Little bit long winded post but the back story is important to the outcome...
So my grandfather was a MP in Korea during the war. He always spoke about having a 1911 that was chrome and had mother of pearl grips at his house when he was living there. When leaving Korea after the war he gave the gun to his "maid" as a gift. Guys in his unit at the time thought he was crazy because the gun was worth "many months of the maids salary". My grandfather wasn't a big gun guy so he wasn't concerned, he figured it was a nice gesture for someone who took good care of the house and chores while he was there.
Fast forward to my lifetime and my grandfather(now 83) has gotten into guns as a way to bond with me, I think. We have been shooting my guns on holidays and such with family. When the shit passed in 2013 I told him to get a gun so he would be grandfathered into the HQL shit. He picked up a SAM 1911 from Lou at a local gun show. Hes probably only put 50 rounds thru it since, but its a very nice gun for the ~$500 he paid. I also built him an AR which he is very excited about.
Just before xmas this year I sent it out to Accurate Plating and had it hard chromed and found "mother of pearl" grips for it. Real mother of pearl apparently isn't readily available anywhere from my research. He had no idea I was doing this and was stunned when I gave it to him on xmas. He now refers to it as his prized possession and it will be passed down for a few generations as a keepsake. Not my cup of tea as far as looks, but it will be one of my prized possessions one day too.
So my grandfather was a MP in Korea during the war. He always spoke about having a 1911 that was chrome and had mother of pearl grips at his house when he was living there. When leaving Korea after the war he gave the gun to his "maid" as a gift. Guys in his unit at the time thought he was crazy because the gun was worth "many months of the maids salary". My grandfather wasn't a big gun guy so he wasn't concerned, he figured it was a nice gesture for someone who took good care of the house and chores while he was there.
Fast forward to my lifetime and my grandfather(now 83) has gotten into guns as a way to bond with me, I think. We have been shooting my guns on holidays and such with family. When the shit passed in 2013 I told him to get a gun so he would be grandfathered into the HQL shit. He picked up a SAM 1911 from Lou at a local gun show. Hes probably only put 50 rounds thru it since, but its a very nice gun for the ~$500 he paid. I also built him an AR which he is very excited about.
Just before xmas this year I sent it out to Accurate Plating and had it hard chromed and found "mother of pearl" grips for it. Real mother of pearl apparently isn't readily available anywhere from my research. He had no idea I was doing this and was stunned when I gave it to him on xmas. He now refers to it as his prized possession and it will be passed down for a few generations as a keepsake. Not my cup of tea as far as looks, but it will be one of my prized possessions one day too.
