Slick Colt Commander 45acp....

[Xfuzz]

Decided to go walk a local gun show Saturday.
Most prices listed on S&W and Colts were naturally insane.

Until I walked up on this....

1980 vintage Colt Commander (Lightweight).
Likely never carried and shot very little.
No wear on this 43 year old Colt.

I have always favored Commander models.

 

[Grayfox]

Very Nice!

My primary carry gun for almost 30 years now is a 1959 Lightweight Commander in .45 ACP. Excellent pistols.

 

[Yendor357]

Wow, that’s beautiful. A slug such as myself ought not own things like that.

Are you going to shoot it?

Did you line up the screw slots?

You take good pictures.

 

[Xfuzz]

Yendor...

Yes
No
Thanks

 

[Drm50]

Nice pistol. I have a couple myself. I have one that was kind of a kit gun. It had nice professional BoMar sights and checkering on rear of slide. Had some Bubba work on it too. The cone hammer was cut out leaving a nub that was almost impossible to thumb cock. Got me a hi quality spur hammer to replace that. Then found that sear had been ground on so in went new sear and disconnect while at it. Still have to tune thumb safety, snow day job. The gun impressed me cutting holes at 25’.
The other is a flashy one, for formal occasions. It has the Idiot Scratch but other than that looks like never carried or shot much.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Prefer the Combat Commander myself but that is an excellent find.

 

[Baxter6551]

Lightweight Commander was my first off duty gun 1978. Still have it. Ramp polished to feed the Speer “flying ashtrays”. Pachmayr main spring housing and Kings sights. Still going strong.
These days however it’s a Springfield Compact Range Officer Elite 9mm

 

[petepeterson]

I want to find one of those in the worst way....

Congrats on the get!

 

[03hemi]

Nice Commander, I have a few. What'd you have to give for it?
Just curious what they're bringing at shows now.

 

[zeke]

Have switched both the 1911's actually carried to that style of safety, and they came with same style hammer. And they both have lightweight frames.

Congrats, that be an excellent pistol!

 

[Xfuzz]

It will pair nicely with my Combat Commander...

It was partly covered in a glass case under some
Randall Knives & Sheaths.
Marked at $1200....10 Bens later it became mine.

Below pic is my 1978 Combat Commander.

 

[Norton 750]

Those tiny sights are hard on my old eyes, but even as a Smith guy I can really appreciate a 1911. That one looks great!

 

[03hemi]

One of my Commanders, this one's all steel with Boone Trading's ivory.

 

[LEO918]

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One of my personal favorites.

 

[Greyman50]

Nice!, have 3 LW’s, just keep finding them. My CCW is a 70’s one I customized.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

Very nice. My first 1911 and second handgun ever was a Colt Commander bought new in 1977. $200 out the door. Still one of my favorites.
My current lightweight Commander model is a Ruger version. My only present Colt is a 1980satin nickel Combat Commander. Congrats on a cool find.
My Ruger:


My only Colt:

 

[rockquarry]

I've had a number of Gov't Models but never a LWT Commander. How's the recoil with full power .45 ACP loads? Is it significantly greater than with the same ammo in a Gov't Model?

The Commander and LWT Commander with the rowel hammer and standard grip safety are easily the best lookers.

 

[6GUNSONLY]

I've never thought much about the difference in recoil energy between an alloy frame commander and an all-steel one, so I'm gonna say that in my experience, the difference is "not much". All my 1911 .45s are Commander length, so I can't really compare to a full size 5" government model gun. Others may have different subjective experiences. I did shoot my buddy's new alloy frame 1911 with full-size 5" slide recently, and found it very pleasant to shoot.

 

[dsf]

A couple of years back I found a Series 80 Commander that someone had jazzed up with beavertail grip safety, extended thumb, hammer, plastic trigger and rubber grips. Fortunately nothing permanent. I put it back to original condition, with a few nods to Series 70 features -





BTW, the booze is gone but I still have the Colt and a half box of the Churchills.

 

[Valmet]

Love a vintage Commander. I’ve had my 1968 LW for over twenty years and while it isn’t something that gets carried anymore, it’s one of the last handguns I’d part with.