Posted: 1/22/2010 10:43:15 AM EDT
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Just felt like sharing. Picked this up a couple of months ago. The fun store said it was used...got it for $662.50 OTD. Obviously it must have been shot and field stripped, but I doubt the previous owner put more than a box of ammo through it...though he left a few scratches in it.
At any rate, since bringing it home, I've installed a Brown GI guide and plug, Wilson "wedge/v-grip" MSH, Wilson drop in beavertail and had a friend mill the slide for the Heinie lo-mount ledge straight eights and Trijicon front. Did a little polishing here and there...all in all, I'm pretty happy. ETA obligatory crappy cell phone pic... 
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Okay, it seems this silly crap has migrated to another forum, so now I'll make my warning personal: jeepinnc- I'll say this for the last time: if you keep up this sort of nonsense in the TECHNICAL forums, you won't enjoy the consequences. I won't say it again. |
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Thanks for the kind words.
Lately, I find myself wearing this gun more than my full size with the light since my job has taken me a little more from the front line door kickin' to a little more behind a desk,...(but my 5" is still close at hand...I can't give up goin' through doors completely!) Hmm...perhaps some front strap checkering and maybe a black finish are in order... I dumped the plastic msh...any other plastic or mim parts I need to worry about? |
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Just felt like sharing. Picked this up a couple of months ago. The fun store said it was used...got it for $662.50 OTD. Obviously it must have been shot and field stripped, but I doubt the previous owner put more than a box of ammo through it...though he left a few scratches in it. At any rate, since bringing it home, I've installed a Brown GI guide and plug, Wilson "wedge/v-grip" MSH, Wilson drop in beavertail and had a friend mill the slide for the Heinie lo-mount ledge straight eights and Trijicon front. Did a little polishing here and there...all in all, I'm pretty happy. ETA obligatory crappy cell phone pic... http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb168/ppfennig/guns/coltcommander.jpg Serious question...is your front sight on backwards?
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I had a similar Colt that I bought several years back for $579 + tax. For a long time it was my favorite handgun, and I swore I would never sell it. I then re-discovered the world of 1911's (and semi-customs), and I quickly came to the conclusion that my Colt had been built by a bunch of drunken monkeys on a late Friday afternoon. Mine was very poorly fitted, not to mention the all mim and plastic parts. I figured it would cost me several hundred dollars to get it fixed up the way I wanted. I traded the Colt and a used Glock for a like-new Les Baer and haven't had any regrets. I would like to get another Colt one day, but I'll be sure to give it a good once-over now that I know what to look for.
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Just felt like sharing. Picked this up a couple of months ago. The fun store said it was used...got it for $662.50 OTD. Obviously it must have been shot and field stripped, but I doubt the previous owner put more than a box of ammo through it...though he left a few scratches in it. At any rate, since bringing it home, I've installed a Brown GI guide and plug, Wilson "wedge/v-grip" MSH, Wilson drop in beavertail and had a friend mill the slide for the Heinie lo-mount ledge straight eights and Trijicon front. Did a little polishing here and there...all in all, I'm pretty happy. ETA obligatory crappy cell phone pic... http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb168/ppfennig/guns/coltcommander.jpg Serious question...is your front sight on backwards? http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb168/ppfennig/guns/coltcommander.jpg Ahhh...No. The glowing green dot faces me when I point the gun. |
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I dumped the plastic msh...any other plastic or mim parts I need to worry about? What I'd do is checker the front strap, break the sharp edges, bead blast and put some VZ Operators on it. Hmm...interesting suggestions. I think I have a set of Aliens laying around...bead blasting would be nice too... |