Posted: 2/10/2009 6:06:36 PM EDT
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If anyone remembers, I just bought a Springfield Loaded at the end of November brand new. Well, I was cruising the EE two weeks ago and stumbled upon a used one for $625 shipped......so I bought it!
Here's the pics, but I have some questions too. Pics first 
I haven't gotten around to shooting it yet, so I don't have a range report quite yet. The trigger is actually very nice, I'm guessing around 4lbs. The safety does have a sharp edge that digs into the web of my hand. I'm planning on replacing that with some sort of ambi safety soon as I try to dabble in a little internal work. It also hasn't been dehorned at all. the front of the slide is almost sharp enough to shave with (and there's a little cut on my damn finger to prove it  )
What I am wondering about is how long it's been since Springfield blued the flats and parked the round areas (this is model number PX9608, and it's no longer in the Springfield lineup as far as I can tell)? Also, how long has it been since they left the dust cover and front of the frame squared off? Springfield's custom shop offers contouring to 2002 specs, is that the round type as found on my new Loaded (on the left in both pics below)? 
I never thought these damn 1911's were so addictive!!! I've got my sights set on a TRP now. It'll be awhile before I get one, but it's good to have goals, right
EDIT: I just want to add, God Bless my little brother. He's only 20, and he's in the ANG (that's where the bag and tags came from) in Afghanistan right now attached to the 82nd. I bought him a Springfield Loaded the same time I bought mine. |
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I know the flag is pointing the wrong way, but my brother sent it to me from the Stan so I tossed it on. I didn't think anything of it, I was just happy to get something from him.
Don't tempt me on that TRP, my fiancee` would shoot me with one of the two pictured above
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