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.45 ACP. 4.25" barrel length. SN: 70BS17336 (mfg. ca. 1973). Blued slide with matte round and polished flats, hard chromed finish to frame, and wood grips with COLT medallions and rough finish. Short-recoil operated single action autoloading pistol fed by detachable single stack magazines customized by famed 1911 pistolsmith Richard Heinie. Right frame is signed R. HEINIE below the serial number with Richard Heinie's proprietary serial number RH123 marked into the left frame just above the safety lever. Standard Colt manufacture markings to the frame and slide. Custom features include: A.D SWENSON/FALLBROOK CALIF. marked ambidexterous safety lever, adjustable trigger with serrated face, hand checkering to forward triggerguard, forward gripstrap, and to a cut down arched mainspring housing, custom rounded butt, beveled magazine well, matted rear slide, custom fitted barrel bushing with GI springs, and mounting BO-MAR adjustable rear notch and matted front blade sights. Comes with a total of two magazines, both fitted with Pachmayr base pads, and a leather flap holster marked Alfonso's/HOLSTER & GUN SHOP/NO. HOLLYWOOD, CALIF.

With more than fifty years of custom pistolsmithing under his belt, Richard Heinie has become one of the most well known and respected builders of 1911 pistols alive today. A stickler for quality, Heinie insisted on performing the work on his pistols himself, and has run his shop as a one man operation through most of its existence. While the sights he developed have become a common sight on pistols of various makes and models, Heinie himself continues to work out of his ship even as he advances toward his 82nd year. This handgun was most likely built in the early 1980s. {MODERN}