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TheRodge

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70's Style
« on: February 10, 2006, 03:51:14 PM »
Hi All,

I've been on the 1911 forum and read a post about what is meant by 70's and 80's style and their differences.  Then he says something about it appying only to Colt guns and certain other Colt clones.  

So I'm still a little confused.  When the CZ-USA site describes a Dan Wesson gun as a 70's style, what is it really saying about the gun's operation and features?
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Offline Noklue3

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« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2006, 06:42:56 AM »
You can read about the 70 vs 80 here as explained by DSK on the 1911Forum. He explains it very well.
forums.1911forum.com/show...hp?t=15201

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TheRodge

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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2006, 07:29:20 AM »
Well, that's the exact posting that I read.  It does not quite explain it to me because of 2 reasons: 1 - I don't own any DW 1911s and 2 - I don't any Colt 1911s.  From what the posting is saying the term '70's style' doesn't apply to all manufacturers.  Since it's not a '80's style' I assuming that it does not have a firing pin safety block and it does not have a half cock notch. Is that right?  What else am I suppose to read into that term as it applies to DW 1911s?
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Offline Noklue3

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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2006, 04:38:13 AM »
The 1911forum thread shows what the different is. I don't what you are asking. In any event, DW's are 70's style without the firing pin block.
The term 80's (with firing pin block) and 70's (without) has become generic - no regard to who manufactured them.

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Offline dvsnse

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« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2006, 09:28:44 PM »
I believe this would be the most relevant portion of the column relative to the DW's term "Series 70 style".  The last sentence is what you really care about.

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Regarding the "clone" guns (1911-pattern pistols made by manufacturers other than Colt), only Para-Ordinance adopted Colt's Series 80 firing pin block system as well. Kimber's Series II pistols and the new S&W 1911s have a FP safety also, but it is a different system than Colt's and is disabled by depressing the grip safety. No manufacturers aside from Colt ever adopted the Series 70 barrel/bushing arrangement, so technically there are no "Series 70" clone guns. What this means is that design-wise most of them share commonality with the pre-Series 70 guns, using neither the firing pin block NOR the collet bushing.
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