The Garthwaite Zero
I have been fotunate enough to know the owner of the very first, full-house offering by this master, as well as to handle it. I don't want to bore you, but suffice to say that the gun is beautiful and runs flawlessly. The owner, purchased a Gold Cup in 1973. "By 1975, all the cool guys were shooting Governments. I wanted a Government. Jim was just a kid who came to our matches and offered to work on our guns. I gave him my gun and told him what I wanted. It shoots great. Since I got it back from Jim (some thirty years ago), I've never had a stop, or malfunction of any kind."
The build:
Colt Gold Cup frame.
Government slide; target sights fitted.
NM bbl hard fitted and crowned.
NM bushing fitted.
Sear, disconnector replaced and fit.
Hammer and trigger bow refinished.
Slide to frame fit, refit.
Front strap serrated.
MSH hand checkered.
Trigger set to a crisp, 4.5lb pull.
Friends, you cannot begin to imagine what it's like to shoot a master's gun that has had this many thousand rounds through it and been racked as many times as this.
It's simply an amazing piece.
Thankfully, it's not a safe queen! To the owner, God bless him, "it's just a shooter."
Guns kill people the same way spoons make you fat.
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