Question for the 1911 owners

[mbailey]

Can't go wrong with Wilson Combat either. I had a 10 round Chip McCormick go bad on me. I quit using them for carry purposes but I've never heard a bad thing about his 7-8 round mags.

We sell a ton of the Wilson Combat mags.....I have a couple, and love them. I couldnt even make up anything bad about them, they are excellent........Never heard of a CMc mag go bad.......I have some for my IPSC 45 that have thousands of rounds thru them w/o a hickup......(Of course now that you mentioned it, at the next USPSA shoot, it will go bad on my last set of plates, on the last stage of the shoot  )

[Slash27]

It's just the one mag, the others are perfect. My Kimber was junk too so maybe I'm just lucky.

[4Prop]

....back to the original question.  Why did you buy the Colt?  A safe queen?  I carry at least one of my Colts everyday on the job, have for many years.  They have character, and I have peice of mind.  When I pass them down to my kids they won't be pretty and new but they will show they have been well used and well loved. 

Use the Colt!

I didnt buy it personally. Its not a safe queen because I probably shoot it as much as people shoot .22s.

[BillyD]

On the AR15 note......Bushmasters got the crap label because they ran a batch where they didnt stake the gas keys of the bolt carrier groups and they sheered off. They also didnt stake the castle nuts for awhile and they backed out. One more hit they take is they are not 100% milspec so the professionals or want to be pros crap on them.

As a matter of opinion of course.....and from what I've learned over time  ( popcorn ready)

Ar15s per "serious" end users

Tier 1A (milspec and better)

Noveske
Larue Tactical

Tier 1 (per military spec ( US Technical Data Pack/ M4 Carbine) , Full Auto Bolt carrier group, documented magnetic particle tested and high pressure tested, 4150CMV chromlined milspec steel barrels hp and mp tested and marked level 3 anodizing,Heavy carbine buffer or H2 buffer standard etc. etc. )

Colt, Daniel Defense, Bravo Company Manufacturing, Lewis Machine and Tool, CMT ( STAG ) with "plus pack" etc.

Tier 2 ( partial military spec, some commercial grade ( 4140 steel barrels semi/auto carriers,carbine buffers/larger than normal gas ports (overgassed) to run .223, non milspec processes ( melonite/ferritic nitrocarbonized barrels etc.) but proper QC ( MP tested bolts, properly staked gas keys/castlenuts )

Smith and Wesson

( Smith suffered early critisim for sourcing parts from all over and having out of spec magwells. Their QC tightened up as they moved forging and machining capability in house. Also they aquired Thompson Center to manufacture in house barrels)

Tier 3 Commerical grade with some milspec parts but serious past or present QC issues and questionable/non exsistent testing procedures.

Rock River arms, Bushmaster, DPMS,Armalite


Go over to M4 Carbine.net if you want to see some fun forum fireworks discussing the quality of AR15 rifles. Those guys over there run the forum with an Iron fist LOL

I own a muscled up Smith ( quick pics ).







Any whoo to the OP good luck in your search for your next 1911. If I had the cash I'd go Colt. Actually if I had the cash I'd go Nighthawk........  For a field gun I personally carry a Glock 21. Not beautiful (its pretty in its own Austrian " but her face" kind of way) like a 1911 but the damn thing goes bang every time.

[4Prop]

Nice gun billy. BTW I already have a Colt.

[BillyD]

Nice gun billy. BTW I already have a Colt.

Ha Ha just put that together LOL on me. Well you should just get it over with and buy this 

[SFRT - Frenchy]

I have a Springfield Mil Spec, bought new $450. Never had an issue with it, a hint of a play in the trigger thats all. Can't go wrong with that price/quality. Iron site is very accurate I think, don't need something else, I mean I'm not planning on consistently popping quarters @50y.

[4Prop]

I have a Springfield Mil Spec, bought new $450. Never had an issue with it, a hint of a play in the trigger thats all. Can't go wrong with that price/quality. Iron site is very accurate I think, don't need something else, I mean I'm not planning on consistently popping quarters @50y.

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[SFRT - Frenchy]

Here 

[mbailey]

Ill add my 45 pron pics    PHoto of my next one  (its on order  )



Mine

My pride and joy, my Dad was on the US army pistol team back in the early 50s, this was his gun  Its a Rem Rand frame with everything else Colt (I still have all the RemRand parts too)......he had a deal with an off base gunsmith.......if he needed anything for the gun, the gunsmith would do it, in return my dad would get him cigarettes at PX prices....not sure how he managed to keep it.






IPSC gun

[Megalodon]

I have a Springfield Mil Spec, bought new $450. Never had an issue with it, a hint of a play in the trigger that's all. Can't go wrong with that price/quality. Iron site is very accurate I think, don't need something else, I mean I'm not planning on consistently popping quarters @50y.

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Absolutely,

[Slash27]

Ill add my 45 pron pics    PHoto of my next one  (its on order  )

Traded the Kimber in on this.

Ha Ha just put that together LOL on me. Well you should just get it over with and buy this 


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Well hello there.

[mbailey]

Traded the Kimber in on this.
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We really need a drooling emoticon 

[Rich52]

And it'll shoot a .45 cowboy round

I shoot my dads MilSpec, Colt 45 he bought back in the 70's. He carried it with him in Turkey during his, as he puts it, "Special" days.

Hmmmm. I was there in the " '70s" " and the Turks wouldnt even allow us to bring in our own shotguns to hunt with. Since it was only USAF in country, and we were armed with S&W revolvers as handguns I think Daddy might be telling you a tale. Unless he, and you, are Turks. And he was a Turkish cop. No. I see your a USAF Brat. Even the pilots would have been armed with S&W M-56s and I dont ever remember a pilot even carrying them. USAF adopted revolvers in the early '60s.

Better sit down with Daddy and have a talk. The Turks went ape at the thought of any kinda gun they didnt know about in country. As in "Midnight Express" ape. Thats what Military Juntas and Martial Law means. He told one truth tho. They were "wild days".

[Jebus]

My first and only 1911 right now is my Springfield TRP.

Absolutely love this firearm.  Its my go to gun if anything happens