Sorry! Not a Smith.....but a Colt!
I've been looking for one of these for quite a few months. It is a new production Series 70. Spotted it on a dealers table not long after I walked in. Can't wait to shoot it.

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.....But I did get something S&W!! The S&W stocks in the back round of pic #3 I picked up today at the show as well.....$100.00.



Russ

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Nuttin' wrong wit dat bruddah! She's a beauty!

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Thanks Jack! I feel I kinda over-paid for the S&W stocks pictured, but I needed an extra set and they ain't easy to find in person.


Russ

That is one beautiful weapon!

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I echo every one else-that is one beautiful work of art.

Very nice. I have an original series 70 9mm combat commander bought new in 78 or so for $225. Good simple and solid guns

steve

Really nice gun and excellent pictures. I bet you like that one. Thanks for sharing.

I have an all original 70 series MKIV Combat Govt. from late '82. It has white outline rear sight (raised sights) and long trigger.

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James
On the Llano Estacado

Nice looking Colt.

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Very nice pistola!
I didn't know that Colt had re-introduced the Series 70. Good move on their part.

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John

I paid a little more for mine,but not near what it's worth today.




Foolishly traded the full size to a forum member for a 1950 Target.



f.t.

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That is a beauty. I don't like fish scales and forward serrations.
That is as pretty as it gets. I just bought a Ruger but it pales in comparison to that one.
SR 1911

beautiful colt...i recently purchased one of the new colt rail guns...they sure know how to make them

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I have an original Series 70 Government Model .45 that I bought new
back in 73-74. It is the only .45 auto that I own that's not a revolver.
Does the new series 70 have the firing pin safety of the 80 series guns?

I've got a Kimber Gold Match, but would like to have the real deal one day. very nice pick up

IIRC, the current production series 70 guns are partially machined like the series 80 to accept the firing pin safety, but the firing pin safety is not factory installed.

Here is what I found: (at http://www.m1911.org/prodte26.htm)
"The new pistols are for the most part dead ringers for the original guns; however there are a few differences. As already mentioned the new guns use the solid barrel bushing, whereas the 1st Gen. guns used the collet bushing. Both lack the Series 80 firing pin safety, however the new pistols do use the same internal parts as the Series 80 pistols. In other words, the extractor, firing pin, and grip safety have the notches cut into them that would normally allow the FPS parts to function. There are however no cutouts in either the slide or the frame for the levers and plunger, which means that a firing pin safety cannot be retrofitted to these guns without making the additional machining passes that a Series 80 gun requires. This all may sound like a cheap cop-out at first, but one must look at it from a manufacturing standpoint. Series 80 parts are fully backwards compatible in Series 70 guns, as the "notched" parts do not affect function and aren't even noticeable when the gun is completely assembled. In the name of streamlining its spare parts network Colt dropped all of the older Series 70 parts from production many years ago, and existing owners of older pistols are merely expected to order S80-type replacement parts which of course will still work fine. There was simply no point in making these older parts all over again just for a limited-production Custom Shop item, and so the new Series 70 guns use the exact same internal parts as the other current pistols in Colt's product line. It is worth mentioning that Colt did the exact same thing with the WW2 repro M1911A1, meaning that model uses S80-type internal parts as well."

Machining aside, the current production series 70 do not have the firing pin safety.

That is a very good looking Colt. Unfortunately my eyes do NOT get along well with the sights on an an A1 configuration 1911 anymore. Nowadays my preferred 1911 is the Ruger SR1911 because the package is a perfect fit for my needs, it's a series 70 design, and I CAN SEE THE SIGHTS. Or I can at least sort of see some fuzzy white balls a younger person would call the sights.