Pawn shop find: Springfield Armory Long Slide .45

AJ said:
When I was stationed in Calif., one of my Sgt.'s bought an AMT Hardballer in SS. This was 1987. He had more problems with FTF than the law allows. We tried every type of gun oil, clp and greases trying to get that gun to run. Finally one day he soaked it in 30 weight motor oil and it worked! After he got about 500 rounds through it, it would work with just a good gun oil.
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I got an AMT Long Slide when they first came out. It had a great trigger right out of the box and it functioned flawlessly until, after thousands of rounds, the barrel split. I ordered a no-name barrel on-line and it was easy to fit. While I was waiting for the barrel I used it as an opportunity to have a local smith mill-in some better sights and port the slide. Its still a great Pin Gun but the local pin matches went away during covid and the primer shortage.
 

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Around here the bowling alleys all started to recycle their pins

Protocall_Design said:
The Long Slides made good bowling pin guns back in the day. Not too many pin matches around now.
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They used to throw them away when they got scuffed up or damaged. Now they just put new covers on them, so pins are hard to come by.
 
tndrfttom said:
I got an AMT Long Slide when they first came out. It had a great trigger right out of the box and it functioned flawlessly until, after thousands of rounds, the barrel split. I ordered a no-name barrel on-line and it was easy to fit. While I was waiting for the barrel I used it as an opportunity to have a local smith mill-in some better sights and port the slide. Its still a great Pin Gun but the local pin matches went away during covid and the primer shortage.
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Low quality, two-piece barrel. Unfortunately, AMT would use low-cost parts to control the price of their finished pistols and still make a profit.
 
stansdds said:
Low quality, two-piece barrel. Unfortunately, AMT would use low-cost parts to control the price of their finished pistols and still make a profit.
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All true, but if I came across one at a decent price, I’d pick it up solely for the Terminator connection. Cool movies are the reason I have a number of the items I have.
 
olivehead1 said:
All true, but if I came across one at a decent price, I’d pick it up solely for the Terminator connection. Cool movies are the reason I have a number of the items I have.
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That's why I have handcuffs, a S&W 645, a Galco 1980's era shoulder holster, and an early production 6906. I just had to get my Crockett on.:D
 
Did it by any chance come with a spare recoil spring? If so, then you're the proud owner of the rare Springfield Armory V-16, one of the very few firearms which is rated for .45 Super.
 
olivehead1 said:
This was only out for a day when I stumbled upon it, and being a very good customer, I got a significant discount. Meaning I basically paid FMV based on most recent sold listings. IMHO it was ridiculously priced in the first place, but that's pawn shops for you. It looks like that pricing was based on some ported models that actually sold for a lot more than these "standard" models have sold. I exceeded the max. I'd normally spend by about 100% but figured, what the heck (I do have a pretty low max. as far as firearms go). Not sure I wanted or "needed" a long slide, but it just struck my fancy and I've never seen one in the wild.

Serial number N569xxx. Per SA customer service, manufactured August 2011. Very good condition or better. No significant wear, with some light handling marks, mostly on the matte finish, most probably from holstering in the plastic "Gear" holster. No dings or significant scratches, etc.

Any thoughts are welcome.
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That one is quite a bit newer than mine. My serial is N406xxx and it is from 2001

Also mine is a V-16 ported model chambered for 45 SUPER. I did change the grips on mine

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If that one shoots anything line mine, you will be very happy with it


canoeguy said:
What comes to my mind seeing that Long Slide is Arnold Scwarzenager shopping at the Alamo Sport Shop in the movie "Terminator",

"Give me the 12 gauge pump, the .45 Long Slide with lazer sighting, and the Uzi 9mm, also a 40 watt plasma gun"......

