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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:52 pm    Post subject: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Been drooling over same since it came out. But first runs were low-count, they went FAST and all the retailers were gouging badly. $1300.00 ++ in some cases....

Finally things came around, found a shop 90 miles from us here on the mountain- small mom and pop that just opened, a colt Dealer and Gun Genie dealer. Worth the trip, too....they gave it to me for $850.00, it retails for $905.00

Got it home and filleted it. Old Slab-Sides was getting long in the tooth- still functions well and recently I got my first match win with it. But as said, after 40-50 thousand rounds, it's time to move it back a spot as a back-up match gun. And, one cannot have too many Colt 1911's, eh Bushboss????

So here's some pics and a story...

N.I.B.....for about 5 mins...



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:53 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Tearing both match pistols down...trasnfreing competition goodies over like the Brown mag release/spring, grips, magewell/MSH. Note the SS Ntl. Match bbl. On an $850.00 pistol! Woohoo!



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:54 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Blue G10 grips...not my style...but top shelf parts none the less!



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:55 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

They key was to have two very close match pistols....

Here's the Comp Model before....



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:56 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Here's Old Slab-a-doo....what a trooper! Now? A classic back-up match pistol to my primary...



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 2:58 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

And here's the Competition Model after the mods....Rosewood, border-cut, Gold Medallion grip panels, Ed Brown O.S. mag release and spring, Ed Brown MHS/mag-well.



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:06 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

And as you see, goal accomplished. Two very similar pistols with the same fit, function and POA/POI.

Does this gun belt make me look fat???? Shocked Laughing Razz



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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:17 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Very nice pictures. Thanks for sharing. I like a story with a happy ending. All the best...
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 10, 2016 7:57 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Good pickup Stovey, you done well...kissed on the d1ck by a fairy mate. Sounds to me like you have found a good gunshop that you need to patronise on a more regular basis.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 8:52 am    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Very nice Stovie...

Kissed on the [WHAT] by a fairy??!!??

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:00 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Nice! I like a story with a happy ending. You did very well. All the best...
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 2:36 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Bushmaster wrote:
Very nice Stovie...

Kissed on the [WHAT] by a fairy??!!??

It's a slang term that means you really lucked out, had some really good luck, or in Stovey's case he lucked into a really good deal.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 6:01 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

This "kiss of a faerie" is not to be confused with a similar act by a kiss by a member of the same gender. We'll leave San Fransisco ferries out of this one.

Being kissed by a faerie is a blessing of the highest order while being kissed by a ferry has a derogatory connotation that would bring one's manhood into question.

May we all be so blessed! Smile

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 7:53 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

Well stovey, I'm glad to see the quality of your tactical apparel has gone up a few levels since you and I shot on the Left-Coast. You are having too much fun there in AZ! Nice Pistols!



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PostPosted: Sun Sep 11, 2016 10:37 pm    Post subject: Re: COLT COMPETITION MODEL Reply with quote

As you were saying Paul...

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