{"id":174363,"date":"2023-01-23T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=174363"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T15:45:20","slug":"forged-from-history-cabots-california-1911-isnt-available-in-california-shot-show-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/forged-from-history-cabots-california-1911-isnt-available-in-california-shot-show-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Forged from History: Cabot&#8217;s &#8216;California&#8217; 1911 Isn&#8217;t Available in California &#8212; SHOT Show 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cabot&#8217;s latest craftsman collaboration 1911 is the &#8220;California&#8221; (not available in California).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cabot Guns has done it again: They&#8217;ve gathered an exotic material and worked with an American craftsman to create 4 unique full-size 1911s chambered in .45 ACP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Eggerling meticulously prepared sections of cable from the Golden Gate Bridge and forged unique billets to make these guns. Incredibly, Eggerling forged icons into the billet that are clearly recognized images of the bridge itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/12-days-of-shot-winners-list-you-can-be-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"forged-from-history-cabots-california-1911-isnt-available-in-california-shot-show-2023\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\">12 Days of SHOT Giveaway Winners List \u2014 You Can Be Next!<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Basically, it&#8217;s a 1911. But it&#8217;s also a work of art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-6.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Damascus has tiny images built-in, and one of them stands in place of the slide serrations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the forged images of the bridge was purposely placed in the billet where rear slide serrations belong. But instead of machining serrations into the slide, Cabot used a new process of selective etching. Acid eroded the image of the bridge into a deep bas-relief leaving enough texture to serve as the serrations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">It has a grip safety and a skeletonized hammer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The trigger billet has even tinier images forged in place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The billet for the trigger is an even finer mosaic of Damascus imagery, but it&#8217;s not random. Eggerling&#8217;s signature is included here, as well as a portrait of his girlfriend, a self-portrait, and even the classic stars Cabot always includes on their triggers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Damascus slide&#8217;s iridescence stands out against the steel of the frame. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no carry nor lightening cuts on the frame: Its bold angles echo the mosaics in the Damascus. What&#8217;s more, the front sight is solid 14-karat gold, paying homage to the California gold rush for which the Golden Gate Bridge was named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-8.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The gold ingot front sight refers to the California Gold Rush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" class=\"wp-image-174378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Cabot_California_Golden_Gate_1911_Levi_Sim-9.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rear sight is serrated to reduce glare, but it may not be effective at reducing the glaringly shiny finish of this 1911.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not only did Robert Eggerling craft the steel for this 1911, but Master Furniture Maker Steven Parker crafted a display box that matches the gun&#8217;s quality. It&#8217;s made from California Redwood and includes steel cables from the bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cabotguns.com\/the-california-1911\/?utm_source=GunsAmerica\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"forged-from-history-cabots-california-1911-isnt-available-in-california-shot-show-2023\" title=\"Forged from History: Cabot's 'California' 1911 Isn't Available in California -- SHOT Show 2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cabot built four guns and four boxes<\/a>, and all four were sold immediately via their website. You can sign up for their newsletter to get the jump on the next edition of 1911 they create. 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