Great write up, thank you. I'm a huge colt fanboy but I carry my DW an awful lot.
Great write up, thank you. I'm a huge colt fanboy but I carry my DW an awful lot.
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Well, crap.
If this is a genuine Dan Wesson built 1911, is currently available at or under 800, and is relatively true to GI spec, I might have just found my first keeper 1911 after my $330 cheapo pilot run with a Rock Island.
Any glaring cautionary notes, were I to take that plunge?
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State Government Attorney | Beretta, Glock, CZ & S&W Fan
Here's one if anybody wants it...
http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/p...1+A1+45ACP+7RD
You bunch of enablers.
I'm getting coldish feet. I'm kinda inclined to just save all the way up for a Valor, which is a pistol I have wanted for ages.
State Government Attorney | Beretta, Glock, CZ & S&W Fan
As of yet I haven't seen anything that sets off alarm bells. The front sight is secured by a roll pin and I've read a couple of reports of the pin coming out of the sight under recoil. This seems to occur right away, so after 500 rounds I'm not expecting it. The stiff thumb safety seems to be a common occurrence, but is easily fixed. All of the major machining and finishing is quite good, everything seems in spec.
Last edited by Trooper224; 04-06-2016 at 12:59 AM.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
I'm always a sucker for retro 1911s. I have a line on a 1952 Commercial GM that was refinished at some point; for about a grand but not sure what the price outta be.
CZ vs older Colt.
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