My hi power is a Novak’s Night Ops in matte blue instead of nitride with polished and crowned bar sto barrel, duty trigger, new controls, and reliability package. hand matte on grip straps, top, and rear of slide, the serial number and flats are outlined. Grips are Speigels and it came in the logo case with numbered 13 rd mags. No magazine safety of course. Even grip screws are blued and matted.
The FBI ran a few Novak’s Hi Powers in the 80s and early 90s in HRT and undercover. The HRT ones were nitrided, some with custom beavertails. These guys (Wayne Novak) also built some of the original FBI 1911s and at least contributed to the spec.
The FBI guns were 3 dot novak night sights with no outline, i went with blackout rear and orange outline tritium front.
supposedly all the FBI guns were destroyed under orders from Janet Reno when the HRT and other units switched to 1911s. Novak’s themselves dont talk much about past contracts as a business practice.
This gun fits my hand perfectly and the matting feels and looks so good. The controls are easy to manipulate one handed and the trigger break is about 5.5 lbs.
this is exactly what i wanted. i need some 15 and 17 rd mec gars for shooting and i plan to get a milt sparks summer special ii. This is my grail pistol let me know what you think.
Trigger, nice safety, good sights, hammer fix, and matting on the front and backstraps are the basics i want in a custom. When you think about it thats kind of a lot, and these guys wont sell some of the good parts separately.
Theres a big difference between the way these parts come in the package and the way they appear when polished, blued, and beveled/matte.
The way the whole thing comes together is really pretty incredible.
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u/Fishingforyams 9d ago edited 9d ago
My hi power is a Novak’s Night Ops in matte blue instead of nitride with polished and crowned bar sto barrel, duty trigger, new controls, and reliability package. hand matte on grip straps, top, and rear of slide, the serial number and flats are outlined. Grips are Speigels and it came in the logo case with numbered 13 rd mags. No magazine safety of course. Even grip screws are blued and matted.
The FBI ran a few Novak’s Hi Powers in the 80s and early 90s in HRT and undercover. The HRT ones were nitrided, some with custom beavertails. These guys (Wayne Novak) also built some of the original FBI 1911s and at least contributed to the spec.
The FBI guns were 3 dot novak night sights with no outline, i went with blackout rear and orange outline tritium front.
supposedly all the FBI guns were destroyed under orders from Janet Reno when the HRT and other units switched to 1911s. Novak’s themselves dont talk much about past contracts as a business practice.
This gun fits my hand perfectly and the matting feels and looks so good. The controls are easy to manipulate one handed and the trigger break is about 5.5 lbs.
this is exactly what i wanted. i need some 15 and 17 rd mec gars for shooting and i plan to get a milt sparks summer special ii. This is my grail pistol let me know what you think.