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05-04-2009, 10:22 #1
WOOT! New Smokepole!
Picked this one up yesterday. Less than 300 rounds fired thru it. Done by Joe Bonitz of Yost-Bonitz fame. It is the same package as the old YoBo 1* guns. A serious and yet not too fancy fighting pistol. Once I get those baby shid yellow / green grips off and exchanged for some proper wood or black micarta it will be 'just right' ;D
The 1* (one-###-to-risk) package was something that started at Yost-Bonitz and the idea was to create a no frills, dead nuts reliable fighting gun. Here is the list of work
-Deluxe trigger job with proprietary long aluminum trigger and tool steel sear
-High cut and bobbed hammer to prevent bite
-Novak Lo-Mount combat sights
-Tool steel slide stop
-Extended thumb safety, dehorned and blended
-Lower and flare ejection port
-Serrate front strap in point pattern, 20lpi
-Complete dependability package including Wilson Bulletproof extractor, tune ejector, polish feed ramp, throated barrel, polished breach face, polished catridge pick up rail, chamfer firing pin hole, polished chamber and ream if neccesary
-Match grade bushing
-Barrel crowned flush with bushing
-Complete dehorning job
-Bobbed and beveled GI beavertail, every bit as comfortable as a normal beavertail
-Re-bluing
-Wolf Spring set
-Soft case
-3 Novak 8rd mags tuned for reliability with the gun
-1* logo etched on the slide
-VZ Diamondbacks, desert tanRun Fast, Bite Hard!
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05-04-2009, 10:50 #2
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Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Holy crud! confused0068 That is a beauty!!! nice one bud happy0065
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05-04-2009, 14:03 #3
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Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Very nice happy0065. Please keep me in mind when the gun is looking for a new owner hpy180
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05-04-2009, 14:29 #4
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Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
IKOR, i do not mean to pry, but that must of cost the price of a precision rifle? any hints as to the Dollares spent on that little pistola...
I only ask bec. if i ever come accross its peer, i wanna know how much i should be hackling toward...
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05-04-2009, 14:37 #5
Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Originally Posted by andy_760901
I have seen some very nice GI 1911A1s in SA and some Series 70 or earlier Colts too. The military slides and parts are a bit soft but only a dedicated competition shooter will ever have issues with that. Starting with one of them, you should be able to find a good 'smith inside SA who could properly fit a match bushing and install an extended safety, good sights and tune the gun...parts can be ordered from Brownell's. Toss some grip tape on the front strap and recontour the hammer / grip safety tang and you should have something very similar at a much lower cost IF you can get into the base gun cheap. Refinish can be postponed with some 44-40 cold blue to touch up the bare spots for a while, or you could use something like the Brownell's Baking Lacquer after having the parts bead blasted. get some good mags and away you go!Run Fast, Bite Hard!
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06-04-2009, 08:12 #6
Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Sweet blaster ikor. Congrats. Do the 8 round Novak mags work well in your experience?
Because a thing seems difficult to you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish - Marcus Aurelius
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06-04-2009, 09:06 #7
Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Originally Posted by Thorkind
I trust only 7 round magazines with my life. The 8 rounders are getting better and perhaps the Tripp or Novak or the new Wilson ETM mags will finally make the 8 round mag viable for serious SD use, but while I have several Wilson and McCormick 8 rounders I will not use them for that. Interesting to note that when they spec'd out the MEUSOC 1911's they required Wilson 7 round mags only be supplied...
Over time, the springs in the 8 rounders weaken if left loaded...and unless they are for a game gun there is no reason not to leave them loaded. The first clue is that they begin to fail to lock the slide back intermittently, but after that they will start to give feeding problems. These are not issues with good 7 round mags, so I just carry an extra spare and use them. I am, however, going to try a few of both the ETM and Tripp mags and see what the results are.Run Fast, Bite Hard!
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06-04-2009, 16:06 #8
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Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Nice ;D you just have to love that 2nd amendment thing
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08-04-2009, 21:06 #9
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Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Ikor if you feel like throwing that old fashioned outdated relic away I will dispose of it for you as a favour ;D
Seriously though very nice congrats.
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08-04-2009, 21:23 #10
Re: WOOT! New Smokepole!
Shot about 300rd of good PMP ball and 50rd of 230gr Ranger T thru it this morning...flawless and hits right where you point it at 25yd or less...of course, now I have to clean it, but I am more than happy with the relic, thanks. ;D
Run Fast, Bite Hard!
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