Colt 1911 models and upgrades

[YALE]

If you can grab one before the end of July, Sig is doing a rebate on centerfire pistols. They send you two free mags with purchase in the mail.

[dee]

My plain Colt 38 Super had a superb trigger for a base 1911. It might be likely that you won't need a trigger upgrade.

[AnthonyS]

Okay my decision has been made. I'm going to get a Gold Cup Natl Match in Blue in45 ACP. They run $1000ish. I may upgrade it to series 70 trigger mechanism later on. I most definitely am going to put faux Ivory or Pearl grips on it. I might even go baller one day and get real ivory. I'm probably going to change the hammer to a combat style or open, and that's it. I'm going to just shoot the heck out of it and enjoy it. This will come in way under my max budget though, but I think it's the right thing to do. I will get a few other gun related items and some more reloading supplies.

Anyone have one of these in stock around here? Yale? Otherwise the plan is to go to the Allen gunshow the first weekend in September and find one there. Wife won't have the funds for 2 weeks. We are camping over Labor Day and we are taking our family vacation at the beginning of August, so I can easily wait until then. We are starting our family vacation on Saturday at the range before we head out of town on Sunday. My wife will get to shoot her new AR!

[likeitfast55]

I see this one at one of my distributors. Cost is $1034.99. Yale or Phaux might have a used one.

Item #: O5870NM
UPC_Code: 098289042439
Description: CLT GOLD CUP NM 45AP PST B AS
Manufacturer: Colt
Model #: Gold Cup National Match
Type: Semi-Automatic Pistol
Finish: Blue
Stock: Checkered Wood
Sights: FT: Dovetail Post RR: Colt Champion Bomar Style
Barrel Length: 5"
Overall Length: 8.5"
Weight: 37 oz
Caliber: 45AP
Capacity: 8+1
Action: Single Action
# of Mags: 2
Chokes:
Packaging:
Receiver: Blue Steel
Chamber:
Muzzle:
Features: Round Top Slide, Wide Adjustable Aluminum Trigger

[YALE]

All I have in stock is a factory lightweight 5" barrel, a swanky stainless Commander, and a two tone gun in .38 Super. I can order basically anything, though. We're kind of at that middle level between being a little gun shop, and a big gun shop. For an old school gun room, though, we're huge.

[Chili]

All I have in stock is a factory lightweight 5" barrel, a swanky stainless Commander, and a two tone gun in .38 Super. I can order basically anything, though. We're kind of at that middle level between being a little gun shop, and a big gun shop. For an old school gun room, though, we're huge.

I'm debating on buying a Colt SAA in .45 long colt (the older the better).. You have anything there? Trying to get a gauge on cost.

[YALE]

I'm debating on buying a Colt SAA in .45 long colt (the older the better).. You have anything there? Trying to get a gauge on cost.

I'll ask the owner. He has all kinds of shit.

[CJ]

*shiver* series 80.

[AnthonyS]

*shiver* series 80.

30 minutes and a shim will fix that.

[AnthonyS]

Yale I'd love to see pics of the two tone 38 super. I eventually want a 1911 in all 3 calibers, heck maybe all 5: 45 ACP, 38 Super, 10mm, 9mm and 22LR.

[CJ]

30 minutes and a shim will fix that.

It wont fix the poor resale value though. It's still a series 80, and it will always be valued less because it isn't a series 70.

[YALE]

Yale I'd love to see pics of the two tone 38 super. I eventually want a 1911 in all 3 calibers, heck maybe all 5: 45 ACP, 38 Super, 10mm, 9mm and 22LR.

I'll text you when I get into work tomorrow.

[likeitfast55]

Has anyone shot the 22-TCM?

[bulldog896]

22 tcm is fun but had a few issues with em. Customers bring em in complaining the don't run. I shoot em no issue. Think what it amounts to is its easy to limp wrist.

[AnthonyS]

Got the letter back from the tax assessor. We are getting a huge refund on '13, so my wife is keeping her word. Her word was I submit and sign all the forms and she uses the funds to buy me a new gun. My budget is $1700. Now I'm starting to think that for $1700 I can get a couple of 1911s....

So I've spent a ton of time researching the Series 70 and 80 issues and operating mechanisms. This designation really only applies to Colts. But the main issue is that Series 80 guns have firing pin safeties. Now these parts can be removed and a small spacer installed to have a 70 style trigger. Kimber and a few smaller manufacturers use a totally different firing pin safety actuated by the grip safety. Suffice it to say I will never have this setup as it is too far off the original 1911 design.

Now I currently have two 1911s, an RIA 45 and a Sig Scorpion in 45 ACP. Both are great, but the RIA is original design "series 70" and the Sig is "series 80" with the firing pin safety block. Honestly the firing pin block does suck especially during assembly and reassembly of the slide. The catch gets hung up at times and the detent that is pushed down by the spring in the slide upper adds odd friction during reassembly. The trigger on the smithed RIA is better. The Sig trigger is pretty damn good and it is probably the tightest 1911 on the market these days. Sig and all Germans manufacture to crazy tight tolerances even if the plant is in NH in the US. Germans and Japs win when it comes to tolerance wars (I'm a mech eng by education).

So I'd really like to have a Colt 1911 in 45 ACP. And I want a 1911 in 38 Super and 10mm eventually. The Colt Delta Elite is a Series 80 design no way around it. You can get new built series 70 models but they are simple government spec. No match barrels, no adjustable sights or triggers etc. Just plain GI style 1911 in blue. They are less expensive though. The Colt 38 supers currently available are series 80. Don't even think about buying one in series 70 or technically pre series 70 unless you have lots of coin or the gun is abused.

So I'm thinking of getting a simple blue current production 1911 series 70 5" govt model. That's about 1K.

So do I add a few hundred of my own and get a Colt series 80 in 38 super or a Delta Elite?

Or do I get a plain jane GI style RIA 38 super and modifiy it to suit my tastes with whatever parts I like. I like Wilson parts by the way and Novak sites.

For the 10mm do I get an RIA or Citadel for around $5-6 or should I just save a bit more and get the Delta Elite. Honestly I'd prefer to have an older blued Delta than the newer SS models.

My dream trio would be a Series 70 in 45 ACP, a new Series 80 38 super converted to a series 70 trigger and a blue Delta Elite.... all of them with ivory grips too.

I could probably swing one now, maybe two if I add some of my own funds, and all 3 by the end of the year or early next year.

What say you? Anyone have any of the above referenced guns?