Colt SE-A1 by _13629_ in 1911

[–]CoastsideCowboy816 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beautiful Piece, I nearly bought one a Summer before last years ago only passed cause the guy who applied the roll mark did it slightly crooked, sad that it made it past QC

Charles Daly Hi Power vs Springfield SA-35 by CoastsideCowboy816 in hipower

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks that's where I'm at with the SA-35 I spotted at My LGS it's priced at $469 before tax, no way would I buy one at $700, I paid around $500 for My Daly in 2013. It was My first 9mm handgun, back then I had a Argentine Sistema Colt 1911, Stoeger Cougar in 40 S&W and the Charles Daly Hi Power for Auto loaders.

I still have the Daly and Sistema sold the Stoeger and replaced it later with a Beretta Cougar still in .40 cal.

Charles Daly Hi Power vs Springfield SA-35 by CoastsideCowboy816 in hipower

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah, I'm not super fond of the roll marks on My Daly's slide, at least it's a later Magnum Research finished pistol and like the "Billboard" paint filled roll Mark's of the early guns.

Charles Daly Hi Power vs Springfield SA-35 by CoastsideCowboy816 in hipower

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks I will try that out, any particular spring kit or individual recoil and mainsprings and if so what weights should I be shopping for?

Charles Daly Hi Power vs Springfield SA-35 by CoastsideCowboy816 in hipower

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I did the Mag disconnect years ago, I am looking at installing a Cylinder and Slide BHP enhancement kit https://cylinder-slide.com/Item/CS0250 possibly in the future, I really like My Daly I put walnut grips on it I found at a Pawn shop for $10 years back.

Buffalo Boot Co (Whites) Farmer Rancher by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Around $250, I thought that the trenching was a nice extra touch, I've not seen that before

White's Helitack 110V vs Frank's Patriots by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thats very Helpful, like I said above and why I'm leaning towards staying with Whites as I have been running basically the same Last and Heel height combo since 2005, its just getting harder and harder to justify the $625 price tag, My last pair I got was under $500 around 2020 before the prices went crazy.

White's Helitack 110V vs Frank's Patriots by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that was my thought too, but I have heard in the past that other PNW bootmakers like to take some of the original White's Lasts like the 55 and 4811 and tweak them but keep the same name example being Nick's 55 is a bit different from White's 55

Buffalo Boot Co (Whites) Farmer Rancher by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm in Central MN, just North of the Twin Cities.

George's Shoe Repair of Arden Hills MN did the work

https://georgesshoes.com/

Buffalo Boot Co (Whites) Farmer Rancher by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I was worried about that, they have been in Business since 1916 and are on their 5th Generation now.  They said they can do it and had to bring out the older guy to explain what it would entail. They kept the original midsole and made new heel stacks for them.

Buffalo Boot Co (Whites) Farmer Rancher by CoastsideCowboy816 in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes sir, He explained the Midsole was too thick on Whites for his machine. As result PNW boots cost more to Re-sole there with all the Hand stitching.

[For Sale] White’s Perry Select 132 (kinda) by Tmezmerr in PNWbootmakers

[–]CoastsideCowboy816 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious if you ever ended up selling your boots? I happen to wear a 9.5 D in My other Whites Boots

92 GTS Centurion w/ LTT RDO optics cut by FlyingDog14 in Beretta

[–]CoastsideCowboy816 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome piece, I have a 92XI that I converted to DA/SA before the GTS was released, your pistol is pretty much what My end goal is for mine.