u/Sorry-Firefighter-31

I am a maintainer in the Army and suffice it to say I was tripping balls today after my find. I got to handle not one but 4 of the " M1911A2 " Project guns from the 2004-2007 " study " by Delta and the AMU. Theres virtually no info online about these and most of this info is from a very old since deleted forum and 2 listings where guns #13 & #14 sold in 2011 and 2022-23.

From what I've been able to gather, Delta put a request in to the AMU to build the best 1911s they could using off the shelf parts in 2004 and this started with 5 guns all built to different specifications. These first 5 guns ( # USPT1-5 Serial Numbers ) all had different specifications and although I don't have build sheets I was able to handle 4 of them today. All are built on Caspian frames and slides ( one of which is a Caspian Race Ready frame with a flared magwell ). Barrels are from Barsto, Storm Lake, and Ed Brown and one of the head armorers ( Charles Jenkins ) stated that most parts used were Ed Brown as well like Safeties, hammers, slide stops, ect. Triggers are a Mix of Ed Brown and Greider flat face triggers. Mainspring Housings are Smith & Alexander arched & flat mainsprings with lanyard loops except the race ready gun which has an unknown to me half-arched mainspring with an internal lanyard loop that is essentially a Stan-Chen Max Bevel to match with the frames funnel. Sights are a mix of fixed and adjustable Novaks as well as original Bomar and Trijicon bomars. Finishes ranged from a tan cerakote, an almost parkerized finish, and a glossy cerakote type finish. All frames are railed frames to accept lights.

By far the weirdest gun of the bunch was a railed frame with a slide that had an integral 1913 rail on top with a built in dovetailed front sight and a bomar rear . The original guns went to Iraq for 18 months from 04'-06' and upon return were sent in for evaluation. Though no specific contract was awarded for any of the variations, Mr. Jenkins was able to get permission to use the specifications of the guns to build 10 more pistols ( USPT #6-15 ) which is what the picture you're looking at large encapsulates. As far as I can tell the last 10 guns which were made in 07', are basically all the same pattern and some made it off the work bench and into private hands as I've found 2 sold at auction.

Markings vary on the original 5 guns such as having a circle behind the rear serrations with " US " inside or the left side of the slide saying " US Army M1911A2 ". Other guns simply have standard Caspian markings. Guns 6-15 as far as I can tell were all ordered with no markings on the slide or frame aside from Caspian markings & serial #.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Unfortunately these guns reside in a warehouse away from public knowledge and the facility is a no phone area hence why I have no pictures aside from the auction listings. There are 2 clones I found on computer made by a Japanese Airsoft company ages ago but I cannot locate that website on my phone, although they are clones of 2 early guns, so if you can find it I'd be delighted.

I am a maintainer in the Army and suffice it to say I was tripping balls today after my find. I got to handle not one but 5 of the " M1911A2 " Project guns from the 2004-2007 " study " by Delta and the AMU. Theres virtually no info online about these and most of this info is from a very old since deleted forum and 2 listings where guns #13 & #14 sold in 2011 and 2022-23.

From what I've been able to gather, Delta put a request in to the AMU to build the best 1911s they could using off the shelf parts in 2004 and this started with 5 guns all built to different specifications. These first 5 guns ( # USPT1-5 Serial Numbers ) all had different specifications and although I don't have build sheets I was able to handle 4 of them today. All are built on Caspian frames and slides ( one of which is a Caspian Race Ready frame with a flared magwell ). Barrels are from Barsto, Storm Lake, and Ed Brown and one of the head armorers ( Charles Jenkins ) stated that most parts used were Ed Brown as well like Safeties, hammers, slide stops, ect. Triggers are a Mix of Ed Brown and Greider flat face triggers. Mainspring Housings are Smith & Alexander arched & flat mainsprings with lanyard loops except the race ready gun which has an unknown to me half-arched mainspring with an internal lanyard loop that is essentially a Stan-Chen Max Bevel to match with the frames funnel. Sights are a mix of fixed and adjustable Novaks as well as original Bomar and Trijicon bomars. Finishes ranged from a tan cerakote, an almost parkerized finish, and a glossy cerakote type finish. All frames are railed frames to accept lights.

