Not a Ruger but here’s my build

I'm not part of any other forums and don't know too many people that would appreciate this so I thought I'd post a couple pictures of my dream gun build. It's built on a Caspian frame/slide by Innovative Custom Guns. It turned out amazing. I haven't got to the range yet. It's a mix of Ed Brown, 10-8, Novak, Heine, and EGW. It has a Kart barrel and Hogue aluminum grips. It's finished with Ionbond DLC

Very nice!

That's a very clean looking 1911! I like it.

Nice! I like the finish.

Let Us Know How It Shoots. Great Looking Piece...

Be proud! Looks great. Suspect it will shoot just as great as it looks. Give us a report!

Looks fit for serious business...

Looking Good. My guess is you will drop those aluminum grips, I have tried them in the past, cold in the winter and not much grip in your hand.
And just wait till they start telling you all you have to do is buy parts and slap them on. I tell them go for it, and when nothing is fitting call me. LOL

That's really nice looking. I like the clean unmarked slide. Looks like a quality handgun.
I can't stand the trend to name all the different models (Springfield / Dan Wesson et Al) such as "Ronin" "Opearator" "Valor" etc etc etc

Baxter6551 said:

...I can't stand the trend to name all the different models (Springfield / Dan Wesson et Al) such as "Ronin" "Opearator" "Valor" etc etc etc

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Ditto! I guess it's marketing; I imagine Springfield may have intended to remind folks of the movie "Ronin", or maybe some video game with "Operator" in the title, but all of those names just scream "mall ninja" as far as I'm concerned.

(Funny thing, though, I ended up trading an AR for a Springer "Ronin" back during the Wu Flu, mostly because it was the nicest 1911 the FFL had in stock that didn't have a rail. And for me, rails on handguns scream "mall ninja" even louder than goofy names. Also on the plus side, my gunsmith thought it had a decent trigger, which was more important than the name on the slide.)

As always IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc.

Thanks for the responses. Clean and classic is what I was going for. Kind of like a resto-ride. All the reliability with subtle tweaks but still looking original. I agree about the aluminum grips and may end up changing them for rubber like I had on a Colt 1991. I really would like to find nice olive wood grips but have to recover from the blow to my budget it took to get it done.

very nice looking 1911

Good job.

I like it. 1911s are easy to customize to a shooters individual tastes with changes to the features/details. Little things, such as I recently changed out the mainspring housing on my lightweight SR1911 because I prefer the arched MSH. It's what I got used to when I started shooting 1911s over 40 years ago. Virtually all factory guns (there wasn't much besides Colts or GI at that time) then had arched housings, now days the trend is flat MSHs.
Your gun is very business-like, with a no-nonsense look and features.

Beautiful Build. The aluminum grips will probably be the first to go if you actually shoot it. Cold and slick.

Really nice looking.....2nd, 3rd, and 4th on the aluminum grips commentary.....they look great but can be slippery.... My weakness is for Laminated Rosewood grips....I think they look the best on most guns.....

NICE

MalteseHoss said:

I'm not part of any other forums and don't know too many people that would appreciate this so I thought I'd post a couple pictures of my dream gun build. It's built on a Caspian frame/slide by Innovative Custom Guns. It turned out amazing. I haven't got to the range yet. It's a mix of Ed Brown, 10-8, Novak, Heine, and EGW. It has a Kart barrel and Hogue aluminum grips. It's finished with Ionbond DLC View attachment 19890View attachment 19891View attachment 19892View attachment 19893

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Beautiful!!!! Build me one, Please!!!

the_leper_colony said:

Ditto! I guess it's marketing; I imagine Springfield may have intended to remind folks of the movie "Ronin", or maybe some video game with "Operator" in the title, but all of those names just scream "mall ninja" as far as I'm concerned.

(Funny thing, though, I ended up trading an AR for a Springer "Ronin" back during the Wu Flu, mostly because it was the nicest 1911 the FFL had in stock that didn't have a rail. And for me, rails on handguns scream "mall ninja" even louder than goofy names. Also on the plus side, my gunsmith thought it had a decent trigger, which was more important than the name on the slide.)

As always IMHO, FWIW, YMMV, etc., etc.

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Nice 1911's

as far as names, I would rather have Ronin as a model name than Pit Bull or Pug or one of the other bad names that scream I am mean and nasty.