Back in in the early 1970s a buddy of mine decided he needed proper bullseye .45. He picked up an old WWI vintage 1911 and dropped it off with Clark at Camp Perry and asked for his Heavy Slide conversion. The gun was completed in August of 1974. Lyle shot many, many matches with this gun over the years, and by the time he died a few years ago, it had been ridden hard and needed some attention. I bought it from his estate (the money was used to support the NRA Junior Marksmanship Program that Lyle supported most of his adult life), and have been tinkering with it ever since. I've completed the rebuild now, and will be taking it out for test-firing tomorrow. I thought you guys might enjoy an old-school bullseye gun. Salud Kimosabe. Vaya con Dios.

What did you have to do to it for a rebuild? I have always liked bullseye guns even though I don't shoot bullseye.

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that'd be what I'd strive for. Neat, neat.

Thanks for sharing.

Had Jimmy build me one justb like it early 60's o so, Never made 2600 club but with that and a Mod 52 Smith and a H-S 22 ISU, won several matches, quit Bullseye about late 60's. Fun while it lasted.

...was following the slide down, and both the hammer and sear had been stoned to the point that there was nothing left to work with, so I replaced both with new, hardened parts. The grips were cracked and damaged, so I replaced them, and one of the escutcheons was stripped, so I had a buddy of mine clean that up and put in a new escutcheon. The fit between the slide/bushing/barrel, and slide/frame was still outstanding (Lyle was very good about cleaning and oiling his guns), so I didn't have to do anything there.

...this afternoon with nary a bobble. Everything worked exactly as it should, and the gun grouped well. It feels good to get an old friend's competition gun back into "fighting trim".