Colt 1911 with Ivory

smith17 · Oct 8, 2020

I know the pistol came from this site a few years back and I believe a gentle soul from Dixie allowed me to purchase the grips. I had never put the ivory on a gun before today as my paranoia on cracking them ran too high. However, my luck has been good this week as we got our 3rd cutting of hay this year, a first for us.
The 1911 Government Model is the nicest I have owned, being manufactured in 1951. The stocks came with a letter of authenticity from Kenya in 1970. They look pretty fair together.
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SAFireman · Oct 8, 2020

Very nice indeed!

Send some of that hay our way. It has been pretty dry here.

153 · Oct 8, 2020

Good combo, partial to that look myself!

colt_saa · Oct 8, 2020

Your's looks great.

It is hard not too like a blue Colt and Ivory

ContinentalOp · Oct 8, 2020

Very nice.

There's just something about a blued 1911 with ivory grips. They just go well together.

Murdock · Oct 8, 2020

Indeed, a favorite combination.

kwill1911 · Oct 8, 2020

Yup.

andy52 · Oct 8, 2020

I was in Kenya in that same time frame, Ivory was readily available at that time. I brought back a few pieces back with me and still have a couple of them.

505Gibbs · Oct 8, 2020

Here's my Custom Comp model in ivory.

kraynky · Oct 8, 2020

I'd say that they look waaay better than "pretty fair" together! They look great! All of them!

jimmyj · Oct 8, 2020

Awesome grips and M1911

crsides · Oct 8, 2020

Count me in.

moralem · Oct 9, 2020

You can’t go wrong with ivory or mastodon........

lawandorder · Oct 9, 2020

Kevin thanks for sharing that beauty. A true classic.

505Gibbs · Oct 9, 2020

Here's a piece from the now deceased John Nowlin for your pleasure.

03hemi · Oct 9, 2020

If ivory was so fragile you wouldn't see so many SAA from the 18th century with their markings or engravings worn near completely off and the original ivory stocks still on them.
If they're made correctly, they're more durable than you think. They'll shrink though, but to keep them from shrinking just rub them down once a year with food grade mineral oil. that's what I do.

Xfuzz · Oct 9, 2020

Very nice 1911.
Bought this old Colt WWII commemorative years
back.
Strapped with some ivories I had.
Little flashy but I like it....

Onomea · Oct 9, 2020

Beautiful! Re paranoia about cracking them, just take care not to over tighten the grip screws and you’ll be fine.

CH4 · Oct 9, 2020

Beautiful!

Nothing like the look and feel of ivory on a 1911. No Colts, but I have two EBs so adorned.

CQB27 · Oct 9, 2020

All these beautiful guns with Ivory grips. I look at them and think..."What else is there to do to a 1911? Ivory stocks on an American icon is about as close to perfection as it gets."

Well done gentlemen...Well Done!

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