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My latest build is a 45 CCO using a Caspian receiver and slide. The slide stop, firing pin stop, ejector and extractor are also Caspian parts. I am very impressed with their quality. The Barrel and bushing are from Ed Brown. The mainspring housing is a Smith and Alexander. Wilson Combat supplied the Guide plug and guide as-well-as the thumb safety. Grips are VZ Aztecs (Magwell - in case I ever go that route) and the sights are Novak and Dawson Precision. The grip safety is a Colt standard safety that I milled (think files and dremel) to fit the Cylinder and Slide rowel hammer. I hope you like it:

Nice!

dlh

Very nice! I like.

Darn fine pistol right there. Nothing like a custom .45

very nice.

I plan to build one as well on a Caspian frame, but it 9mm, possibly with a 38 Super barrel as well.

Beautiful. You did an excellent job.

That's awesome! I wish I had the skills and patience to do something like that. Any pics of the build process?

I admire your skill.

Your pistol is a work of art.

Thanks every one.

Greenbeer, unfortunately, I only took completion photos of this one. I find the key is to go slowly and think a lot before whittling on a part. The process is pretty much, think, measure, think, remeasure , rethink, whittle as little as possible and repeat that process until done. That turns the build into outthinking the parts one part at a time ;)

How many have you done?

How long did this one take?

This is actually only my second full build. It took me about 40 hours spread out over three long weekends.
I actually started building blackpowder kits about 30 years ago and build several rifles and handguns. Then I started fitting parts to off-the-shelf 1911s. That led me to the point where I decided to see if I could build one using commercially available parts.
Here is my first build:

It is a STI frame with Fusion Slide and EGW parts


This build took a looong time and, I do have build photos for it:
Frame to slide:

Barrel to slide:

Blinding:
Slide to frame:



Frame to Beaver tail:

Frame and Mainspring housing:

First full fitting: