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  1. #291
    I just type in image tags and paste the image address between 'em.

    Like this, but without spaces:
    [img] http://www.coltautos.com/images/1911_Navy_109967i.jpg [/img]

    Last edited by M2CattleCo; 10-20-2016 at 10:05 PM.

  2. #292
    I really like that fisrt Colt officer's framed gun that was posted.

    Many moons ago, my very first semi-auto pistol was a new what they
    called "series 80" Colt Combat Commander,

    Aside from SIGs, Glocks, and CZs (founder.CZforum.com here) I've had a
    couple 1911s since then, all Commander type guns.

    Two in .45 CAP, and a short-lived Guardian in .38 Super.
    The Colt and DW were steel and stainless steel so
    recoil was no concern.

    My DW was light and thin, with a huge fireball and nasty recoil..
    at least for me.

    The .45 ACP in my (then) Glocks and MOD 2, and also my current XD-S .45
    just bothers me to shoot with my advanced Firbromyalgia and diagnosed
    carpal tunnel.

    A couple months ago..I made the mistake of handling a NIB Ruger LW 9mm.

    This was when I contacted the famed 1911 Bug, and I waited
    to trade for this:

    Low recoil, really low. Easy slide to rack, even for my wife.

    Cheaper to shoot than a .45 ACP even though I think 1911s
    should be .45 or .38 Super, so my man card gets 2 points
    deducted for this 9mm 1911


    Is a 9mm in the 1911 platform addictive??

    I've never had any gun that I've shot 500 rounds in less than a
    month.

    Actually around shot 500 rounds for the entire year of 2015.


    However..and I use that word a lot.

    I'm intrigued by the 2016 LW Commander and the
    Colt dual recoil springs.

    This might give me a Commander with recoil that I could
    live with.

    Those that have or have shot the Kimber Pro series in .45
    have said that that bull barrel keeps recoil down as well.

    So, I really like Commander type guns, even though my RAMI
    and PPS M2 have shorter grips than the RUGER CMD.

    Should .45 recoil be too much for me (as with my XD-S .45)
    I'll just opt for a Colt or Kimber in 9mm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by M2CattleCo View Post
    I just type in image tags and paste the image address between 'em.

    Like this, but without spaces:
    [img] http://www.coltautos.com/images/1911_Navy_109967i.jpg [/img]


    That looks like mine.

    I changed hammer, grip safety and sights though.
    Last edited by Malamute; 10-21-2016 at 09:46 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malamute View Post
    That looks like mine.

    I changed hammer, grip safety and sights though.
    I love that set of rollmarks.

    I need to get me one of them.

  5. #295
    You think you're done with them. Then you lay your hands on a really special one, like this Wilson. Built over 20 years ago, and just oozes coolness. Don't get me wrong,my next pistol is a G19, but that's only because Hillary is forcing my hand. Otherwise, it's only 1911's that feed my passions-of-the-gun


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    Thanks to this thread...I now own yet another one!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawyer View Post
    I went back and watched the shot show Hackathorn video and the Yeager Hackathorn video and they do appear contradictory. In the shot video he talks glowingly about the Combat Unit pistol and says it's a gun you load, stick in the holster, and do the job. Then toward the end he and Vickers talk about the lightweight commander and again they talk glowingly about it as a CCW gun and site it's usefulness particularly in the role of CCW in states with 10 round mag limits. Then in Yeagers video he talks about how if you buy a 1911 out of the box you're likely to be disappointed. It's hard to square the two statements. Possibly he's talking about 1911's as a whole and thinking more Taurus and Kimber then Springfield and Colt but again, watching the two videos back to back does make you scratch your head a bit.
    Colt credits Ken Hackathorn as helping to design the Combat Unit pistol, so it stands to reason that he would be enthusiastic about Colt actually following advice. I'd expect to be pretty happy with current Colts, SA, or DWs out of the box, but not with Taurus, RIA, Kimber, Kahr/Auto Ordnance, and many others.
    "Gunfighting is a thinking man's game. So we might want to bring thinking back into it."-MDFA

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    Quote Originally Posted by P.E. Kelley View Post
    Thanks to this thread...I now own yet another one!
    Is that factory stock?

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    I only changed out the MSH from flat (with an abrading lanyard loop cutout) to the arched as seen in the photo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hambo View Post
    Colt credits Ken Hackathorn as helping to design the Combat Unit pistol, so it stands to reason that he would be enthusiastic about Colt actually following advice. I'd expect to be pretty happy with current Colts, SA, or DWs out of the box, but not with Taurus, RIA, Kimber, Kahr/Auto Ordnance, and many others.
    The Colt Combat Unit appears to be a quite good choice for a turn-key 1911. Had I not bought that customized Baer, a CCU, from the same dealer, would have been high on my list.

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