Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Handguns Colt brings back the Combat Commander

Reaching back into the vault to update a design long on hiatus, Colt announced Thursday that a redesigned version of the Combat Commander is making a comeback.

The new Combat Commander–available in both 9mm and .45ACP (sorry guys, no .38 Super) is an all carbon blued steel 1911 that clocks in at .75-inches shorter than the standard longslide and comes in from the cold with the addition of a dual-spring recoil system, wide-angled cocking serrations, and Novak LoMounts.

Bringing the pistol in line with their current Lightweight Commander and Competition series, Colt has upgraded the rebooted pistol with new ergos.

“The new Combat Commander features an upswept beavertail grip safety and undercut trigger guard to allow users to get good purchase on the grip, and our great Colt G10 grips,” said Justin Baldini, Colt’s product director, in a statement.

In the way of a brief history lesson, the Commander was introduced in 9mm for an Army pistol contract in 1949 aimed at providing a more effective replacement to the .32 ACP Model 1903 “General Officer’s Pistol.” It soon became popular on the civilian market and in 1971 a steel-framed (to differentiate it from the Lightweight Commander) Combat Commander went into production. That 70 Series Colt remained in the stable until 1980 and, after a brief hiatus, was replaced by the 80 Series variant that remained in production in one form or another until 1998 but has sadly been missing from the lineup since then.

Now, to borrow a phrase from John Wick, it looks like the Combat Commander is back, at an MSRP of $949– slightly less than the Lightweight Commander.

As such, it joins the latest edition of the Colt Cobra and a new railgun model of the Delta Elite, announced last week.

http://www.guns.com/2017/01/13/colt-brings-back-the-combat-commander-1911-for-2017/

Will be interesting to see what the pistol feels like with the ergo adjustment, I cant imagine anything feeling better in hand than the standard 1911.

That's why i can't leave 1911's alone, lower capacity and a few malfunctions along the way, they're like pointing a finger to me.

That's kind of exciting. The list of possibilities gets bigger.

T pistol I carry most often, is a worked over Series 70 Combat Commander.

There's no flies on any form of a Government Model. But if Colt wants to make some money they need to produce smaller, powerful handguns that can be accurately shot and easily concealed.

I think Colt could reintroduce the Mustang with a slightly longer barrel, chambered in 9mm and sell truck loads of them.

Hate to be the contrarian but that thing has about as much appeal as Rosie O'Donnell in a thong. I'd buy an 04691 but not that slant-serrated monstrosity.

Looks a lot like an XS model, though the dual recoil spring system is a new twist, previously used only on .40's and 10mm's

I agree. It think it's great that Colt is doing the nostalgia thing right now, and I hope it is successful. But, the firearms market is pretty saturated now, especially with the Trump victory, and it seems to me that the way to financial security is to come up with the "next big thing" or something people will use every day rather than appealing to people who remember the old days and want to have big, heavy guns that don't hold much ammo. I could be wrong, though.

A 1911 10mm still haunts me Tex, I gotta get one.

I've always been a fan of the Lwt. Commander. If in all steel I'll take the Government Model.

Dual springs are on the rail gun and competition series. I notice very little difference between the felt recoil with dual springs and regular springs.

Exactly right. Why carry a steel-framed Commander if a lighter Commander is available. This gun never made sense to me.

Nice gun...

I'm one of those who would rather shoot a Commander or Combat Commander over a Government length gun...mainly they just balance better for me and faster from the holster.

Easy enough to drop a .38 Super barrel in the 9mm to have a two caliber gun...

Bob

So my DETONICS will still be in fashion?

I agree, and my Combat Commander is a favorite.