Just aquired from a friend.

Combat hammer, beaver tail, combat trigger, oversized safety, flared port, dehorned and shot peened, matte blue, slim-tech grips, Novac sights with Trijicon inserts, removeable light rail, arched housing, etc. etc. etc.

The mod's are subtle and are for functionality only.

Me likey.

Pardon the lint, again. I really need to vacum that blanket.

Nice!!! You'll enjoy shooting that one. Personaly, I'd remove the light rail. But that's just me.

Yup- it's removeable.

And goes right back on for black-out stuff.

The gent I got it from does all his guns this way, sans the rail. They shoot very well w/o any issues.

Good choice. I like the looks of that gun. Take care...
Joe

Aah...Colt...Ya just gotta love'em....

Enjoy

With all them mods you need to wrap that one up an send it to me for some very serious extensive testing. I have your well being in mind, we want to make sure every thing is on the up and up.

By the way send ammo to I'm down to about 500 rounds, not near enough to test it for you.

First thing in mind when looking at the photo is..




I also want a 1911 that shoot 12Gauge

Great nice lookin chunk of metal, Stovie!!
Congrats to the addition!!

Wiersy- like you said with the BFR, "it's in the mail".... Shoot it up, then give it a swabbin', just don't refinish the grips for me...

Glen- thanks mate, cheers!

I'm so glad it doesn't have a extended slide lock, those seem to get in the way more then they get used. Neat gun.

Thank you, FN. I agree, I don't use the lever to release the slide. I cup it when racking, gives me more options from 'present'. Feeds that first round better too when the slide goes all the way back.

I popped the cherry on it last night and ran some drills. I aint a stranger to semi-auto pistols but this is my first Colt owned outright. (long story)

100 rds, no failures, range reloads too.
Trigger reset is spot on and it DT's like right now. I like the Gov model too as it recoils less than the carry models.

My local range agent asked when I was 'moving up' to one of the Kimber, Brown's etc. the got in the case? I just smiled and rubbed the slide on mine.
When those run as good as this Colt out of the box for a third their asking price, well talk. (not!) Some of those 2-3000.00 dollar guns? I have shot them and, they are seriously nice firearms. I'm just not that rich and could never spend that much on a firearm.

I'm a Pork-n-Beans shooter in a Filet Mignon world.

My little Colt looked a tad out of place on top of the Gucci case with all those nice Uber-customs in there.
But what matters most at the end of the day is the ragged holes in the pipe plates @ 10 and 15y. She's get's it on at 1/4th the price.
It's a fine lil' shooter and it has a bunch of sentimental value to me as well.

She'll gitter done just fine.

stovepipe wrote:

Thank you, FN. I agree, I don't use the lever to release the slide. My local range agent asked when I was 'moving up' to one of the Kimber, Brown's etc. the got in the case? I just smiled and rubbed the slide on mine. When those run as good as this Colt out of the box for a third their asking price, well talk. (not!)

Let's not rehash that one please!!!

Good answer!!!

Nuttin' to hash, really.

I won't fault anyone's choice. HG's are very personal.

With my budget I need to think practical and functional vs. 'Price and Nice'.

Did I mention my new 20ga was a wopping 200$? Oh wait, I think I did on another thread.

stovepipe wrote:

Wiersy- like you said with the BFR, "it's in the mail".... Shoot it up, then give it a swabbin', just don't refinish the grips for me... Glen- thanks mate, cheers!

What the BFR didn't make it there!!!! Oh there it is.... I guess I forgot to mail it.

Does this mean your not sending that purdy 1911?

I was wondering why my mail box werent sagging and my mailman didnt have a truss, the BFR never came!

And yes, no it aint comin' now.

But, during my 'therapy session' last night? I did a couple of double-taps just for you bud. Oh and it was gooooood to.

Double taps...... thats kinds stuff.

Two to the chest one to the head.