10MM

Custom Colt 10mm Delta Elite, built for a former co-worker and Contractor. Super cool pistol for a super cool guy.

Slide:

• Top strap hand stippled (Swenson style)
• Slide rails machined with a full, 1/8′, radius
• Rear sight face contoured and serrated
• Custom red fiber optic front sight
• All sharp edges broken
• Barrel and solid bushing fitted

Frame:

• Front strap and main spring housing hand stippled (Swenson style)
• Magwell fitted and custom contoured
• Front strap high cut under trigger guard
• Ambi thumb safety trimmed and contoured

Parts fitting and reliability enhancements:

• Tool steel hammer, sear and disconnect fitted
• Short, solid, trigger fitted and adjusted
• Match barrel and bushing fitted
• Ambi thumb safety fitted
• Installed one piece, guide rod
• Barrel throated and polished
• Frame feed ramp polished
• Tool steel extractor fitted and tensioned
• Muzzle crowned and polished

Finish:

• KG Gun Kote Teflon, custom mix

Parts list:

• Kart Match barrel
• Solid stainless barrel bushing
• Wilson Combat guide rod
• Smith & Alexander mag well
• Richard Heinie Slant Pro sights
• Greider short solid trigger
• Ed Brown grip safety and extractor
• Chip McCormick ambi safety
• WC Wolff 24 pound recoil springs and extra power firing pin spring
• Wilson-Rogers Elite magazines
• Custom Desert Ironwood grip panels, with Colt Delta insignia, supplied by customer.

This pistol was extensively tested and altered to feed various types of ammo. Due to the caliber’s potential, sights were regulated for 50 yards.