[Shooter 2.5]

That’s a great picture of a very beautiful pistol. I have to laugh when someone posts a picture of their favorite and the picture is so poor, you can’t tell what it is.

That’s a lot of work to a gun that was supposed to be good to go right out of the box. I have the Springfields strickly for the muzzle ports and it wasn’t until later I couldn’t use them for IDPA because they don’t allow any compensators or ports. I’m still getting a designated IDPA pistol ready.

[P8riot]

The trigger breaks at a consistent 4lbs, and I have never had any functioning issues, even with cheap mags, which as you know are the 1911's weak point. For personal defense I use Wilson mags, but have a variety for range work. Also, the pic shows the gun in BBQ dress with the Hakan grips. I normally carry it with a set of thin checkered cocobolo grips in a Brommeland MaxConV IWB holster.

For the purist in me, there are no plastic or MIM parts in this pistol, all parts are top of the line forged pieces. I am considering sending it back to Novak's for a check-up and to nave new sights installed (these are almost 12yrs old and are getting dim). I may also have them bobtail it, but I haven't made my mind up on that yet.