1911

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by saab-bob

He told me the slide had cracked on it!

Bob, I liked the looks but spending more on the AMT to get it up to the level of an off-the-shelf Colt didn't interest me, at the time. My buddy and I were shooting Winchester 52C's with Redfield Olympic sights and S&W Model 41's with the long barrel and we liked the out-of-the-box accuracy of those two. Buying something with what appeared to be close copies of the Gold Cup features and having any kind of problem was a real turn off. (Used condition notwithstanding).

The stainless Gold Cup was nice, but I could not get to like the Series 80 barrel bushing. Why Colt discontinued the collet bushing of the Series 70 is still a mystery to me. Both the Colt autos I have now are Series 70's [45 Gold Cup & 38 Super Gov't Model], and shoot much better than I can.

I understand Colt made a limited number of 38 Super Gold Cups...that would interest me...