1911 Information Links

Cool Gun Site:

Louder Than Words: Custom gunsmith forums.

Custom 1911 Gunsmiths

The Action Works: Don Williams Gunsmithing work. Also sell grips.

Blind Hog: Lots of amateur gunsmith how-to articles. He'll do work for you too.

Burns Custom: Gunsmith who does really nice 1911 work. Originated the "Wave" checkering pattern. Caveat: when I contacted him for a quote he said he was too busy to accept any new work.

C.T. Brian Custom: Custom 1911 Gunsmith.

Fletcher Custom Pistols: Gunsmith. Nice modern designs.

Gemini Customs: Awesome price on snakeskinning.

Legacy Custom: Stan Chen's guns.

Michiguns: Another custom 1911 shop. Originated "conamyd" checkering.

Peters Custom: Nice custom 1911's. Snakeskinning & Scalloping.

Precision Gunworks: Guns by John Harrison. Does scalloping/snakeskinning.

Rogers Precision: 1911 Gunsmith. Does scalloping/snakeskinning. They quoted me $1000 to do some scalloping and install front and rear sights. Yikes!

Yost-Bonitz Custom: Custom 1911 gunsmith.

Manufacturer and Parts Links

Bar-Sto: Best 1911 barrels made.

Brownell's: The biggest gunsmith supplier on the planet.

Caspian Arms: One of the top makers of specialty 1911 parts.

Chip McCormick: Manufacturers of a variety of 1911 parts.

Clark Custom Guns: One of the "grand-daddies" of custom 1911's and parts.

Cylinder & Slide: Makers of the fine Tactical trigger set I use, and many other goodies.

Dawson Precision: Makers of the fiber optic front sight, and many other goodies.

Ed Brown Products: Fine 1911's and parts.

Entreprise: Lots o' 1911 stuff.

GunAccessories.com: Resell King's, Ed Brown, Wilson Combat, and Precision Metalwork parts.

Heinie Specialty Products: Heinie sights are famous...

Kimber America: Awesome guns...

Infinity Firearms (aka SVI, aka Strayer-Voigt): Match grade slides and frames, including titanium and aluminum frames. Famous Infinity Rail System.

Les Baer: Another famous 1911 gunsmith with parts. Monolith slide is distinctive, great selection of sights.

Lone Star Wholesale: Nice discounts on some "name" 1911 parts like Smith & Alexander, Wilson, and Chip McCormick.

Midway USA : Dealers for a lot of the manufacturers including STI and Caspian..

Novak: Famous for their sights. Some gorgeous guns in the gallery too.

Nowlin: I bought their trigger.

Smith & Alexander: Make the best mag wells for the 1911.

STI International: Another maker of fine custom 1911 parts. Not very friendly to individuals ($500 minimum order!), but you can check out the merchandise and order elsewhere.

Wilson Combat: Best magazines, lots of great small parts. Best beavertails.