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Originally Posted by Borderboss
Maybe I'm misunderstanding your comment here. I used to own a Series 70 Combat Commander in satin nickel finish. Bought it new in the late '70s. It had a solid bushing, not the collet, as you noted. I sold it off after not too long because it was inaccurate as heck and I was really young (21-22), so didn't know about customizing back then.
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The 1911 family of Colt's, and the other brands, were generally classified as Pre-'70, Series '70, or Series '80. Now days people don't differentiate between Pre-'70's or Series '70, it's just Series '70 or Series '80.
From 1911 up to about 1970 the barrels had no flair at the muzzle and a "solid" bushing (Pre-'70). In 1970 Colt came out with the Accurizer barrel and (collet) bushing (Series '70). Then, in 1983 they switched back to a straight barrel and solid bushing and added the firing pin safety (Series '80).
From their introduction in the '50's until today, the Commanders never made the change to the Accurizer barrel/collet bushing. That's why yours didn't have the collet bushing. Colt skipped over the Series '70 changes that made it a Series '70 gun and went to the Series '80.
The good news is the Commanders of today are far tighter and probably more accurate than anything from the 1970's or 1980's.
Bill