A family of 1911's

[threefeathers]

Here is my family of 1911's thought I'd just get them together for a visit.
top. Colt Commander customized by Mike Chumeldeka, Springfield customized by by Sierra Vista guns, Colt Custom, El Campeon 38 Super.
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[Bridgeport Guy]

Very nice collection!

[TheSmokingGnu]

Those are really nice. I am particularly taken with the El Campeon .38 Super. Those were made to sell in Old Mexico, only occasionally do you see one up here north of the Border. They were really nice pistols.

Gonna show my age, but when I was a kid here in Arizona (Southern part then, Central now), I would go down to Nogales, Naco or Agua Prieta with my father on his business trips. At that time, there were still survivors of the Mexican Revolution serving in the Mexican Army (they had no retirement plan, so if you needed income, you just stayed on active duty — some of those guys were in their eighties). Back then, the officers of the Mexican Army carried M1911A1s just like our Army did. The difference was that the pistol was personally issued to the officer, it didn't belong to the unit arms room. Every time an officer got promoted (and some of the ones commanding 50-60 man units were Brigadier Generals) he took some of his first pay raise and had some more engraving and silver/gold inlay work done on his pistol. They were beautiful works of art (some were gaudy, but a lot of them were really pretty). My father, however, said that some of them had been turned into steel lacework by some much deep engraving that he would be afraid to fire any of them. It didn't matter, they were, like the little pistols of the Euro armies, really symbols of command, not weapons.

Anyway, congratulations of the "family." And, as I said, on the El Campeon.

Cool.

[threefeathers]

Gnu, thank you so much. There is a story about the El Campeon.
Ten years ago I was at Trailboss (when Gary forst opened on Wilcox Blvd) and I was browsing. A Mexican Policeman was there and he was desperate to trade this fine piece for a Sig 226. Gary realized that to a dealer an El Series is going to sit in the case until the right person comes. But, he realized that I like Colts.
He had the Mexican Police man show me the gun. We went outside and I offered the fellow $450. cash.
That was enough for him to put with the cash he had for the Sig he wanted along with 100 rounds of ammo.
This fellow realized that in today's border wars a Sig is a force multiplyer when you can't shoot especially well. Gary threw in another mag for the fellow so he left with three.
I called Lew Horton the next day and almost fell off my chair when he told me the value of the El Camp. Gawd!!!!!!! Whooooie.

I keep toying with the idea of sending it to ROBAR and keeping the name on the gun but converting it to a Tactical Handgun.
OR...... I could just get a regular .38 Super XSE. We'll see.

[TheSmokingGnu]

I keep toying with the idea of sending it to ROBAR and keeping the name on the gun but converting it to a Tactical Handgun.
OR...... I could just get a regular .38 Super XSE. We'll see.

Boy, I wouldn't touch it, except to shoot it. They are unusual enough to be worth preserving as is. Go get the new one to customize (it's what I did)

Ten cuidado, 'mano.

[CDogg]

makes me wanna just dive into my laptop and grab them beauties. Nice toys threefeathers