I saw a fluted 1911 barrel and now got the hots for it

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

Have you seen these guns? There is one with fluted barrel and full length guide rod. I really like it. Whatcha think?

Extremely Highly Customized Two-Tone 1911 handgun Jardine's Custom Gunsmithing

[JeffL]

Why does a 1911 need a fluted barrel?

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

It imbues magical properties to the iron and carbon. And it's purty. I was looking to get a barrel jeweled.

Check this out, a charging handle for a 1911, er or anything that has a dovetail rear sight.

Jardine's Custom 1911 Gunsmithing

Nice out of the box thinking.

[Guest Jcochran88]

Why does a 1911 need a fluted barrel?

Need:shrug: , but like any other new product we all seem to want one.

[Jasongar8]

The charging handle on the sights? Not for me. But the fluted barrel looks nice.

[JeffL]

It imbues magical properties to the iron and carbon. And it's purty. I was looking to get a barrel jeweled.

Check this out, a charging handle for a 1911, er or anything that has a dovetail rear sight.

Jardine's Custom 1911 Gunsmithing

Nice out of the box thinking.

That's awesome! I was just thinking I needed something to both poke in in the side and make the gun less concealable. I think I need two!

[Jasongar8]

That's awesome! I was just thinking I needed something to both poke in in the side and make the gun less concealable. I think I need two!

Different strokes for different folks.

[Kegger]

Me likes the barrel.

And that rear sight is truly genius for a person with those kind of handicaps.

[molonlabetn]

Might help with cooling... but I'm sure the intention is for the appearance.

[KahrMan]

That's awesome! I was just thinking I needed something to both poke in in the side and make the gun less concealable. I think I need two!

If you read that page you will see he custom made that for a guy in a wheelchair. This was about function, so the guy could rack the slide with his disabled hand.

It shows great ingenuity and workmanship on the smiths part.

[I_Like_Pie]

It shows great ingenuity and workmanship on the smiths part.

Agreed. Don't understand the negativity on work like this. This is a great idea. Have seen many similar setups for bullseye competition so that one can more easily rack the slide because of the scope getting in the way.

[JeffL]

If you read that page you will see he custom made that for a guy in a wheelchair. This was about function, so the guy could rack the slide with his disabled hand.

It shows great ingenuity and workmanship on the smiths part.

I didn't read it and just jumped to the conclusion that this was just some smith gone crazy. Now that I've made an ass of myself, it's a great idea for someone that's handicapped like that.

[redneck]

I'll take 2 of those .But you will have to put it on my account,the account that I don't got no money . LOL:up:

[Guest TurboniumOxide]

Great for those one handed charges. I know you all have been trying this ever since that video made the rounds. Maybe I could do it with one of those...

[Guest Moody]

I've looked at Jardine's in the past - some really cool ideas, and cool guns! I don't need something like that, and while I understand that it's definitely got cool points for folks like us, I doubt that I'd pay for it over a standard match grade barrel, but it is really cool, for that custom one-off look.

[Guest Arko]

Pretty gun, if maybe a little flute happy. Not for this po' boy, but nice work.

[VERO1]

I'm surprised none of the major manufacturers has offered a version of that slide charging handle. I could see it being very popular with those who have strength/grip issues, such as ladies or elderly persons,etc.