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The C&S limited edition “Retro-1911” honors the very first production run of 500 pistols. Highlights include original style carbona bluing, nitred parts and 19 authentically reproduced original parts! Roy Huntington A flawless from 1911 1912! There are six obvious differences between Bill’s “original” retro-1911 here and the 1911A1. Can you spot ‘em? So there we were sitting around my kitchen table the evening before a 1911 “build” class I was hosting with Bill Laughridge, owner and guru of the Cylinder & Slide shop. We’d had just enough amber libation so that conversation was flowing, and we thought ourselves much smarter than we actually were. Out of the blue Bill said, “I’m going to do a limited run of 1911s for the 100 th anniversary of the breed. But, I want them to exactly mirror a gun as it would have left Colt in 1912, essentially one of the first 500 1911s made. What do you think about that?” grinned Bill. So I thought about that some. “You mean, 48 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST <strong>2011</strong>
While the picture doesn’t do the carbona bluing justice, you can see the nitre-blued highlights. There’s no screw in the mag release, as per the original. If you had seen one of the first 500 Colts off the line, you’d have seen this. cylider & slide you’ll customize a Colt and make it look like an early gun?” “Nope, it’s going to be exactly like a 1911 made by Colt in 1912, like one of those rare minty ones you see in fancy collector’s books. I’ve been nosing around, looking at early guns, finding what the differences are — and there are lots of differences — and I think I can do it. I’m actually going to have special parts made to match original specs.” “Really? Lots of differences? I didn’t think there were that many,” I said. “What, maybe sights and the safety and hammer or something?” Silly me. “Oh, how about sights, firing pin and stop, barrel throat and contour, frame, hammer, sear, disconnector, trigger, mag catch, grip safety, thumb safety, slide stop, mainspring housing, grip screws, recoil spring plug … um, should I go on?” “Geez Bill, I had no idea,” I admitted. “How will you duplicate all that stuff?” I asked sincerely. At least as sincerely I can be with Bill. “I’m finding out it won’t be easy, and that I should have started a year or two ago,” laughed Bill. In the spirit of the moment, I dug out my “old 1911 stuff” box and dropped it on the table. “Any of this help? I asked. Bill started pawing through it. “You’ve got some great old parts here,” he said, then stopped abruptly, holding up a magazine. “Do you know what you have here?” “Um … a sorta’ old 1911 magazine?” I felt like I was in trouble. Like I got Continued on page 74 Note the shorter grip safety, flat mainspring housing and original style “double diamond” grips. The original mags had pinned base plates and the plate stuck out below the magazine body. Called “Visible Base” magazines, you’re looking at lots of hand-work here! Note the lanyard loop on both the magazine and the bottom of the mainspring housing, and the “thin” grips screw heads An honest 50 yard group with this pistol, using Black Hills hardball. It’s about 4" and Roy admits using those original tiny sights is a challenge! WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM 49
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