colt government model

Congratulations! A great gun, indeed. I have 2 and some series 80 models, also. As already noted, the spring finger bushing can be a problem. After several years with no problem I began to doubt that, but then both broke within 3 months of each other. Easily replaced, though.
 
sipowicz said:
How did you find a Government model today? It just shut down.
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That's not true, 1911 Government models just don't work at this moment. All over the country the same sound on the shooting ranges : Click Click Click :D
It is said that in a couple weeks the Government models are supposed to resume normal work and should go again Bang Bang Bang
 
Way back when, Ashland Shooting Supplies had some brand new Combat Government Model slides for sale, over-runs from Colt I guess. I really liked those big, blocky sights on the Combat. I bought one and had it fit to my Gold Cup and shot it at Gunsite. Jeff Cooper himself looked upon it and pronounced it good. Couple years later, I had just bought a new Para Ordnance high cap 1911 frame kit; they didn't make the whole gun yet, just the frame, magazine, trigger, mag release catch and the few other wide-body specific parts. You bought the P/O kit and scrounged up the top end and other bits and made your own. I put the Combat top end on the Para, where it lives to this day.

I wish I had bought a whole pistol like those posted above. Everything a 1911 needs and nothing it doesn't.
 
You have one very nice (cant spell goregeous) 1911 there.
Mine is a Series 80 with the addition of an old style flat beaver tail safety. I carried it on and off duty from May of 1985 until June of 2010. It has over 15,000 rounds through it and it's still more accurate than I will ever be. I reluctantly retired it and replaced it with a 39-2 clone then replaced that with a Model 10-5 two inch. With age and injuries comes compromise.
 
Xtasy said:
Are the 1911 government models more reliable then the name suggests? :D

Back to a real question :

What exactly makes a 1911 a government model?
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Government model was made to GI spec. for 1911. Today manufacturers call the base models government. Commercial models always had better finish. The gov had parkerizing and the commercial was brite blue. I'm a colt guy for the 1911, but I do have and like my smith e. that said if you really don't have the cash the biggest bargain out is the rock island. I got one in 38super and it's built right and finished well.
 
Gunsnwater said:
Government model was made to GI spec. for 1911. Today manufacturers call the base models government. Commercial models always had better finish. The gov had parkerizing and the commercial was brite blue. I'm a colt guy for the 1911, but I do have and like my smith e. that said if you really don't have the cash the biggest bargain out is the rock island. I got one in 38super and it's built right and finished well.
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I do have to agree on RIA 1911. I don't have the money for all the expensive ones so I got myself a RIA 1911, great .45 for the price :)

 
I saw on-line that my LGS had a used M&P 9c for sale in like new condition. I have always been a "steel and wood" guy liking traditional revolvers and semi-autos more than any modern polymer guns. But lately the M&P line had caught my eye. I also wanted to see what the LGS current pricing was on the Shield. Well the 9c had sold before I got there, and the only Shields they had were in .40, so I wandered around a bit. I was just about to leave the store when I saw a Colt 1911 with a "Special" tag on it. Turns out the store had scored a couple of Series 80 Colts and put them on sale. I asked if I could see some and try the triggers....low and behold the trigger broke like glass and she was fitted pretty tight. I slapped down a deposit and picked it up a few days later (and none of the other Colts were left either!). I figure I could get an M&P anytime and had better snatch the Colt at a fair price while I had the chance.


Since this original post I was able to get out and shoot this baby. Put 100 rounds (50 ea of American Eagle and Remington UMC) through it. Ran flawlessly and was very accurate.

Here it is next to my S&W1911.
 
dcxplant said:
Some would also include Series 70 system not the 80's as Government Model.
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The original Series 70's had the collet bushing, carried over into the early Series 80's (which also added the fps). You did not see either on real Government Models, though a fps was almost added in WWII production 1911's.
 
Xtasy said:
Are the 1911 government models more reliable then the name suggests? :D

Back to a real question :

What exactly makes a 1911 a government model?
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Spur hammer, no beaver tail grip safety, arched mainspring housing, no ambi safety and no lowered ejection port. Fixed sights, too.
 
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