Final Preparation

One of the key ingredients to building not just a custom 1911, but a custom 1911 that stands head and shoulders above the rest, is the final preparation on the gun. This is where Nighthawk Custom® pulls out in the lead and leaves everyone else standing in the dust. We spend as much time on final preparation as we do building the gun. Every single area of the gun is hand polished and meticulously gone over. There is not a single sharp area anywhere on the outside of the gun. Not only are all the sharp edges taken off, but the slide, trigger guard and frame are shaped proportionally to give a look and feel that just has to be felt to believe. That is why industry veterans like Larry Vickers, Ken Hackathorn and Hilton Yam carry guns from Nighthawk Custom®.

We get a lot of orders for hard chrome finish (right). Anyone familiar with hard chrome knows that it is a magnifying glass for anything underneath it. For the gun to look right, it takes a lot of loving care to make sure it’s perfect before it goes finish. Kevin is the guy you want to prep your gun for hard chrome. He’s as picky about your gun as you are. He takes a lot of pride in making sure the work he turns out is the best it can be.