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szup

13th March 2006, 18:16

1911_lover

13th March 2006, 19:23

Any ideas on the value of this? I had an Ed Brown Memory Groove Beavertail and Heine Sights milled into the slide. Also had the slide to frame tightened and had a new trigger and trigger job done on it. I appreciate all responses.

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In my area, the gun would sell for $550-$650. The labor to customize it would be around $250. So I would say that you would have to pay somewhere around $900 plus parts for the gun if you had the work done.

Personally, I am not willing to pay up for a customized gun that I do not know the history of and know who did the work. If it was sitting on the used shelf at a local shop, I expect it would retail for $650-$750.

Just my thoughts.......

szup

13th March 2006, 19:30

I appreciate the response. Most of the work was done by Gunsmith Steve Nastoff.
A very, very talented man. If I could only find that receipt. My wife had him install the Heine sights. That was the last mod he did.

RandyColt

14th March 2006, 11:43

It is interesting to me that you needed to have the slide to frame fit tightened. I have several Colt Enhanced pistols and the slide to frame fit is nice and tight on all of them. I was beginning to think that was something Colt did on all the Enhanced guns, but maybe not, maybe I just got lucky (not something that usually happens). Has anyone else noticed the Enhanced Series 80 guns being tighter than what we have been accustomed to seeing? I guess I should post this under it's own thread.

szup

14th March 2006, 21:34

It was very sloppy. That was the initial reason I sent it off. I have had other Enhanced Models that were fitted really well and some that were not. Probably a "luck of the draw" type situation.
But this one is amazing "now" very tight all around, super smooth and great lockup.