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I have always loved long slide 1911s. In addition to the 45ACP , 7" AMT HardBaller long slide. I also have one of the 7" Javelinas that were chambered for 10MM

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I have had good luck with all of my AMT/IAI 1911s. The only problen that I can recall in the last 3 or 4 decades is that one of the magazines had it's floorplate break the weld during a Match. Harry Sanford sent me 4 magazines to replace it

However those pictured above are not my only 1911 based long slides, Les Baer built me a 6" Targetmaster back in the nineties. Several summers ago I built THOR's Hammer, a 6" 10MM 1911 and just this week, Briley delivered the barrel for the 6" 38 SUPER that I am working on right now

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For a short time, AMT was renamed IAI - Irwindale Arms Incorporated. They later went back to AMT (Arcadia Machine Tool). I have an IAI Javelina Longslide in 10mm, along with a Skipper in .40 S&W. A couple of years ago I bought a 7" .40 S&W barrel off eBay for the Longslide but haven't tried it yet.
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I used to have a .45 ACP AMT Longslide, but I gave it to a niece for her birthday when she turned 21. Somewhere along the way I acquired a separate .45 Longslide top end.
 

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I have a Clark Longslide built in 1964 by the master himself. Just as tight and accurate today as it was when built. Absolutely wonderful gun. :D

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This one is a home made gun that I picked up off GB cheap about 8 years ago. As near as I can figure, sometime in about the late 1960s or early 70s this guy bought himself a bunch of parts and tried to put together his own longslide target gun. Sadly, he failed miserably. Nothing fit together properly, I had to beat the slide off the frame and the trigger was well over 12 lbs and gritty as hell. I can only guess he gave up and just shelved the project until it finally landed on GB where I picked it up fairly cheap and made a project of it.
After much work, I finally got it running reliably and pretty accurate. Its still a work in progress as I feel its capable of more. Every couple of years a break it out and tinker with it a bit more. But I'm happy with its current status. ;)
The custom laser engraved grips are a little touch of my own. The serial number is 29999. Four of a kind. :D

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We have to remember ... the early days of stainless steel in guns ... and the early AMT's were sort of experimental in reguards to galling , lubrication ... what worked and what didn't .
Also sort on inovatative with AMT and the 1911 / stainless steel was the investment casting process they were trying , like Bill Ruger used ...
1977 was a whole lot different then ... not a lot was known about stainless , what it would or wouldn't do when made into a 1911 .
I bought mine because I thought a Gold Cup (adjustable sights) and stainless in a 1911 45 acp would be just the thing for hot , humid Louisiana where anything will rust if given half a chance .
I got lucky ... I was told to use a good gun grease on the rails and rubbing points ( gunsmith J.B. Wood) and it has always functioned just fine , Don't use CLP or oil ... Grease is the secrete .

P.S. Lucas Red-N-Tacky lithium grease works extremely well also)
Gary
 
Patrick L said:
The talk of pin shooting reminds me of my youth. My club was big into them in the 90s. Most legal fun you could have with a handgun!
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And about as much fun as you could have ...with your pant's on !

The two local bowling alley's were more than glad to give us their worn out bowling pins when they relaced them ... We were recycling when it wasn't cool !

If you didn't shoot a 1911 in 45 acp you were behind from the get-go .

I still hang on to a First Place trophy I won ... I will confess the two top shooter's in our league ... wern't there that day .
Gary
 
Grayfox said:
This one is a home made gun that I picked up off GB cheap about 8 years ago. As near as I can figure, sometime in about the late 1960s or early 70s this guy bought himself a bunch of parts and tried to put together his own longslide target gun. Sadly, he failed miserably. Nothing fit together properly, I had to beat the slide off the frame and the trigger was well over 12 lbs and gritty as hell. I can only guess he gave up and just shelved the project until it finally landed on GB where I picked it up fairly cheap and made a project of it.
After much work, I finally got it running reliably and pretty accurate. Its still a work in progress as I feel its capable of more. Every couple of years a break it out and tinker with it a bit more. But I'm happy with its current status. ;)
The custom laser engraved grips are a little touch of my own. The serial number is 29999. Four of a kind. :D

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The first M1911 that I ever built was a carbon steel gun. I had to beat the slide off and on with a rubber mallet. A friend, who had built several M1911's, said shoot it. We did and the pistol cycled fine and in fact worked like a champ ever after. It was surprising the way it worked out.
 
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