New Colt CCO - made it my own!

[bobandshawn]

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to share the new pony in the stable. A Talo edition CCO lightweight commander (Steel blued slide/ Parkerized aluminum officer frame). Made a few changes to it...it really had a sloppy trigger - lots of wiggle, and a mushy break. I replaced internals and trigger with Cylinder&Slide parts, new extended thumb safety, bullet-proof slide release, stainless spring plug and bushing. Lastly...bone grips. Shoots and carries like a dream. Opinions? Did I over-pimp it...or do it justice?

Thanks in advance for looking

~Bob

[faawrenchbndr]

I'm not a fan of the contrasting controls, but I'm diggin the bone grips!

Overall,.......darn fine job! :thumbsup:

[bobandshawn]

I'm still debating over keeping the slide stop and thumb safety. If I restore the originals I'm putting on cocobolo checkered grips with the gold Colt pony medallions...

~B

[ArmoryDoc]

Too pimped for my tastes but you chose good parts it appears. The CCO is a great gun.

[faawrenchbndr]

I'm still debating over keeping the slide stop and thumb safety. If I restore the originals I'm putting on cocobolo checkered grips with the gold Colt pony medallions...

~B



It's all up to you, but the stock controls with the bone grips would kick-***!

[bobandshawn]

Natural state (almost) with the new grips.

~B

[fnfalman]

I'm gonna do the same thing to my Talo CCO - add the checkered wooden grips with the medallions. Also I will switch out the trigger for the long trigger with a dark color. The contrasting trigger color just look weird to me.

Natural state (almost) with the new grips.

~B

[doc540]

Nice work

One man's pimp is another man's pride
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/doc540/Guns/DSCN0109-1-1.jpg

[NeverMore1701]

Nice work

One man's pimp is another man's pride
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/doc540/Guns/DSCN0109-1-1.jpg

I like the OP's gun with black controls and bone grips, and yours with silver controls and black grips. Don't much care for silver controls and bone grips :dunno:

[PlasticGuy]

To me, contrasting controls just make me think "garage gunsmith". The bone grips look great though. The only thing I changed on my CCO was to add a pair of ivory grips I bought when I was in Maui last summer.

[bac1023]

Very nice

Congrats! :cool:

[doc540]

How about "basement gunsmith"?:tongueout:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/doc540/Guns/1911/Colt%20CCO%201998/014-1-1.jpg

[okie]

Looks nice my friend:thumbsup:

[PlasticGuy]

How about "basement gunsmith"?[/IMG]
Ha! I'm glad people here have a sense of humor. I'm sure my post could have been interpreted as rude, but it was not intended to be. It's all just personal taste. For some reason I have always seen 1911's with stainless frames and blue/black slides as classic customs, while guns with mis-matched controls made me think "built with whatever spare parts were in the drawer". Obviously there is no basis for that. It's just my taste.

[G26S239]

It looks great. Congratulations.