When my father died in 1981, he owned four 70 Series Gold Cups. My brother got two and I got two. Brother got in bind a few years ago and "gave" his away. I held on to mine. My father had bought a Gold Cup in the seventies for a friend of mine. Friend called me up a few years ago and asked me if I wanted to buy the still-new-in-the-box G.C. for $350. I hotfooted it over to pick that baby up. I gave one of the G.C.'s to my oldest son, as a college graduation present, leaving me with the unfired G.C. and the one that I shoot occasionally.
I'm using my shooting G.C. now to fire .400 Cor-Bon out of a compensated, .400 Accu-Match barrel.
Local bank prez owns an 80 Series. Not nearly as smooth in the trigger as my 70's.
Since I own a Glock 21, I don't find much time for shooting the 1911's. The Glock gets shot a lot and stays with me. The G.C.'s stay in the safe.
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Shoot to kill; they'll stop when they're dead!