Is Sig going to quietly drop the P320? (Page 2 of 2)
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Originally Posted By Evil_Ed: You mean, dropping a GI 1911 on it’s nose, not it’s hammer - the uncommanded discharges happen because the firing pin was heavier than the firing pin spring’s weight. Springfield had (has?) California-certified 1911s because they use titanium firing pins; very light, light enough so they won’t overpower the firing pin spring during the drop test. And, Series 70 Colts distinctly means the Accurizer barrel and collet bushing for Colt. Those, and larger sights, were really the only appreciable changes between the standard GI 1911A1 and the “Series 70” as Colt marketed it when they started selling them. Sorry, but people calling standard GI fire control groups “Series 70” drives me fucking nuts. Series 70 denoted a barrel/bushing, not a fire control group. Especially when people refer to shit that isn’t even a Colt as “Series 70”. It’s like calling every revolver a Python, or every polymer gun a Glock 40. The only reason the misconception exists is because Series 80 introduces the trigger activated firing pin blocking plunger. As you said, Series 70 introduces the collet bushing, but a lot of people don’t know what that is and erroneously assume it simply means “no firing pin block.” To make matters more confusing, Colt also has labeled both the DA/SA Double Eagle and some SAO Defender models as “Series 90” and the reintroduced Series 70 has a solid bushing. |