https://www.gunbroker.com/item/923593288
Only two of these made. I know who has the other one, I don’t think he’s selling his, yet.
Wow. Def a Holy Grail of 1911s. Honestly, the opening bid is really low.
There’s still 8 days left and people aren’t going to bid now only to be outbid by somebody else later. It will be interesting to watch in 8 days. I’d say it will go over $5K. I think it would go higher had it been a series 70.
A true piece of modern 1911 history right there.
Might of been one of the few Vickers Customs in 9MM as Larry had mostly quit building 1911s before the 9MM became more popular in 1911s’.
I took a pistol class with him not long after Wilson started building 9mm 1911s. During breaks and after class he let me shoot it, maybe 100, 150 rounds. To me it was like butter, and I noticed he shot it in other classes later on. I don’t know if that was before or after he stopped custom building his 1911s. His 1911 builders/maintainers class was one of the best classes I ever took.
Read the owner’s note in the ad?
I too took a 1911 Build Class in 2013. It was a great class and unlike other classes I took you didn’t use a mill or lathe to complete your pistols. A belt sander and a table top drill press in addition to hand tools from Brownells was all you needed. Plus Larry told great stories during the class.
No I didn’t see that. Only one of two which makes it rare. Nice!
The other one was built on a Springfield and I know the owner :), I’m not the owner … not yet. LOL
Listing states “from Ken Hackathorn’s private collection.”
Well, you could be the owner of this one! 
That’s the Colt. The Springfield is not his.
I don’t care for the series 80 stuff even though he said the guts were taken out and filler installed. I suspect that it will go over $5K, I don’t have that kind of money.
I was mostly tongue-in-cheek. Yeah, that’s rarified air.
Very cool. Maybe 20 years ago, on another forum, Larry offered to build a 1911 for anyone who wanted it. IIRC only two, maybe three people took him up on the offer.
Wut!? :blink:
I believe those had to be built on the (then excellent quality) Kimber .45 pistols.
Only two people took him up on that offer. I was one and, like me, the other guy still has his too.
Uniquely marked - LA Vickers on the bbl hood.
You can’t write that and not show pics.
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Not sure you are the only one who had him build a 1911.