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Post by aciera on Sept 4, 2021 15:20:39 GMT -5
Bought a HEAVY pinto ugly “Gold Cup”
Pawn shop. I said it wasn’t a Gold Cup.....not with a six digit serial number. Just the slide I just liked the mongrel. Bought it. Now the trigger was nice......target nice. So said a gun junkie and competition shooter since he was 14.......the more he played with it the more he looked past the weight and stocks Swenson ambidextrous safety Gold cup slide....blue Commander style hammer.....relieved all over Squared trigger guard and checkered Tight slide....try to measure play tonight Checkering front and back. Looks like hard chromed frame A 1918 COMMERCIAL serial number And an 1/8” thick piece of steel under each pewter US Army emblem stock/grip. And a piece spot welded to the 1/8” plate to fill the cutout in the frame. Nice ID threaded studs to hold it. Adjustable trigger BoMar sights Bomar barrel
What else should I look for on this beast........a lot of OT at work so haven’t shot it yet.
Somebody cared.
Thanks
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Post by Fowler on Sept 4, 2021 15:34:13 GMT -5
This is going to require pics, sounds like you may have found a gem
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Post by aciera on Sept 4, 2021 16:00:02 GMT -5
This is going to require pics, sounds like you may have found a gem Yeah. Someone cared.......getting ebony stocks........ Need someone to PM me an email I can send pictures to do they can post them.
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Post by aciera on Sept 4, 2021 16:04:37 GMT -5
The gun junkie who I showed it to is 70+ and been shooting since 14. He was a buyer for Bass Pro for their Fine Gun Rooms. All over the country buying collections for Bass Pro So no rookie....Still does appraisals
He thought I over paid when he picked it up and it weighed a ton. Lol But he kept looking. And got intrigued.........
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Post by aciera on Sept 4, 2021 17:58:13 GMT -5
I have a poster for pictures!!! Thanks
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Post by bradshaw on Sept 4, 2021 22:22:27 GMT -5
Bought a HEAVY pinto ugly “Gold Cup” Pawn shop. I said it wasn’t a Gold Cup.....not with a six digit serial number. Just the slide I just liked the mongrel. Bought it. Now the trigger was nice......target nice. So said a gun junkie and competition shooter since he was 14.......the more he played with it the more he looked past the weight and stocks Swenson ambidextrous safety Gold cup slide....blue Commander style hammer.....relieved all over Squared trigger guard and checkered Tight slide....try to measure play tonight Checkering front and back. Looks like hard chromed frame A 1918 COMMERCIAL serial number And an 1/8” thick piece of steel under each pewter US Army emblem stock/grip. And a piece spot welded to the 1/8” plate to fill the cutout in the frame. Nice ID threaded studs to hold it. Adjustable trigger BoMar sights Bomar barrel What else should I look for on this beast........a lot of OT at work so haven’t shot it yet. Somebody cared. Thanks ***** To enhance feeding and speed recoil recovery from bullseye loads, Colt lightened the Gold Cup slide with interior scallops. Sounds like the frame is a brick, the slide a feather. While I am no authority on 1911’s built by Armand Swenson, I’ve handled a few. Swenson’s gunsmithing made for an aesthetically complete pistol. While I do not like a Smith & Wesson sight on any gun but a Smith & Wesson, such installation was a Swenson signature. I have heard that early the 1911 was softer than the A1. Perhaps hard chroming was first used on custom 1911’s for this reason. As for the slide a tight slide, it is more important for fit to be tight in battery than retracted. As for measuring slide play, reckon you can do that by clamping the frame in a vise to measure play with a dial indicator. I’d rather shoot @ 50 and 100 yards. Bo-Mar made the best handgun rear sight. Never heard of a Bo-Mar barrel. David Bradshaw
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Post by AxeHandle on Sept 5, 2021 7:45:52 GMT -5
Remember a Swenson built 1911 (Not A1) at the old Aero Marine in Birmingham in the 70s. Gun looked good.
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Post by aciera on Sept 5, 2021 9:10:34 GMT -5
Bought a HEAVY pinto ugly “Gold Cup” Pawn shop. I said it wasn’t a Gold Cup.....not with a six digit serial number. Just the slide I just liked the mongrel. Bought it. Now the trigger was nice......target nice. So said a gun junkie and competition shooter since he was 14.......the more he played with it the more he looked past the weight and stocks Swenson ambidextrous safety Gold cup slide....blue Commander style hammer.....relieved all over Squared trigger guard and checkered Tight slide....try to measure play tonight Checkering front and back. Looks like hard chromed frame A 1918 COMMERCIAL serial number And an 1/8” thick piece of steel under each pewter US Army emblem stock/grip. And a piece spot welded to the 1/8” plate to fill the cutout in the frame. Nice ID threaded studs to hold it. Adjustable trigger BoMar sights Bomar barrel What else should I look for on this beast........a lot of OT at work so haven’t shot it yet. Somebody cared. Thanks ***** To enhance feeding and speed recoil recovery from bullseye loads, Colt lightened the Gold Cup slide with interior scallops. Sounds like the frame is a brick, the slide a feather. While I am no authority on 1911’s built by Armand Swenson, I’ve handled a few. Swenson’s gunsmithing made for an aesthetically complete pistol. While I do not like a Smith & Wesson sight on any gun but a Smith & Wesson, such installation was a Swenson signature. I have heard that early the 1911 was softer than the A1. Perhaps hard chroming was first used on custom 1911’s for this reason. As for the slide a tight slide, it is more important for fit to be tight in battery than retracted. As for measuring slide play, reckon you can do that by clamping the frame in a vise to measure play with a dial indicator. I’d rather shoot @ 50 and 100 yards. Bo-Mar made the best handgun rear sight. Never heard of a Bo-Mar barrel. David Bradshaw I’m sorry David......Bar-Sto barrel......we’ve been working 12 hour shifts this week. The plates form part of a magazine well with the bottom edge beveled
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Post by aciera on Sept 5, 2021 9:47:38 GMT -5
Turned the plates inside out to hold the frame in the Kurt.........1 to 1/2 ......1 3/4 thou without really pushing. I’m 4” above the vice jaws doing this........so the frame can bend.
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Post by squawberryman on Sept 6, 2021 7:21:58 GMT -5
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Post by aciera on Sept 6, 2021 13:42:35 GMT -5
Thanks Ol Buddy!!!!
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Post by rjm52 on Sept 7, 2021 7:23:36 GMT -5
Swenson squared the trigger guards on many of his guns and was one of the first to hard chrome either just the frame or the whole gun. It very well could be one of his. I have only handled a few back in the 1980s when I shot IPSC at the Dallas Pistol and Revolver Club. A couple of the guys who shot there had Swenson made guns..never shot one however.
Bob
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Post by aciera on Sept 7, 2021 16:24:54 GMT -5
Swenson squared the trigger guards on many of his guns and was one of the first to hard chrome either just the frame or the whole gun. It very well could be one of his. I have only handled a few back in the 1980s when I shot IPSC at the Dallas Pistol and Revolver Club. A couple of the guys who shot there had Swenson made guns..never shot one however. Bob Thanks. Just saw this and all the details.......someone cared. So I took it home. We were without power at work for a couple of days and there was OT to try and catch up. Haven’t even had it apart yet. But the slide is so tight and smooth.....the trigger has some movement.....just take up. And then breaks.
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Post by squawberryman on Sept 7, 2021 18:25:52 GMT -5
Pull the slide off, yer killinnnnnnn meh!
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Post by aciera on Sept 7, 2021 18:27:10 GMT -5
I’m at work.....they frown on that.
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