How a Custom 1911 is Built– One Gunsmith/One Gun philosophy

How a Custom 1911 is Built– One Gunsmith/One Gun philosophy

Berryville, Arkansas– January 2024– From blocks of billet steel to hand-built functional art! In this video from Nighthawk Custom, see the process of a pistol going from raw steel to an immaculate custom handgun.

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Follow the journey of an Agent 2 being built from beginning to end. We take U.S. billet steel and machine it into intentionally oversized parts

Those parts are then individually hand-fit, prepped, blended, and beveled by a skilled gunsmith, creating an incredibly fit performance-driven pistol.

One Gun, One Gunsmith.

From there, the pistol will undergo multiple inspections, making sure that every detail is right.

After individually inspecting each part, the pistol will be sent out to finish.

Upon returning from finish, the pistol will be reassembled and inspected to ensure no blemishes exist in the finish. It is then that the front and rear sights are installed.

Once the sights have been installed, the pistol will be taken out to function test and target.

Function testing ensures that the pistol will run while targeting sees two or three rounds shot through a single hole.

The pistol will then be cleaned thoroughly before heading to our Sales department. One of our account managers will then ship the gun to the dealer or FFL it is intended for.

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