Custom "Just Because" Project Finished

[doc540]

finally got some pro pics instead of the amateur pics I've been posting



Colt Custom Shop Royal Blue

[Jaguar]

Um, can you fill me in on the model 1991?

[doc540]

Um, can you fill me in on the model 1991?

It's the cheapest, lowest quality 1911 Colt's ever made.

I made a purse from a sow's ear.

Colt Custom Shop Royal Blue refin

Kim Ahrends made the stocks from a piece of the same wood as the box

[Jaguar]

I wasn't aware there is a M1991 - good job, looks like a quality firearm, now.

[doc540]

I wasn't aware there is a M1991 - good job, looks like a quality firearm, now.

thnx

the M1991A's, I think, were the lowest quality 1911's Colt's ever made.

was all I could afford at the time

[bulinm]

Looks Great !!

[G26ster]

Did you make the box?

[doc540]

Did you make the box?

Nosir, a lifelong friend made it as a gift from some old Goncalo Alves wood he'd had stashed in his shop for decades.

[G26ster]

Did you make the box?

Nosir, a lifelong friend made it as a gift from some old Goncalo Alves wood he'd had stashed in his shop for decades.

[ Image ]

Aw heck, I need about 10 of them for my collector guns Beautiful gun and box!

[eureka40]

That's very nice, you should be proud!!!

[Dadtodabone]

the M1991A's, I think, were the lowest quality 1911's Colt's ever made.

Cosmetically, yes - it was a deliberate "economy" version (based on the Series 80 design with firing-pin safety) with plastic trigger, parkerizing instead of bluing, etc. The base gun itself is fairly decent - you've made it look extraordinarily nice and if it shoots well, who cares about the roll-mark? :)

Colt's answer to the SA and Norinco 1911s that were taking market share away. The 1991A1 roll mark, inexpensive finish, rubber grips and GI sights as well as reducing cost to produce were meant to evoke the USGI contract guns of WWII vintage and they were marketed that way. The 1991A1 serial numbers pick up from the last contract from 1945. The 1991A1 is technically still in production, though with a new Rampant Pony roll mark, as the Colt Government Model. Thus we have the "ORM" and "NRM" designations for the pistols. Finishes and grips have varied throughout production, plastic-rubber-wood grips, parkerized-matte/satin blue-polished blue.
Surprisingly, the characteristics that define the "ORM" pistol, reliability and accuracy, are production artifacts from returning to tolerance levels that more closely mirrored the original Browning design. I bought a 3 inch and a 5 inch in May 1992, $398.72 and $412.93 including tax from "Big 5" sporting goods. Yes, I still have the receipts, and the 3 inch has been/is part of my edc rotation.

[doc540]

the M1991A's, I think, were the lowest quality 1911's Colt's ever made.

Cosmetically, yes - it was a deliberate "economy" version (based on the Series 80 design with firing-pin safety) with plastic trigger, parkerizing instead of bluing, etc. The base gun itself is fairly decent - you've made it look extraordinarily nice and if it shoots well, who cares about the roll-mark? :)

Colt's answer to the SA and Norinco 1911s that were taking market share away. The 1991A1 roll mark, inexpensive finish, rubber grips and GI sights as well as reducing cost to produce were meant to evoke the USGI contract guns of WWII vintage and they were marketed that way. The 1991A1 serial numbers pick up from the last contract from 1945. The 1991A1 is technically still in production, though with a new Rampant Pony roll mark, as the Colt Government Model. Thus we have the "ORM" and "NRM" designations for the pistols. Finishes and grips have varied throughout production, plastic-rubber-wood grips, parkerized-matte/satin blue-polished blue.
Surprisingly, the characteristics that define the "ORM" pistol, reliability and accuracy, are production artifacts from returning to tolerance levels that more closely mirrored the original Browning design. I bought a 3 inch and a 5 inch in May 1992, $398.72 and $412.93 including tax from "Big 5" sporting goods. Yes, I still have the receipts, and the 3 inch has been/is part of my edc rotation.

thank you for that information

[Dadtodabone]

You are most welcome. I've had the pleasure of owning 37 1911s, and while I bought some on spec, I do love the big ol' slabs of steel, and wished I still owned all 37.