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Skarekrow88

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Been collecting handguns ever since I was 21. Now I'm 26 and still don't own a 1911 and feel somewhat un-American for not. I suppose I've just been looking for the right 1911 and that, for me, is one of the stainless "flavor." I had been looking at a newer stainless Colt rail gun but the price tag was twice that of this one. Family friends with the owner and some of the employees of this store and I was told they had just got it in two days prior with already at least a dozen interested customers who were "coming back to get it." I wasn't about to let that happen.

How did I do?

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That would be high for a factory M1911A1 but that one has custom grips, an extended thumb safety, and a magazine chute added. Not my preference, but it looks like a nice pistol and with those add-ons it's a decent price.
 
You cleaned up. For $600, even I would grumble and probably have to buy it.

It looks like it has a magwell funnel on it. I wonder if it was a game gun that was shined up for resale, as the rollmark looks a little faint.

How much wear does it have inside? How's the trigger?
 
I am twice as old as you and notoriously cheap. If I pay "retail" for something I am crying on the inside.

For a nice gun like that, you paid a very reasonable price. The first thing that catches my attention are the nice sights. Tiny GI ones get old fast. Have you shot it yet? I was in my 40's before I owned a 1911. I liked shooting it so much that I have four now. I bet you will love shooting that thing! :)
 
You did very good. For $200 most than a Rock Island you got an excellent condition Colt with a few nice upgrades.

Well done!
 
Definitely worth $600, they go for about $750 new, but that one has upgraded sights, grips, and an extended magwell (which is good for everything but concealed carry).

My only pistol is a 1911, and it conceals pretty nicely and is very comfortable
 
You have perhaps $300 worth of aftermarket parts and labor. If well done and if you like all that stuff, it was a steal.
Let us know how it shoots.
 
Haven't shot it yet, I only put it on layaway because I don't get paid until next week. Once I do I'll pay it off in full. Anywho, I gave it a cursory once-over as I was in somewhat of a hurry (also the reason for the bad picture) but everything looked good to me aside from a few scratches here and there on the slide/frame that could probably be touched up with some flitz. The trigger felt fine to me but I've also never side-by-side compared a series 70 to a series 80. I know the associate that showed it to me very well and he said it all looked well taken care of to him both inside and out.
 
Well I went and paid it off a little earlier than I should have because I'm impatient. Disassembled it to find there is a recoil buffer installed so at least I know whoever had it before me actually cared.

I don't know a whole lot about the 1991's, or Colts in general for that matter, and what they come standard with. I do know (thanks to you guys) that the sights, the extended safety lever, the magazine well funnel, and the grips are all add-ons to this pistol. Not sure about the beaver tail grip safety though. I'll take a better picture soon so that can be seen.

I've read that the triggers the 1991's came with were plastic but this one has a metal adjustable trigger so I'm assuming that was added after the fact as well. The trigger feels good to me but I don't have much experience with anything to compare it to.

Someone mentioned that the roll marks look faint but it was just the crappy picture I took. I inspected it and had some others look at it too. The consensus is that it hasn't been refinished or shined up. Just a stainless Colt someone put some bells and whistles on.

The tritium on the sights seems to be spent so looks like I'm going to be in the market for something to replace those. Anybody have recommendations for some good sights?

Someone asked about the wear on the inside. The feed ramp looks good and it doesn't look like its had too many rounds through it but I'm no expert to judge on that. Standby for some better photos.
 









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These aren't a whole lot better quality but at least you can see the whole gun now. Click the pics to view them larger.

One of the night shift sergeants (who is a 1911 aficionado) took a look at it and said he would bet it was a Colt Custom Shop gun and that I should look for a CS number under the grips. Sadly there wasn't one but oh well. If the factory didn't do it then whoever did knew what they were doing. So were the beaver tail and hammer done after the fact as well? Sarge said those two things were the reason he thought it was a custom shop model.
 
Still LOOKS good for the price.
Not Colt Custom or high end gunsmith work, but not bad... as long as it SHOOTS. Let us know.
 
Still haven't shot it yet as I bought it at the beginning of the work week but will soon. It chambers and ejects both snap caps and empty casings so I take those as good signs. I read a thread on here not long ago where a good handful of people stated that a 1911's ability to chamber empty casings was just about a guaranteed indicator of reliability. Not entirely sure of the validity of that but if its true it shouldn't have any problems.
 
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