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GENERAL => General Firearms Discussion => Topic started by: canthelpit on July 31, 2019, 10:27:51 PM
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My son has been planning on buying a 1911 for some time and has been saving for it. Thought hard about
his options but in the end decided he wanted a Colt. At first thought he would get a Classic or Government
model, but then announced he was increasing the budget and would save longer. Kind of settled on a
Wiley Clapp but had never seen one, so we headed to the LGS to see what they had. One of the guys there
is a 1911 guy, so we talked with him and explained what my son was thinking. He thinks a minute, and says,
how about something better?
Built in 1997, it's been sitting in a safe ever since and doesn't look like it's been shot. He came in at the bottom
of his budget, and less than a used Wiley Clapp we saw on GunBroker. Darn kid...
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Great find!
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The only "bad" thing I could say about it is that it might be a good idea to replace the recoil spring with a GI spring unless he's only going to shoot target grade 185 grain ammo in it. I've seen two of them (Colt Gold Cups) with short/light recoil springs in them as they came out of the box. No idea what the spring weight/power was, I just noticed they were shorter than my Government Model springs when we were having a cleaning session after the range session.
All my 1911's are Colts. I've had a couple other brands, but I only kept the Colt pistols.
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Ahhhh 1911’s, my first love. I’m too fickle to stick with just one platform but shooting a 1911 is like coming home to an old friend.
I shot Steel Challenge last night with a .22 Marvel conversion on top of a 1911 frame (STI Trojan). I’ve had that STI for a long time and have 40K+rnds thru it, so it’s definitely an old friend. After shooting DA/SA Shadow 2 or striker fired P10C for most of the last year it was definitely nice to go back to a 1911 trigger and that particular gun.
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The only "bad" thing I could say about it is that it might be a good idea to replace the recoil spring with a GI spring unless he's only going to shoot target grade 185 grain ammo in it. I've seen two of them (Colt Gold Cups) with short/light recoil springs in them as they came out of the box. No idea what the spring weight/power was, I just noticed they were shorter than my Government Model springs when we were having a cleaning session after the range session.
All my 1911's are Colts. I've had a couple other brands, but I only kept the Colt pistols.
Thanks for the suggestion. This pistol came with 2 springs: one stronger one for normal loads and a lighter one for light target loads. We haven't shot it yet so no idea how they'll work out, but we do
reload so we'll get a chance to try them both at some point.
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Great find!
Thanks!
The store got it, and a pile of other guns from an estate belonging to a collector. They said five safes full
of cool guns, all in great condition and showing little or no signs of use. It was a lucky find, I think.
It came with original box, paperwork, test target, tools, magazines: the works.
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Ahhhh 1911’s, my first love. I’m too fickle to stick with just one platform but shooting a 1911 is like coming home to an old friend.
I shot Steel Challenge last night with a .22 Marvel conversion on top of a 1911 frame (STI Trojan). I’ve had that STI for a long time and have 40K+rnds thru it, so it’s definitely an old friend. After shooting DA/SA Shadow 2 or striker fired P10C for most of the last year it was definitely nice to go back to a 1911 trigger and that particular gun.
My kid is a tradition minded guy, so he's been interested in a 1911 for quite a while. Nether of us has any experience shooting one, so we're both looking forward to it. I really appreciate it when my son buys cool guns that I can shoot...
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So how much did he end up paying for it if you don't mind me asking?
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$1050.00
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$1050.00
Sweet ! Good luck with it.
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Thanks. We're heading to the range tomorrow.
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Finally got a chance to mess with the Colt. Before we headed to the range we gave it a basic cleaning. It obviously had
been in the safe for a while: all the lubricants were gummed up.
At the range, it ran perfectly. Off to a good start:
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