Start with our ideas. Finish with yours.
Choose the proven Ed Brown foundation that fits the pistol you want to build.
The traditional 1911 builder offers our broadest range of choice. The EVO builder begins with a smaller, thinner platform engineered specifically around 9mm.
Built around proven foundations.
Custom does not mean starting from scratch. Begin with a proven Ed Brown platform, then change the details that matter to you. Each configurator explains the choices, updates the price as you build, and sends the finished configuration to us for review.
Two platforms. One standard.
Choose the traditional 1911 for the broadest range of possibilities, or EVO when you already know you want a smaller 9mm-focused platform.
1911 Custom Build
The broadest canvas.
Choose from the widest range of sizes, calibers, slides, controls, sights, barrel setups, finishes, grips, and individual details.
Not sure where to start? Read the 1911 Build Guide first.
EVO Custom Build
A focused 9mm platform.
Start with the smaller, thinner four-inch EVO architecture, with stainless, light-rail, and lightweight configurations plus a more focused set of choices.
Not sure where to start? Read the EVO Build Guide first.
Choose. Configure. Submit.
The configurator keeps the process simple: choose the platform, make the selections, then send the complete request to us for review.
Submitting a configuration starts the review process. It is not the end of the conversation.
Start with a gun that already speaks to you.
Browse earlier Ed Brown builds for ideas, choose a completed in-stock pistol when the right configuration is already waiting, or ask us a question before you begin.