New Colt 1911 National Match

[Rider1300]

I purchased my first gun in 1972 it was a colt Gold Cup National Match.
Honestly, I was disappointed when I got it because the finish was less than the brilliant blue I saw on Colts Python and the slide was loose and rattled like an old steam engine.
I sent it back to Colt and they tightened the slide but it it looked like someone hammered the frame. This is way back in ‘72
I never bought another Colt after that !

The good is: it was my competition pistol and I put 11,000 rounds through it without ever having a single miss or malfunction and I never changed a single part.

 

[AJ]

The good is: it was my competition pistol and I put 11,000 rounds through it without ever having a single miss or malfunction and I never changed a single part.

A one point I was putting 50,000 a year through my Colt. I was teaching a Combat Handgun Course in the Corps. When I was not teaching, I was shooting. At one point before I went to a USMC course on the M1911A1 (designed by Cooper), I shot a 1,000 a day to prepare. All I ever did to my gun was change the springs.

 

[bobsguns]

I tried in vain to google it, but is Colt still living with the UAW in its Connecticut plant?

 

[Narragansett]

Ok, I made a little comparison on 3 new guns. The first is a 1980 Govt MK4 series 70 royal blue. Good visual fitment, no rattles and the trigger has a crisp break at 5 lbs I would say. There is initial smooth take up to a dead stop, no creep and then it breaks

A 2023 Colt Govt series 70 also unfired 45 with a longer travel to stop, then a rather long gritty creep and a let off at my guess would be 6+ plus. The fitment was good. No rattles

The 2 are compared against a new Dan Wesson discontinued model PM- C ( Pointman carry Commander length ) also unfired. The Dan Wesson Has better fitment, and a trigger with shorter initial travel no creep and say a 4 pound let off. Clearly a better trigger.

I would rate them DW, 1980 Govt, 2023 govt.

I will send the 2023 out for trigger refinement