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

[ContinentalOp]

Good snag Xfuzz. Seems Bill Wilson of Wilson Combat in Berryville, Arkansas, primarily used Springfield, Inc. 1911's to build his combat pistols before he started producing his own.

That reminds me. I'm a fan of the early GSP pistols, and if I'm not mistaken, Gunsite built them from SA frame and slide kits before SA stopped selling them.

 

[walnutred]

I've owned a few and built several. Uncle Sam actually paid me to work on them for awhile, along with other firearms he owned. This week I picked up a Norinco that hardly looks fired and I have't got to the range with it yet. To me other than the trigger it looks every bit as good and any military contract 1911A1 I ever handled and it is definitely tighter than most that were still in service back then. I was able to pick it up for 2019 pricing so am happy with it so far. I still see these in good shape selling in the low $500 range and personally think that is a very fair price for a basic 1911A1.

 

[cmansguns]

Then there is an original!

I can't say for positive where this 1911A1 has been since it left Ithaca in 1943 and before it arrived at our house some 20 years later.....but I can say about accuracy!

Yes.....she clanks and groans, never stovepipes, always fires and I don't wish to brag or anything but you can EASILY cover one of my 10 yard "groups" with an upside down bushel basket.

Don't laugh.....that's almost as good as I did some 55 years ago with a Prick 6 on my back and a 1911A1 in the strong hand.

Sometimes I wish I had had 45 shotshells in lieu of 230 gr ball.

Anyway......don't knock the real things...they are not match quality builds but one heck of a lot of GI's sure depended on them when things got rough.

 

[AJ]

I can't say for positive where this 1911A1 has been since it left Ithaca in 1943 and before it arrived at our house some 20 years later.....but I can say about accuracy!

Yes.....she clanks and groans, never stovepipes, always fires and I don't wish to brag or anything but you can EASILY cover one of my 10 yard "groups" with an upside down bushel basket.

Don't laugh.....that's almost as good as I did some 55 years ago with a Prick 6 on my back and a 1911A1 in the strong hand.

Sometimes I wish I had had 45 shotshells in lieu of 230 gr ball.

Anyway......don't knock the real things...they are not match quality builds but one heck of a lot of GI's sure depended on them when things got rough.

As the saying goes..."Been there done that!"

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I made the same original choice as the OP. Nice gun. No extras. Good price = particularly back in the day, Springfield Standard Mil Spec.

 

[78bagger]

Just a 1911?? an ok pistol?? Oy! Sacrilege

 

[BigBill]

We purchased our father a new Series 70 NM in the mid 70's as a Christmas present, my father never fired it. My younger brother ended up with it when our father passed a way. He took it to the range and couldn't once fire a full mag out of it without some type of malfunction. He got disgusted and traded it in at the LGS.

I have a SA series 90 1911 that jammed one round per mag the extractor needed tuning it didnt hold the fired case firmly to eject. I left it in the safe since 1990. I don't think I have 50 rounds through it after I fixed it a decade ago. It's so Purdy in black park I couldn't sell it.

 

[BigBill]

Just a 1911?? an ok pistol?? Oy! Sacrilege

I was never fond of pistols I had a 1911 cause everybody I shot with had them. But after seeing the accuracy after doing my build there awesome.

I purchased every 1911 tool and fixture from brownells. Plus every dvd I could find on how to build 1911 and how they tick. I watched the DVDs over and over paying close attention to the bullet points. While it wasn't hands on I was looking over the gunsmiths shoulder. I found out the barrel bushing to slide and barrel fit matters. Fitting the national match barrel bushing correctly matters, the link controls the amount of lug engagement. I look forward to do a complete build someday. I need the frame I have everything else.