12/27/2023 0 Comments Gsp5 rifle![]() In the 90's, we had very nice tool steel sears, so I changed to them. During the fifties, when John used that system in Air Force bullseye guns, it was the cat's a$$. I think that after I got there in 1991, and we started building the GSP's again, on SA guns, that I bought back about a dozen of those AO guns - just to get them off the street! I used the original "recipe", with the exception of John Mahan's captive hammer hook/double heat treated sear combination. The Auto Ordnance guns were pretty awful. Rosco and Roger are pretty much " on the money ". The front sight was then silver-soldered into this slot.a much sturdier arrangement than simply staking or staking and silver-soldering. A slot was machined in the slide, longways and fairly deep, but not all the way through, the top of the slide. One of the notable aspects of the early GSP's was the manner in which the front ramp sight was attached. Regardless, when it did reappear, it had been influenced by the times and consumer expectations and featured a beavertail, Novak sights, and so forth. I think it was during the "Gray Gunsite" years, under Rich Jee, that the GSP appeared again. These came with the same modifications and were fitted with Hogue rubber stock panels. When Springfield stopped offering the parts kits, they went to Auto-Ordnance (gack!) pistols as the base guns for a while. The Robar-type sights were really nice, but the rest of the pistol was pretty ho-hum.though functional. While the pistol offered up what Jeff Cooper thought was "everything one needs and nothing one doesn't", I decided that I liked a few more features-in particular a beavertail-and sold mine. If I recall properly, the Gunsmithy gunsmiths at that time were "Kit" Carson and John Mahan. They were finished in a lightly bead-blasted blue and came with truly ugly 1911A1-style black plastic stocks. They didn't even have a beveled mag well. They were pretty spartan, having the Robar-type fixed sights, a GI-style grip safety, a somewhat extended thmb safety, dehorning, and various reliability tuning tweaks. The original GSP's (late 1980's as best I recall) were originally put together on Springfield Armory "kits". If there's not much interest in this post (though I hope there will be) feel free to PM me anytime.Īll I have is pictures, but I've kept track of some previous threads, with a H/T to Roscoe. Please share whatever you find out through Gunsite and Springfield. ![]() Like you said, it sure would be nice to see a comprehensive history and listing of all the various Gunsite pistols. I have many questions, like did Gunsite install Kart NM barrels in its GSP 2000 line? Or has it been installed by another Smith? Or what grade is this pistol considered to be? Or.Or.Or. Many little things have been done that I couldn't see in the original auction photos. There's a lot of custom work that went into it. It is in better shape than I thought it was going to be. I'm a little surprised that there were no other bids and it had been re-listed 2/3 times. I've always regretted selling it, so when I saw this Springfield I bid ASAP. Gerald Kuntze - Yes, I just received the pistol from that Gunbroker auction. They were very straightforward pistols and I would be very happy to have one of those also.
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