YouTuber Rumblestrip.NET sent us photos of the custom 1911 he had built as a gift to himself on his 45th birthday.

There is a tradition on one of the car boards that I frequent in the gun section where you get “a 45 for your 45th”. This is custom 1911 that I had built to run as a CDP/Single Stack gun. Rather than spend the money on a nice (Wilson, Nighthawk, Ed Brown, etc.) that would sit in a safe more than be carried, I thought spend the money on a nice competition gun that will get used. Here is the build sheet:

Ryan Spencer built 1911 Single Stack .45ACP
IDPA CDP Legal
USPSA Single Stack Legal
Standard Frame – STI
Flat Top Slide
Adjustable Novak Rear Sight
.100″ Fiber Front Sight
Front & Rear Serrations
14lb Recoil Spring – Wolff
17lb Main Spring – ISMI
EGW Hammer, Sear, Disconnector, Sear Spring Long Curve Trigger
Dawson ICE Magwell
Dawson IDPA Legnth Mag Release Wolff #4 Mag Release spring
VZ Grips with VZ screws

hmmm …. a .22 on your 22nd, a .30 on your 30th and a .45 on your 45th all seems like great traditions. A 10mm (for you) on your kids 10th may be another worth starting up.

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