I had the pleasure of talking to John about 9 or 10 years ago. He was done with Valtro but he finally called me back…I left him two voicemails over the course of 2 weeks. Guy apologized as he was super busy at the time. He talked to me for over an hour about how to run a proper full length 1911, how he knew bill wilson and others in the custom industry…never mentioned Armand Swenson but I knew he knew him. Very down to earth guy. I asked if he was interested in building me a 1911…he really sounded depressed to say it, but, he was making pistols for big bucks even back then (military units, swat teams, etc) and he just couldn’t see time to make me one for double what I thought one might cost. He actually really bad about that but he needed to make a living and get the best bucks he could. Legend of a guy. This prototype is sooooo beautiful.
I had the pleasure of talking to John about 9 or 10 years ago. He was done with Valtro but he finally called me back…I left him two voicemails over the course of 2 weeks. Guy apologized as he was super busy at the time. He talked to me for over an hour about how to run a proper full length 1911, how he knew bill wilson and others in the custom industry…never mentioned Armand Swenson but I knew he knew him. Very down to earth guy. I asked if he was interested in building me a 1911…he really sounded depressed to say it, but, he was making pistols for big bucks even back then (military units, swat teams, etc) and he just couldn’t see time to make me one for double what I thought one might cost. He actually really bad about that but he needed to make a living and get the best bucks he could. Legend of a guy. This prototype is sooooo beautiful.
Beautiful
Got two of them in blue! Super sweet .45