Originally Posted by
USMC69
Front cocking serrations. In recent times, a lot of 1911's have been produced with cocking serrations on the back AND front of the slide. Custom and most semi-custom houses like Ed Brown, Baer, etc. will offer the option of eliminating the front serrations for custom builds.
I found it noteworthy that none of the pistols in the OP's collage appeared to have the front serrations. I don't recall whether "traditional" 1911's had the fronts or not, but I happen to be one of the "clean slide" guys that doesn't see the need for FCS. I also found it interesting that most, if not all of the pistols pictured had the mil-spec sights on them - again, I don't know if that's due to the lack of availability of adjustable/fixed "modern" rear sights and front blades, or that's the way the boys back in the day liked them. Cool pics, though.
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