New Colt Officer's ACP!!!

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Secmat

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New to me anyway... Picked up a blued Series 80 MK IV Officer's ACP Fri. Just got back in from running 200 rounds of assorted ammo through it. Had to throw out the factory mag, but the Wilsons fed everything and she put them where I pointed. Gotta love it!!! She' going to be my winter project.
 
Congrats--good choice

Picked one of these up in stainless and am having Novack sights installed. Can't wait to get mine back.

Regards.
 
The Officers Model is an excellent compact .45 pistol.

There appears to be a potential long-term reliability problem with the stamping that Colt designed for the recoil spring cap. I've read several magazine articles by shooters who experienced failure of that stamping after some thousands of firings. The failure appears to be caused by crystalization of the cap, which results in launching the recoil spring down-range.

My Para P12 was designed with that same stamping (the P12 is basically a 12-round copy of the Officers Model). I took my P12 to a local gunsmith for installation of an Ed Brown kit to repace the guide rod/recoil spring/spring cap.
 
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