Stainless controlls or blue controls?

[wot_racing]

As most of you know I have been working on my colt commander... I have come to a problem however.. I had intentionally planned to get the whole thing hard chromed... However, after installing a few parts, I like the two tone look.. Should I put polished stainless thumb safety, beavertail, and slide stop? or leave the blued ones in..

http://s-seriesforum.com/albums/WOTracing/trigger.jpg

[Rio Vista Slim]

If it was my piece, I'd leave the blue parts as is. That's just my opinion, though, and counts for less than it took to type.

[Joni Lynn]

I think I'd go with blued.

[paul45]

I vote for blue.

[Jeffrey]

I'm with the others. I'd go with blue.

[elijdub]

Alright, i'll break the mold. Normally i'm a traditionalist, so my vote would be to keep the gun original, but b/c it's already getting other mods, and the trigger isn't stock, i'm going to say: go for the polished stainless (definitely polished, and not bright, IMO), and make it "your own". Why not?!! Have fun with it!

[JaimeZX]

I'm also down for the two-tone look.

[brownie]

Well, I had one with contrasting controls (stainless gun, blued controls), and, while I liked the look at first, after a while it started looking like a pimp's piece to me, so I changed it to back to a uniform finish.

--Bill

[wot_racing]

I got bored.. And bad things happen when I am bored.. So I started tinkering, and next thing I knew, I had cut part of the frame off.. Polished is all I had laying around, so it went it.. I think, no, I KNOW i want to order a blued one to replace it, but here it is.. Now with a .250 ed brown beavertail...

http://s-seriesforum.com/albums/WOTracing/beavertail.jpg

[cameroni]

I'd go color-case hardened with fire-blue small parts...and different grips.

OR,Black-T.

Eli,nice avatar!! Love the wide-spur hammer. Very nice.

mike

[brownie]

I KNOW i want to order a blued one to replace it.....with a .250 ed brown beavertail...

Good choice.

--Bill

[Longslide]

The polished SS would give a nice contrast to the blued finish given the fiber carbon grips your pistol is sporting. That is just me. I like different - versus what everyone else has.

Make it unique!!!

[OD*]

I vote blue.

[elijdub]

Eli,nice avatar!! Love the wide-spur hammer. Very nice.
mike
Thanks Mike! WWI repro...

[niceone]

Blue finish for a black gun.
Polished stainless for a stainless gun.
Simple and nice.

[elijdub]

I got bored.. And bad things happen when I am bored.. So I started tinkering, and next thing I knew, I had cut part of the frame off.. Polished is all I had laying around, so it went it.. I think, no, I KNOW i want to order a blued one to replace it, but here it is.. Now with a .250 ed brown beavertail...

http://s-seriesforum.com/albums/WOTracing/beavertail.jpg
If you're goin' "blue" with the BT, i would stick with that theme on the whole gun, personally. ;)

[John]

If the gun is hard chromed, I would go with stainless parts.

Some years ago, my trusty Colt had a blue slide and frame and stainless controls (everything was stainless outside, mag release, slide release, thumb and grip safeties, trigger). Then the "tactical" thing hit me and I replaced everything with blue ones. And when I ordered my Talon, I had everything done in Black Diamond. Now, do I qualify for being .... tactical? :p

Men think in mysterious ways, don't you think? :D :)

[dakota1911]

I like blued parts on a blued gun and SS on SS gun.

[Pappy]

Why not have both? And change back and forth as the mood strikes you.

[larry starling]

Leave it blue........ :bed:

[K9american]

Those black grips gotta go. Looks like fishnet stockings.

My opinion only, of course. YMMV

[Rich-D]

Stick with the blue, and buy ammo with the money saved. Personally I don't care for flashy weapons. They provide nothing to improve the performance. They can give your position away in the heat of battle. And Juries frown upon glitzy guns.

[Tomcatt]

I say stay with the blued...
Tomcatt

[KCboy]

stay with the blued, also....the best is to keep it looking stock but you did already some enhancements. i personally don't go for the 2 toned look. if you want some color contrasts, change the grips.

[jeff1124]

Stick with blued parts, with the mix and match it looks kinda - "Kimberish"

[Rich-D]

Stick with blued parts, with the mix and match it looks kinda - "Kimberish"

"Kimberish" I like that description. You should submit it to Wikipedia Encyclopedia on line, as a new word meaning glitzy, gaudy, ostentatious.

:) :) :)

[KCboy]

Stick with blued parts, with the mix and match it looks kinda - "Kimberish"


great, i just learned a new word to include in my english vocabulary... :lh:

[daveohno]

great, i just learned a new word to include in my english vocabulary... :lh:
Hunter will be proud of that one.

[jeff1124]

"Kimberish" I like that description. You should submit it to Wikipedia Encyclopedia on line, as a new word meaning glitzy, gaudy, ostentatious.

:) :) :)

LOL, and the word is reversible! ish-kimber or kimber-ish! :D

[clughog]

Well, I'd stay with the blued, but either would look good--just personal preference!

[Reverend]

if two toned (blue slide and chromed frame) i think polished chrome would look nice on your controls. But if the entire gun were to be left blue then i guess blue would be more appropriate. One thing about a 1911 is that you can customize it according to "what appeals to you most" kinda thing. If you like boring monotonous mono tone gun............... go for a glock

[daveohno]

go for a glock

Eeeekkk, plastic guns! :scared:

[dakota1911]

The Kimber thing is interesting. Come to think of it the only 1911 I have that has both blued and SS parts is a Kimber. I guess the most important thing is that all the controls work 100% and are easy for you to deploy.