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I think that Roy did that one but I can't be sure, he does a majority of our 1911 work (under Bruce's tutelage of course). Bruce Gray

Can we see some pics of this? Also, if anyone have pics of the gun where Boland reversed the slide rails (ala CZ-75), could we see pics of that too? wasnt the P713 from B.Gray? the widen major 9 he built did have reverse rails but am sure the P7 were from Bruce. I agree, a few pictures would be great! As far as I know Bruce is the only one that has done the the long-slide, compensated, checkered P7 race guns. I'm not sure though. He still does them. We have about 6 in the shop right now.

What I find most interesting about it is the fact that you wont find anything done strictly for cosmetic appeal, everything has a purpose. You'll see a Boland innovation on nearly any modern custom build. A majority of the work was done on a milling machine or with a file. The rear sight slants to the left and the checkering and serrations are crooked; crude in contrast to anything you would see today. I'm sure someone who builds 1911's could say a lot more about it.

Original Jim Boland:

Good advice, I like it.

Thanks for the intro Duane! I must have forgotten to turn on the notification feature, I had no idea anyone had responded :-)

I hear mention of this forum often so I decided to check it out :-)