Click here to download the catalog as a PDF file. To view this site you need Adobe Flash Player and your browser must allow javaScripts. Go here to get the latest Flash Player. CALL 1(800)SA2-1911 “the MAG GUIDE people”™ when only the BEST will do! ORDER DIRECT and SAVE! $78.95 Government Model/ Officers’ Model Mag Guide Available: Flat/Arched SS/BL 20 LPI NEW: Flat now available in Smooth Also Available: Grizzly Flat-SS/BL $89.95 AL $36.95 Mainspring Housing Available in: Gov’t Model, Officers’ Model, all Para-Ordnance. 20 LPI Flat/Arched-SS/BL (P10/P12 flat only) (flat smooth available for all of the above) AL $95.95 Full Para Mag Guide (For P14/P16 only) Available in: Flat/Arched-SS/BL 20 LPI AL $99.00 Ambidextrous Magazine Release Gov’t Model, Officers’ Model & Para-Ordnance. SS/BL $36.95 “E-Z Fit Hi Grip”® Safety .250 radius-Series 70 & 80 .220 radius S70 for Springfields “PalmSwel”/Standard (jig available) Prices starting at $17.50 S & A Custom 1911 Grips Exotic Woods & Micarta Standard & Slim Line DD, FC & Smooth available in Aluminum Color Catalog Available Same Day Shipping Appropriate shipping charges Dealers Welcome 100% Customer Satisfaction L A NEW–Slim Line Mag Guides & Grips w/screws & bushings available with Lanyard Loop add $10 P.O. Box 299 • Copeville, Texas USA 75121 (800) SA2-1911 • Fax (972) 853-0526 www.smithandalexander.com Hours: M-F, 9am-5pm CST front makes it easy for old guys like me see their sights — and young guys to be even faster. There’s the Springfield Custom shop match-grade barrel, competition action job, custom grip texturing treatment and, of course, extended mag releases. Can I take a breath now? I shot both of them in my new back “yard” here outside of Joplin, MO and, with Suzi’s XD to compare, found them to be not only stylish, graceful and pleasing to the eye, but real performers. Don’t you love it when something that looks good really is good? How rare that happens. The attention to detail is there, and meticulous fitting and handwork is obvious in these Custom Shop guns. But, I feel compelled to point out, the raw goods they had to work from in the form of stock XD(M)s are no slouch and the Custom Shop, while certainly chock full of talented-types, were unquestionably blessed with royalty to begin with. I’m no competitor these days (my last IPSC match was some years ago and involved a “drillrod-pinned” rear sight on a stock Colt National Match 1911) but I can sometimes cause Robbie Leatham to look over at me in amused alarm; as if to say, “I didn’t know he could do that!” But in my back yard, I found these guns to run smoothly, and with aplomb. Accuracy was what you’d expect, hovering around less than 2" at 25 from a comfy rest with good quality ammo from several makers. Frankly, with the right ammo and shooter, I’ll bet you could coax 1" out of these. No, really. I’d get two or three shots almost touching, then the dud-finger on the trigger would mess up a bit. Tell me if you manage it when you get yours. But it’s not just about that. Give me a 4" gun that runs smoothly, handles like an extension of my hand and holsters neatly, rather than any 1.5" gun that handles like a Yugo. But, praise be, these guns shoot and handle like comfortable old friends. No Yugo here. Know what I mean? Fine Guns Cylinder Base Pins Ruger, Colt, and Replicas Phone & Fax 1-406-388-1396 NEW! Big Game “PUNCH” Bullets P Belt Mtn. Enterprises, Inc. www.beltmountain.com T 59714 These are custom guns in all respects, except for the fact they began life as excellent factory guns — something not to overlook. If you start with excellence and then make it better, what then? What happens then are sometimes called Springfield Armory Custom XD(M)s. And in case you forgot, that “M” stands for “More.” For info: www.springfield-armory.com. Check out video Web Blast at www. americanhandgunner.com! * CLICK ON THE “WEB BLAST” LINK 84 WWW.AMERICANHANDGUNNER.COM • JULY/AUGUST 2009