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11-07-2020, 09:32 PM
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Nice 1911.
Quick question: Is that grip tape or stippling on the front strap? Just curious.
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That is genuine hard to find skate board tape. 
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11-07-2020, 09:38 PM
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Wait wait! Y'all are slipping in .45s that are not 1911s? Cool. Let's hear it for the traditional double action .45 ACP like this CS-45:
This big dude is a SAR K2 C. Made by Sarsilmaz in Turkey and it's a shooter! Not quite a 4" barrel, all steel, fun to shoot. Too big for me to carry but at TEOTWAWKI occurs it's on the front lines for sure.
I'll stick to pistols in .45 ACP. Revolvers are a whole nuthuh smoke.... 
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11-08-2020, 12:34 PM
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This was my retirement gift to myself a few years ago. Full custom Pre-70's Colt Government Model. Had Military DUI engraved on left side and PD patch engraved on the right.
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11-08-2020, 01:23 PM
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My Officer's acp. It was bought the first week stainless was available. 1985 I believe. I had it tuned at the Colt custom shop when I lived in CT. Added the Grashorn grips last year
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11-08-2020, 02:01 PM
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Since the thread title refers to a "favorite .45" (type unspecified), let me offer my Model 22 of 1917, the 1st gun I bought out here after I became a resident. It was a grail gun at the time. Reminds me, it hasn't been to the range for a while; no time like the present.
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P.S. I often (daily!  ) think about buying a 1911 but the 2 casino 64HBs won't let one in the safe and I handle them better than ANY of my revolvers.
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11-08-2020, 02:19 PM
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I have nothing "pretty" for sending 45 acp down range. My Colt 1917 and the Ballester-Molina are my two favorites. The Brazilian and the Springfield Armory 1911 A-1 come in second. If I still had my Ruger Blackhawk 4 5/8" bbl with the ACP cylinder and beautiful sambar grips it would be my "hands down" favorite - sold it 20 years ago 
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The Colt Gold Cup Series 70, (worked over by a custom smith) is my favorite and most accurate shooter,
But my Springfield Armory that I did most of the work on myself gets used nearly as much.
The S&W E Series 45 I had for a few years was O.K. but the Colt and Springfield would always outshoot it.
The Rock Island 45 "Compact" was surprisingly accurate but needed a little enhancement, such as a beaver tail grip safety, better sights, and a trigger job, which made it seem easier to carry, (in a Lobo holster).
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I have a literal pile of .45 Automatics but these are my three favorite. All American Stainless Steel Goodness.
Ruger P90DC
Colt XSE Combat Commander Series 80
S&W Model 4566
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11-09-2020, 07:30 PM
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Wilson Stealth. First two mags fired.
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11-09-2020, 10:46 PM
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Still have my first 1911, a rather early Colt Series 70 I bought used in the mid-70's, and paid $175 for it, ANIB from a small-town PD officer in my county.
This was back when, if you wanted a 1911, it was pretty much Colt or nothing, unless you got a GI variant of the other names.
There also wasn't much in the way of aftermarket goodies to put on them at the time. Sights were very much limited. There was 'MMC' which seemed a little chintzy to me.
After putting the near-mandatory for the time Pachmayr grips on it, next thing was good sights.
There was a great 1911-smith a couple hours South of me that some old timers may still remember ('Janos Videcki').
Purchased a S&W K frame adjustable rear sight at the LGS where I was working p/t, got the gun to him, and he milled the slide and fit it and a ramp front into place.
That sight mod was considered 'high speed - low drag' at the time. 
When IPSC started up in my area, this was what I used and shot A LOT.
Had a little more work done to it over the years - solid, fitted barrel bushing to replace the collet style, low-profile carry safety, beavertail grip safety, longer LW trigger, hammer change, lowered ejection port, new springs at some point.
Put this set of G10 grips on it when G10's were new!
Having so much confidence in this gun, I regularly carried it OD for years - and any SA auto was against policy.
Have a good number of 1911's, other calibers, Commanders, etc, but this old Government Model is my real keeper.
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