Clark Our Own~

[Ron Wood]

Yeah Richard, I messed up when I omitted parts of his post but didn't go far enough to eliminate the reference to your alias...I apologize for the apparent misquote.
Your food for thought is indeed interesting. Odd that the blueprint spec matches your aftermarket frame but not the original Colt frame.
Ron

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Your food for thought is indeed interesting. Odd that the blueprint spec matches your aftermarket frame but not the original Colt frame.
Ron

Ron, I have several copies/sets of 1911 blueprints, from Dept of the Army Rock Island Arsenal, Dept of the Army Springfield Arsenal, and from US Armament Research & Development Command, Dover New Jersey. They have mixed dates on the prints within the sets, some are marked revisions, some not. There's 1928 dates, 1936, even a 1960. I stopped checking.

In addition, I imagine Colt made numerous changes to their Government Model over the years. The grip angle may have been one of them.

[Sergio Natali]

[QUOTE=Ron Wood;312014]

Originally Posted by luger.parabellum

It depends on which side of the angle you measure. The 118 +/- degrees is the compliment of 74 +/- degrees. Added together they make 180 degrees, i.e. the straight horizontal line that the grip angle is measured from...118 degrees on the trigger guard side, 74 degrees on the grip side.
Ron

Of course 118 degrees is measured at the trigger guard side.