Colt 1911A1

MikeP · 06-08-2015, 01:58 PM

Lots of folks don't understand the US custom of periodic upgrades or modifications.
An "original" would have been stolen off the assembly line.

Guns get pulled off racks periodically for these changes, or were in older times.
Many having little or no use.

I would want a Colt just because it fits the original profile.

I brought a RR home from VN, because I carried it.
Traded off the Black Market for a Swedish "K."

I had a minimal trigger job done on it and it shoots as well as I could want.

rhuff · 06-08-2015, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeP

I would want a Colt just because it fits the original profile.

I agree with this statement. A number of years ago I purchased a 1914 Colt 1911, and later a 1943 Colt 1911A1 "Lend-Lease" in 90+% condition, including a correct dated holster. I shoot both, but I am a handloader so I load "soft rounds" for them both. They are a hoot to shoot, and if only they could talk!!

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MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Lots of folks don't understand the US custom of periodic upgrades or modifications. An "original" would have been stolen off the assembly line. Guns get pulled off racks periodically for these changes, or were in older times. Many having little or no use. I would want a Colt just because it fits the original profile. I brought a RR home from VN, because I carried it. Traded off the Black Market for a Swedish "K." I had a minimal trigger job done on it and it shoots as well as I could want.