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The Summer Special is a 50th Anniversary special edition that the Milt Sparks shop put out in 2019 (1969-2019). I was fortunate enough to get one.

In regards to the Premier II thumb safety, they normally come with a huge boat paddle ambi style, which I don't care for, so I had mine swapped for an old school small Colt style for carry purposes, as well as adding a Smith and Alexander magwell, and a fiber optic front sight. I figure if I am going to spend that kind of coin on a custom 1911, I want it exactly how I want it, not how someone else thinks it should be.

This particular P-II is one of the 1.5" @ 50 yard guns and it certainly shoots up to that accuracy guarantee. I have yet to find a load it does not like. Hard not to like a 1911 that is ultra accurate and ultra reliable. Money well spent.

Not fancy, not expensive (well, I did do a lot of work to it...), but it does what I need it to do, accurately and reliably.

Lightweight Commander, Wiley Clapp version in either the standard Commander or Officer’s model.

Sig, hands down.

I'd consider selling it if your interested. It's like new and shot very little (less than 100 rounds). I have an EAA Witness 10mm I tend to shoot more is the only reason I'm considering selling.

A pair of Dan Wessons; PM-45 and PM-9 for Action Pistol steel plates, they are best deal in their price range, shear perfection and tack drivers too.

Kimber Eclipse series.

The para frame kit with a Kart barrel that I put together 30 plus years ago that shot the [bleep] out of area 3 scores in Missouri

What a coincidence my 10mm is a Witness also with some kind of silver coating called wonder finish or something like that.

Ruger, set up to fire .45 Super.








With a barrel-bushing comp, not real efficient at reducing recoil, but really reduced slide velocity. Makes it clumsy to carry, so I took it back off, I don't shoot Supers that much. It dribbles cases from standard .45 ACP 230 ball loads at your feet.







I sent the barrel to a guy in NC, he honed the throat to accommodate cast bullets, shoots a 255 grain LBT great, I can seat out to where case capacity is not compromised, helping with pressure. 1050 fps gives it a little "smack".

No love for Rock Island Armory...

Rowland is way ahead of you.

Got one o' dem, too!

Shooting the same bullet, just faster. The comp on this works better, so recoil is about the same.

Clark conversion.

Another bullet I like in both pistols is the Missouri Bullet Company's 250 grain Pinbuster.

It is actually more accurate in my Super, but the difference in meplat is hard to ignore.




Alright, alright, enough applause on the fine photography, let's stay with the subject, please....

Yep.

I'm down to a little over three minutes to switch from .45ACP to .460 and vice versa. Clark Conversion is where it's at. I got the gold cup version for a Colt Trophy

A Crown Royal bag comes in handy for the parts not currently being used in the gun.

Note: Got the bags from a Friend. I hate blended whisky. Ha!

The .460 ain't no disco, but I still prefer that Ruger in Super w/o the comp, just carries better. I still grab the Rowland once in a while, though.

I'll have to get a CR bag, much more class than a zip-loc.

Plain Colt Series 70

Colt Series 70 “Competition”

Dan Wesson Guardian

I bought one of those new from a gun store in the early 1980s. I sold it in the late 1980s to fund the purchase of a Browning High Power. Should have kept it. Mine had a golden Colt medallion in both stocks.