No frills 1911....Mil Spec....

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Nice choice. I'm also interested in getting a no-frills, GI-style 1911 as my next full-size pistol (whenever that happens). For new production, the SA Mil-Spec and Colt Classic are at the top of my wishlist. Depending on my mood, either fills the top spot. But I have been harboring a desire to build a repro of the original GSP guns, and I think a SA Mil-Spec would be a more cost-effective option. Of course, it also depends on what's available when I have the money. *shrug*
 
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I ran across this one 3 years ago that looked unfired for $500. American made.

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Looks like a King-Tappan rear sight with a Millet dual-crimp front sight.
 
Springfield sells very good firearms, including their 1911's. A few years back I bought the full size 'Loaded' model. Great pistol. However, after I got it home and began field striping/cleaning, I noticed something that I didn't see at the gun shop....'Made in Brazil' stamped on the right side of the frame. I know it sounds silly, but I just couldn't take it. I sold it to a buddy for just that reason alone and bought a Colt Defender. I also had Sig and Kimber 1911's, but I guess when it comes to 1911's I just prefer Colt for whatever reason.

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My norinco build has been awesome. I added the houge red dot lazer grips. I noticed after I purchased it the barrel bushing was loose in the slide. I purchased a USGI 1911 surplus barrel, National match barrel bushing, FLGR Kit, I fitted everything for a 100% lockup in full battery. I added the disconnector ramp, polished the feed ramp. She’s a low budget race gun. Cycles faster, smoother, shoots clusters and cloverleafs at 25 yds. I did purchase every how to video on the 1911. I like doing my own work.
 

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AJ said:
Springfield Armory builds a good pistol. A lot of the frills that folks have on their pistols are not really needed.

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Springfield Armory doesn't build anything. The Mil-Spec is made by IMBEL of Brazil, as is all the other 1911s that SA sells. .

I had one, it was an okay shooter. But I flipped it for a reason. My Colt 1991A1 is a better gun.

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It chilling with my Browning .380 1911.
 
The only thing I do to a standard no frills, bells or whistles basic new 1911 is polish the feed ramp checking for machining marks and add the disconnector ramp and FLGR Kit. The shoot it a lot.
 
Miami_JBT said:
Springfield Armory doesn't build anything. The Mil-Spec is made by IMBEL of Brazil, as is all the other 1911s that SA sells. .

I had one, it was an okay shooter. But I flipped it for a reason. My Colt 1991A1 is a better gun.

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It chilling with my Browning .380 1911.
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Did not know that Imbel was building for Springfield. The last Springfield that I shot was one I had built in the late 1980's and it had Genesco, Il. stamped on it.

I have had one Imbel manufactured firearm and it was an L1A1, Was not a bad rifle.

I have not been impressed by anything out of Colt since they started producing the Series 80's.
 
For quite a while now, I have kept desirability and resale value as prerequisites for the purchase of any gun, so I would always go with Colt.

However, the first 1911-type pistol I bought was a Springfield Armory plain matte finish "Mil Spec" 1911 A-1 more than thirty years ago. It has held up incredibly well and has been fired a lot, almost exclusively with cast bullets. Maybe a copy, but it has been about as good a pistol as any Colt I've had, though no better. If I had spent a little more in the beginning, I could have bought a Colt. If I attempt to sell the Springfield gun, it will bring considerably less than a Colt. For these reasons, I'd go with the original.
 
AJ said:
Did not know that Imbel was building for Springfield. The last Springfield that I shot was one I had built in the late 1980's and it had Genesco, Il. stamped on it.

I have had one Imbel manufactured firearm and it was an L1A1, Was not a bad rifle.

I have not been impressed by anything out of Colt since they started producing the Series 80's.
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Since day one, IMBEL has been building 1911s for SA.

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SA "builds" guns by having IMBEL make the forgings to a 80% and then SA does the rest to claim it is made in the US. Other guns are simply 100% made in Brazil.
 
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