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TRH inspired me grab a Springfield. Ran some Blazer through it, I like.
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Originally Posted by Geno67
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Travis, is that an older Loaded Model?

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I honestly do not know. Got it in a horse trade.



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Originally Posted by Geno67
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Looks like one to me.

PS Shot some JHP ammo out of the Mil Spec today. Two mags full of 230 grain Remington Golden Sabre and two mags full of Cor-Bon 185 grain. No problems. I'd need to shoot more of what I would carry in it (Golden Sabre) before comfortably carrying it for self-defense, but that's a good start.

I also shot another fifty rounds of Winchester White Box 230 grain FMJ out of it today, and again no problems. Functions perfectly so far.

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That's good she's eatin' everything. Sounds like a keeper.

I don't even need or want the Springfield I got, but it's so freakin' sweet I may just end up selling my Delta and keeping the foe-five!



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Originally Posted by Geno67
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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Great pistol , you are well armed


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Originally Posted by deflave
That's good she's eatin' everything. Sounds like a keeper.

I don't even need or want the Springfield I got, but it's so freakin' sweet I may just end up selling my Delta and keeping the foe-five!



Travis
That Delta is pretty nice too.

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Originally Posted by Gibby
Good gun as is.

Springfield's are one of the best (all things considered including $$) for a build if you go that way.

Forged and heat treated frame and slides.
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Originally Posted by The_Real_Hawkeye
Been thinking about getting one for years, but whenever I saw one in the shop I didn't like the trigger, and figured another $75 or $100 for a trigger job into the price total. I saw it in the case and asked to check it out. It has a trigger on it like a Les Baer, nicely crisp, not a hint of creep. Break weight a hair under four pounds. Highly polished flats, all else nicely bead-blasted, providing a good grip feel. Slide glides snugly and smoothly on the rails. Not a speck of slop in the lock up. Comes with lowered and flared ejection port. Comes with checked cocobolo double-diamond grips, with SA emblem. Very nicely made gun.

A range session showed the sights were dead on, and the gun is accurate. In the 100 rounds of FMJ fired, not a single hiccup (still have to try some carry ammo in it). Price was $699.00. I'm happy.

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PS Over the years I've come to discover that I prefer the old standard Government Model setup on a 1911, i.e., no bells and whistles, i.e., standard A1 style grip safety (no beavertail), standard thumb safety, etc.. Only thing I wouldn't mind would be a set of Novak sights, with a night sight only on the front, but I can live with these.

Nice. I've been wanting to bring one home for a while. They are good guns for the money. Hard to beat a springer 1911!

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Originally Posted by EthanEdwards
Originally Posted by deflave
That's good she's eatin' everything. Sounds like a keeper.

I don't even need or want the Springfield I got, but it's so freakin' sweet I may just end up selling my Delta and keeping the foe-five!



Travis
That Delta is pretty nice too.


White people problems... grin


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Originally Posted by Geno67
Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual.
Originally Posted by Judman
Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit.
Originally Posted by KSMITH
My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house
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I reckon so.

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Originally Posted by GunGeek
My only beef with Springfield (and several others) is aesthetic. Ever notice how the front strap of the slide doesn't wrap back to the leading edge of the grip? Anytime I build up a Springfield (and most others except S&W and Colt), the first thing I do is get out a 12" double cut file and hog that thing down and shape the front strap to where it's supposed to be. Literally my only complaint with Springfield; and that's a pretty nit-picky complaint.


I had thought this was corrected with newer production being rounded.


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Originally Posted by GaryVA
Originally Posted by GunGeek
My only beef with Springfield (and several others) is aesthetic. Ever notice how the front strap of the slide doesn't wrap back to the leading edge of the grip? Anytime I build up a Springfield (and most others except S&W and Colt), the first thing I do is get out a 12" double cut file and hog that thing down and shape the front strap to where it's supposed to be. Literally my only complaint with Springfield; and that's a pretty nit-picky complaint.


I had thought this was corrected with newer production being rounded.
They did for a while with the GI Model, but soon went back to the non-traditional pattern again.

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Originally Posted by GunGeek
My only beef with Springfield (and several others) is aesthetic. Ever notice how the front strap of the slide doesn't wrap back to the leading edge of the grip? Anytime I build up a Springfield (and most others except S&W and Colt), the first thing I do is get out a 12" double cut file and hog that thing down and shape the front strap to where it's supposed to be. Literally my only complaint with Springfield; and that's a pretty nit-picky complaint.


BTW on the subject of the front strap not being milled correctly; I figured out why. They do it to save on machine time. The radius of the front strap of the Springfields (older) and other guns with a similar radius, is the same as the radius on the dust cover. So in manufacturing they're using the same radius cutter to save the time of changing cutters.

Springfield has cured this, and most of their newer guns have the correct radius. But many other 1911's still don't have the correct radius. Still, not a real big deal, but I thought I'd point out the observation.

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