Caspian 1911...

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Nice!

I love 1911s.

I have a Kimber (pre-series II Gold Combat stainless) that is an amazing machine. I also just put myself on the waiting list for a custom from Ned Christiansen. Next is a Springfield or Colt.


Beautiful pistol and nice shooting.



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funny how Ned's name came up twice in the same day! :) he is not too far from where I live and am itching to go down there, knock on his door and say "here's my gun, put me on your 5 yr waitlist" hehe...

BTW, seriously, any idea how long his waiting list is?

I am super impressed by his work and one day like to have him work on one for me :)

As for Kimber, I agree, I like the pre series II a lot more...better reliability and workmanship I believe...

However, a TRP OP might be calling my name soon... :evil:
 
It's about 5 years, but after seeing Ned's work and communicating with him I am more than happy to wait.

The Springfield that looks so promising to me is their Custom Carry.

Another one is STI's Legacy.

So many 1911s, so little time to shoot them.



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I am in the process of piecing together it's history (prev owner is trying to find more paperwork for me) but it came from Ellison Custom Gun from OK, and frmo what I have been told, Dale Ellison learned, worked and mentored w/ Shockey. Hence, if anyone has info on Ellison and/or Shockey and their work, please email me ([email protected]) I have read and seen some of Shockey's work and he was quite the pioneer in the field as a pistolsmith.
This Caspian was birthed as a Target/Bullseye Custom if I am not mistaken (the Kart .45 barrel confirms that :p )
 
holy moly...just found out this was build specially in 1998 for a US Marine John J. Culbertson! His bio:

"John J. Culbertson served with the 2/5, 1st Marine Division, at An Hoa, Republic of Vietnam, from December 1966 to July 1967. Mr. Culbertson served as a Marine Rifleman, MOS 0311, on Operation Tuscaloosa. He completed 1st MarDiv Sniper School in Da Nang, where he earned the secondary MOS 8541. He was wounded in action and earned three Purple Hearts. He also was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, and multiple expert rifleman badge awards. Mr. Culbertson received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1971 at the rank of sergeant."

Talk about history! :D
 
I have two caspians.

Both are excellent. I use one in bullseye as my primary centerfire/45 gun. Shoots hand loaded SWC's and has a 4-dot ultradot mounted on a frame mount.

The other is all stainless ball gun. Iron sights. Shoot that in the EIC matches and it is responsible for 20 of the 28 leg points I have won to date towards my distinguished shooters badge. Hoping I can get my last two points needed in about 9 days from now.
 
When I was trading guns 4 years ago, the shop I was in had a titanium framed Caspian with a Damascus slide. :what: Man that thing was pretty. I was trading for a Rock River hardchromed EC and a Garand. I was thinning my SA 1911 collection and traded a loaded operator and Black Stainless 1. He priced the trade for the garand, the EC and the Caspian. Both the EC and the Caspian were built for a local guy. He buys custom guns to spec, shoots them for 3 months then trades for something else. They were literally brand new. I passed on the Caspian. I wish I had not. The price to me for that gun cash out the door would have been about $1500.00. I got the Rock River EC for $900.00. And the Garand for $500.00. One of the best trading days I have ever had. I still kick myself in the butt for not getting the Caspian, but I would have never shot it, it would have been in the safe and then probably resold. I just cannot "own" real fancy guns for a long time. I love them, love to build them and to look at them. But in the long run they are tools and if I don't want to use them as tools, then they don't stay long.

Jess
 
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