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Trying to identify......FINALLY A COUPLE OF PICS!!
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I don't have much info so bear with me. A friend of mine purchased a Colt 1911 with a lot of custom features ie.; beveled mag well, bar-sto barrel, large mag release, skeletonized hammer & trigger and so on and so on. It's stainless steel. On the left side of the slide there is a lion standing on its hind legs with its front legs outstretched and a "W" below and to the right. Does this ring a bell with anyone? The pistol appears to be brand new. Any guesses. All of this is on the left side of the slide.
THERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE FRAME. ONLY THE SLIDE.
THERE ARE NO MARKINGS ON THE FRAME. ONLY THE SLIDE.
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...What Rufe said...he has all the nice books![:p]
...What else besides the lion on the slide...Colt, Hartford, Series 70-80, pony, anything?
...Lots of different hammers/triggers that are not solid.
GCNM had an elongated "curved" slot in a wider trigger forever, then changed to a 3 hole last year...all the "custom" parts you named can be put on by anyone too, luck...[;)]
I dont know of any runs by Colt, or it's Custom Shop that ever used a lion.
but perhaps it's the company logo of the owner whose family coat-of-arms is depicted?
Anybody know of a Polish pistolsmith of renown? Best I could do. Joe
Their are a number of gun forums on the net devoted to custom 1911's. Start posting your photos to them, if none of our folks can come up with a answer.