In 1989 I bought a Springfield 1911-A1. This was a first for me in the 1911 game. Well first time I fired it I found it was not
very accurate and the slide really got loose after the first hundred rounds. I was disappointed in this pistol and it sat unused for months.
Fast forward to Jan 1990. There was a Gun Show in Lakeland and I decided I would take the pistol with me. I found a Springfield dealer
and showed him my pistol asking if the sloppy slide was the norm. He took it from me and wiggled the slide. He looked
at me and said it was not the norm and he told me to check one of his on the table. I picked up one and the slide fit felt very good.
The dealer asked me what I paid for mine and I told him. He volunteered to pay me what I gave for it if I bought one of his.
I took him up on his offer and bought the one below.
I have been trying to do a little research on it and found some info on a website that says some of the early guns were hand fitted and are good pistols.
Mine shoots well. I carried this thing with me in my truck for years in so it has some wear but I still like this thing. Does anyone here know if it
is true that this gun could have had the slide hand fit in the US plant? Picture below. It is a 1911-a1/Limitd according the the box. I chopped two
digits from end of the serial number.