Recent content by Brian48

Congrats. My GC is still my favorite 1911 after all these years. I just love the classic lines and the history behind the model. Bought mine brand new 21 years ago. It started out life as an Enhanced Model GC, but this year I had Colt "convert" it to a more traditional configuration with the...

Mine does that a little bit. Not a big deal for me.

I carry my SR9C in a DeSantis IWB.

Thunderbolts have been crap for the 30 years I've been shooting. I would imagine they were crap even going back further. Guaranteed to lead up my barrel after a box or two. I avoided Tbolts even during the shortages.

Was thinking the same thing. I'd leave it.

Besides my CMD, here's the others in my safe. Ignore the 10mm.

I use CLP/BReakfree for pretty much everything, although from time to time, I'll put a little Mobile one on the rails.

Being an ex-Jarhead, I'm a little anal retentive when it comes to cleaning my guns. I disassemble and clean my mags after each and every range trip. Because I have a lot of mags and don't know how long each particular one will sit in storage until its used again, I generally live a thin coat of...

I've found over the years the best way to avoid the idiot scratch is to simple not allow anyone else to field strip and reassemble my guns. Complete peace of mind for me.

I personally think my SR9C is as an ugly of a duckling as you can get, but that's me. I got it because it's a great carry gun, not because she's a great looker.

My Kimber .22 conversion kit would not fit with my CMD. Slide could not be cycled all the way back. Works fine with my Colt and SW1911. YMMV, of course.

I agree. The strut is probably not in the right place. Its very easy to make this mistake during reassembly. It happens to me every now and then when I'm rushing and not paying attending. Just disassemble and reassembly and see what happens.

The P90.

Recently got my gun back from the factory for repairs. The slide stop spring had worked itself loose from the tab securing it. A common enough problem and an easy fix for Ruger. The only problem now is that the thumb safety is impossible for me to disengage from the LEFT side. I can engage...

I already had the thumb safety laying around in my bin of misc 1911 parts. It came off an old custom build I had one time put together. It might have originally come of a GI gun, but I recall refinishing it allong with the Essex frame I had about 20 years ago.