Slick Colt Commander 45acp....

[Marshal Tom]

From 71-80ish I carried a model 66 then went to 1911's for 27 yrs or so. I have owned several including LW Commanders, one officer's model and several customs. I find the 5" guns to be a little easier to shoot but preferred carrying the Commander length. I only have two 5" custom's now and don't carry them much any more. Still love the platform over all others. I mostly shoot and carry striker fired 9mm's these days but I could easily go back to a 1911 and be very happy!

 

[S&W Fan]

I've been buying, trading, selling Colt Commanders since I turned 21 a mere 56 years ago LOL. If I was ever limited to one semi-auto it would be a 1911. I've always been a fan of two tone 1911s when they first became popular in the 80s.

Here's my only Colt, a 1988 model I bought in June out of an estate. All the Colts were modified in a very similar manner unfortunately no idea who did the work. The frame (steel) is electorless nickel, some kind of black finish on the slide. It came with MMC fixed sights, blue small parts and some real ugly rubber grips.

I changed a few things: replaced the rear with a Harrison Designs retro, new old stock Colt grips, a Wilson checkered mainspring housing, EGW stainless slide stop, extended mag release, Nowlin fitted stainless barrel bushing, Ed Brown thumb safety and some gray grip tape on the front strap. This thing is a great shooter, accurate and reliable, a frequent carry piece.

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[fredcoyote]

Colt Wiley Clapp CCO & XSE CC

Commander size 1911s are hard to beat. The short framed CCO is nice to carry. This one sort of mimics Gunsights', short trigger, upgraded internals, double safety and trijicon DXT big dot. The XSE is just a cool smooth shooting heavy stainless commander with gold bead front sight. What's not the love. Makes a fine club too if you don't want to waste the bullet!

Hope everyone has a very merry Christmas!

Fred