front dovetail, serrated
-Ed Brown flat MSH (w/30lpi hand checkering), hex grip screws & bushings, mag catch & hex head lock, plunger tube, recoil plug and rod, grip safety, thumb safety, hardcore slide stop, firing pin & stop, hammer, strut, sear, disconnector, extractor, and ejector
-STI pin set
-Wolff 18.5lb recoil spring, 17lb mainspring, sear spring, and firing pin spring
-Casull long solid trigger
-Hogue Goncalo Alves grip panels
-3.5lb trigger
-Polished slide flats and matte blue the rest of the gun
-Flush cut & crowned barrel to bushing
I apologize for the picture quality. I was fighting like mad to get the oil off of the gun, but lost the battle. I also realized after downloading the pics that I had tons of lint on it and was out of focus a bit. Sorry 'bout that, guys. Enough writing. Now for the pics:
The rest is self-explanatory
Enjoy!
~Jim Keeney
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