Joe C
Student of the 1911.
Here is a gun I just finished up building for your viewing pleasure. It is a Centerfire Bulls Eye gun...
CCP00002 is a very special gun to me. The new owner, who is a very dear friend of mine, has dubbed it "The Machine", and so it is. It has a ton of features on it, so many in fact that I'm not going to describe them all but you can see many of them in the pics.
A couple of things I will talk about though. First is the barrels. This gun is in appearance a long slide. But the barrels are actually standard GI length 5" barrels. Fred Totts was kind enough to make cones that I designed for me that are back bored on the front meaning that the last inch of the "barrel" is basically a bloop tube. This makes for a very flat shooting gun and a very cool look on the front end.
Another thing that is unique about the gun is the cosmetic cuts. In a preview picture elsewhere someone mentioned that it looked like Morse Code. In fact it is. There are five "X's" on the gun in various places. That, times the serial number, is 10...as in 10-X for you BE shooters out there.
The grips are the first of their kind...made by my good friends Ed Strange and Jake Rancourt at wickedgrips.com. They are a very rare natural colored Box Elder Burl with a Sterling Silver medallion of my logo set into them. They truly look incredible, especially in the sunlight.
Last is the nitre bluing. You never know exactly what you are going to get with that stuff. Thus, a hammer of gold. Fitting, considering the name of the pistol I think...and it looks great with the grips in my opinion.
So I hope you all enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed building it. And to my dear friend who is getting it, I hope you have a blast shooting it for many years to come! Have a great weekend everyone!
The .38 Super barrel shot pretty good for 10 shots at 50 yards it was .880".
The gun comes with two MSH's. This is the flat one. The other is arched.
Nitre blued recoil plug shows through one of the cuts.
Front of cone on the .38 Super is cut similar to the old Colt pocket models. Why? Because I like the look...
9mm barrel shot decent also at 1.045" for 10 shots at 50 yards.
Front end of the 9mm barrel was cut at 45 degrees just because I wanted it different.
CCP00002 is a very special gun to me. The new owner, who is a very dear friend of mine, has dubbed it "The Machine", and so it is. It has a ton of features on it, so many in fact that I'm not going to describe them all but you can see many of them in the pics.
A couple of things I will talk about though. First is the barrels. This gun is in appearance a long slide. But the barrels are actually standard GI length 5" barrels. Fred Totts was kind enough to make cones that I designed for me that are back bored on the front meaning that the last inch of the "barrel" is basically a bloop tube. This makes for a very flat shooting gun and a very cool look on the front end.
Another thing that is unique about the gun is the cosmetic cuts. In a preview picture elsewhere someone mentioned that it looked like Morse Code. In fact it is. There are five "X's" on the gun in various places. That, times the serial number, is 10...as in 10-X for you BE shooters out there.
The grips are the first of their kind...made by my good friends Ed Strange and Jake Rancourt at wickedgrips.com. They are a very rare natural colored Box Elder Burl with a Sterling Silver medallion of my logo set into them. They truly look incredible, especially in the sunlight.
Last is the nitre bluing. You never know exactly what you are going to get with that stuff. Thus, a hammer of gold. Fitting, considering the name of the pistol I think...and it looks great with the grips in my opinion.
So I hope you all enjoy the pics as much as I enjoyed building it. And to my dear friend who is getting it, I hope you have a blast shooting it for many years to come! Have a great weekend everyone!
The .38 Super barrel shot pretty good for 10 shots at 50 yards it was .880".
The gun comes with two MSH's. This is the flat one. The other is arched.
Nitre blued recoil plug shows through one of the cuts.
Front of cone on the .38 Super is cut similar to the old Colt pocket models. Why? Because I like the look...
9mm barrel shot decent also at 1.045" for 10 shots at 50 yards.
Front end of the 9mm barrel was cut at 45 degrees just because I wanted it different.