By far the weirdest gun of the bunch was a railed frame with a slide that had an integral 1913 rail on top with a built in dovetailed front sight and a bomar rear . The original guns went to Iraq for 18 months from 04'-06' and upon return were sent in for evaluation. Though no specific contract was awarded for any of the variations, Mr. Jenkins was able to get permission to use the specifications of the guns to build 10 more pistols ( USPT #6-15 ) which is what the picture you're looking at large encapsulates. As far as I can tell the last 10 guns which were made in 07', are basically all the same pattern and some made it off the work bench and into private hands as I've found 2 sold at auction.

Markings vary on the original 5 guns such as having a circle behind the rear serrations with " US " inside or the left side of the slide saying " US Army M1911A2 ". Other guns simply have standard Caspian markings. Guns 6-15 as far as I can tell were all ordered with no markings on the slide or frame aside from Caspian markings & serial #.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Unfortunately these guns reside in a warehouse away from public knowledge and the facility is a no phone area hence why I have no pictures aside from the auction listings. There are 2 clones I found on computer made by a Japanese Airsoft company ages ago but I cannot locate that website on my phone, although they are clones of 2 early guns, so if you can find it I'd be delighted.

Pilot Mountain Arms built National Match/Delta themed retro .45, Surplus MEUSOC Wilson Mags with brass bass plate and leather from @hipp.r on insta

Seiko Sports 100 Pepsi I got myself for graduating Airborne. Wallet from my wife because shes awesome.

Just want to show off what has became the gem of my collection so far. I picked up this engraved 1919 Colt Goverment Model for honestly too cheap while in AIT, any reasonable man would think he got scammed. Upon picking it up from the good folk at my FFL, an envelope fell out of the box and to my luck it turned out to be a Colt Historical Letter! This specific gun shipped to Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett, and Co on April 23, 1919 in Chicago, IL. It's certainly lived a life as all of the original blueing is gone leaving it with a pretty nice patina if you ask me.

It is of course is residing in leather by @hipp.r alongside some leather basepads from @mernickleholsters and Stag stocks from Tylers Gun Works. Sitting up front is an set of original WW2 jump wings that my grandfather passed down to me, and pinned under my blouse upon my final jump at Airborne school.

870 Wingmaster PD trade in with a Wilson Extended Tube & Pachmayr Vindicator + a Smith 629

From top to bottom

- Smith 629 rocking Rogers Combat Grips

- Pre War Smith 38/44 Heavy Duty with Pachmayr Adapter

- Smith 10-6 PPC Gun by an unknown builder

This is a little project I've been wanting to do for a long time and I finally just stumbled upon the opportunity to do it even better than planned. Been wanting to do a CCO for a good while and stumbled across this Colt Commander slide with a blank comp threaded on for under 200 bucks.

Been waiting on Caspain Officer frames to come back into stock on Brownells and finally the day is here where I have my base setup. Pachmayr Thumb Guard courtesy of a buddy stuck in Cali. This sucker is gonna get Maxi Comp style ports and a Bomar plus a host of NOS Kings Gunworks parts, gracefully worked over by Rowley Custom.

I'm excited to see how this one comes out all together, just gotta gather up some more parts before I send it off.

Smith 629 wearing Rogers Combat Grips + an 870 Wingmaster with an extended tube and pachmayr vindicator grip goes hard

MegaStar goes hard

Forgot to add this pic to my last post, these are some Army Marksmanship Unit pistols in the museum as well

Currently at Airborne school and went with a buddy to the Infantry Museum for America's 250th bday. Found some pretty cool stuff

It's pretty blurry, couldn't find this picture for years and it finally popped up again. I believe this was in 2018 and its of my JROTC class in freshman year. Any help would be appreciated! This is the oldest photo I have of my wife and I ( this is before we even knew each other )