{"id":12918,"date":"2016-01-28T18:58:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=12918"},"modified":"2016-01-28T18:58:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T18:58:26","slug":"my-nighthawk-1911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/my-nighthawk-1911\/","title":{"rendered":"My Nighthawk 1911"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Nighthawk Custom Browning HiPower.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While visiting Nighthawk<\/a> at the SHOT Show in Vegas last week, primarily to see their new, full custom, Browning HiPower, it dawned on me that with the plethora of custom 1911 models they offer, some might not realize you can always order a Nighthawk built to\u00a0your specifications. When I ordered mine, I did not pick one of the standard models, I specced\u00a0it out piece by piece. This of course included two features I demand on all my carry guns: XS Big Dot Sights<\/a> and a Crimson Trace Laser<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This video explains the particulars of my pistol and offers an explanation of why I had it built the way I did. It is not a pistol configured\u00a0by committee, it was put together they way the man shooting it, wanted it. When you order your Nighthawk you can select one of their many diverse models or you can do like I did and mimic the old Burger Chef <\/a>slogan, “Have it your way.”<\/p>\n

Dose anyone remember Burger Chef<\/a> and how they convinced the public\u00a0it would be\u00a0cool to\u00a0go out to eat but\u00a0fix your own food? That sounds like something that would come from a politician.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While visiting Nighthawk at the SHOT Show in Vegas last week, primarily to see their new, full custom, Browning HiPower, it dawned on me that with the plethora of custom 1911 models they offer, some might not realize you can always order a Nighthawk built to\u00a0your specifications. When I ordered mine, I did not pick one of the standard models, I specced\u00a0it …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2509,2500],"tags":[961,353,1090,2578,2577,377],"class_list":["post-12918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense","category-shooting","tag-browning-hipower","tag-crimson-trace","tag-custom-1911s","tag-fighting-pistols","tag-nighthawk-custom-1911","tag-xs-sights"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-3mm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13079,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/thou-shall-only-lust-after-perfect-pistols\/","url_meta":{"origin":12918,"position":0},"title":"Thou shall only lust after perfect pistols.","author":"gunwriter","date":"March 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Since lust is related to sexual matters, the word just won\u2019t do. 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