Colt 1911?

[Pima Pants]

I'm kinda late to the party, but earlier this year I bought a Colt Defender 1911 from a member of this board. It functions flawlessly. It is the second Defender I have owned in the last 30 years and the first one also functioned perfectly. I have no idea why I sold the first one except that something shiny caught my eye at the time. It may have been a CZ-75. I am keeping this Defender. I'm 66 years old, disabled, and in very poor health, so it will be with me until I expire.

 

[TomI]

I have a Colt Government Gunsite pistol, it will be a pistol that I will never part with. I carried it on duty for years, and CCW it as well for years. It has never missed a beat and is just a solid, accurate, dependable gun. I must admit, that the G19 has replaced it for my CCW now, but that Colt will always have a special place in my heart and in my safe

 

[792mauser]

In my experience.
Had:
2x 1991 5" .45acp
1× Officers lightweight


If you can get a good price for one buy one. There's nothing special about them.

I still have the lightweight Officers model. Since it's so light. But I'm not gonna put 50 rounds at a time through it. Snappy and unpleasant to fire but great to carry.

Traded the 2 government models for 3 Norinco 1911s. Best trade i ever made for a 1911. Everything but the finish is better on the chi-com pistols.

 

[Harrier]

I've had several 1911's over the years, but I sold them all off. I like them, they are a great gun but anymore I want a rail for a light or laser, so if I get another it will have to have that feature... probably a 2011 I think they call them.

 

[Boriqua]

I've had several 1911's over the years, but I sold them all off. I like them, they are a great gun but anymore I want a rail for a light or laser, so if I get another it will have to have that feature... probably a 2011 I think they call them.

Springfield has a couple models with rail. I am kind of anti rail when it comes to 1911's but I wouldn't kick one out if bed.

My TRP is the one gun I truly ever regretted selling.

 

[XNARC]

Something shiny....

Same here...I thought the Sig was sexier, but I miss my Colt Commander. Will probably wait for things to settle and start looking for another one.

 

[Robert1234]

Bought a new 9mm Gold Cup National Match in 2017. Not impressive. Gun rattled like a baby toy. Barrel had play at the bushing and at the rear lugs. Even installing an EGW bushing up front didn't help the rear lugs, too much vertical play there.

It worked and looked cool (I dig blued guns), but wasn't what you would expect from a Gold Cup. Wasn't cheap either.

 

[twoaussies]

I have a Colt XSE Govt. blued and my thoughts are that the stamping in the slide were done and not smoothed out after stamping before bluing, looks cheap. The pistol shoots great but the safety was very loose and the entire pistol is looser feeling than any other I own

 

[Wulfenite]

I'm at a point of surplus on 1911s. I cut my teeth on a Colt series 80 Gold Cup in SS, circa 1995. With an upgraded barrel, it eats the center out of bullseyes as someone has mentioned above. My wife competed with hers. She used a Combat Commander with similar success and now uses a Ruger midsize 1911 in 9mm. We both recommend Ruger's full-size 1911 for out of the box reliability and accuracy.

We're going to need to thin the herd, though.

 

[VITAXIN]

I've bought and sold (approx.) 15 Colt 1911's in my life,
because I was offered much more than I paid for them,
and I only have 2 now, which I'll NEVER sell; a stainless
Delta Gold Cup 10mm and a stainless Defender .45

 

[Wulfenite]

That's a nice looking Colt. I really like the trigger. 10 mm would be a good caliber. We are down to our last .45 ACP Gold Cup, and it needs to go. Like your 10 mm, it's also in stainless. My wife sold hers several months ago.