Which 1911

wouldn't sweat which 1 you'll end up with a bunch. the best shooter I have is a Taurus, I slicked up the trigger and put a wolf spring kit in it. springfield tactical tpr is the pricest I've bought they both group the same with my hand loads. in between I have colt, s&w and auto ordanance about 12 in all in both 70 and 80 (have always repaired the 'fixed' trigger safeties). 1 will not be enough
 
Dlask. Makes Kimbers and Sigs seem like Norincos. It checks off all the boxes. Also Josef will build it to your liking in case there is something specific your looking for.
 
mikethebike said:
What is the difference between the gold cup trophy model and the wiley clap.
I have tiny delicate fingers, trigger travel is important to be short, reset travel needs to be tiny.
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So you're compensating with the Mr T avatar? ;)

I just got a GC Trophy. Came from JP actually.

A poster above mentioned the trigger. Well this one was 4.5 pounds out of the box. I carefully tweaked the sear and disconnect legs of the sear spring, oiled the internals, and now it's a crisp 3.5. I had no idea that a series 80 gun could have such a nice trigger. It's got to be the best that I've felt outside of custom tuned bullseye guns with hair triggers.

I also have the new made Series 70 National Match and I've not touched a thing on it. It's just that good.

All 1911s are going to have the same trigger travel and reset distances, more or less. You can get drop in triggers that can have the pre and over travel adjustable, but a 1911 is a 1911 so far as the fire controls go.

Big difference in trigger weight and feel, though.

I bought some cheap Greider triggers from brownells, to get a short shoe one. Dlask has their own, but were not in stock at the time.

Most guns seem to come with a medium length trigger, save for the GI types that mimic the A1 model.
 
madcow said:
What is with Dlask all the time? his stuff is mediocre at best. I have known him for over 25 yeas, and would not let him build me a custom gun. They look pretty, but never faired well in competitions.

try a Springfield Armory Range Officer or a sig match elite
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The RO keeps drawing my eye...I'd like to try a Springfield some day but I think I'd go with a stainless GI model. I was quite disappointed in how the stainless Colt Government that I briefly had was fettled. $1400 pistols should not rattle. My $750 SR1911 sure doesn't. The few SiGs I've picked up have all been rattlers too, for that matter.

I've never heard bad things about Dlask...I keep going back and forth, but their poor communication and my wandering eye takes me elsewhere. I'll have to send you a PM for the rest of the story if I ever decide to maybe go with them.
 
My unit is polished stainless steel. I'm finding out that this finish can be scratched by looking at it. It can be polished out of course but just be aware of this. Another issue with stainless steel is galling. I have been advised to lube the slide and bbl lugs with special lube that I cannot get here. Basically white grease with moly in it.
 
Not knowing from experience, but from reading around - I thought that galling was a problem on early stainless pistols rather than modern ones?

My Ruger has no issues. However I have always used grease on my pistols rather than oil - plain old synthetic bearing grease for the most part, lovingly over-applied, which requires cleaning after 400 rounds or so due to fouling mess.
 
A high end STI is only 460.00 cheaper than a Les Baer Premier ll, this is not a big difference for perfection... JP.
 
crackerbarrel2 said:
I sold my Les Baer Pll and kept my STI Rangemaster which I personally found to be more accurate,at least for me...sorry JP :)
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No need to be sorry, i sold all my 1911 except my LB and my Coonan, in the weekend i will buy either another LB or this 1911 Colt Special Govt 1911...
Knowing what work for you is important... JP.:)
 
caramel said:
No need to be sorry, i sold all my 1911 except my LB and my Coonan, in the weekend i will buy either another LB or this 1911 Colt Special Govt 1911...
Knowing what work for you is important... JP.:)
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Definitely agree there..For me, when it comes to a 1911 the heavier the better..
 
Mark-II said:
Not knowing from experience, but from reading around - I thought that galling was a problem on early stainless pistols rather than modern ones?

My Ruger has no issues. However I have always used grease on my pistols rather than oil - plain old synthetic bearing grease for the most part, lovingly over-applied, which requires cleaning after 400 rounds or so due to fouling mess.
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Untreated stainless on stainless galls like crazy (aluminum on aluminum is the same thing). I'm talking about 316 SS. We use this at work, the galling is crazy, if it happens. Easily avoided if tread lube is used. All it takes is a little heat as you tread the two pieces together. It only happens on new fittings, not used fittings.

I'm using a white grease and cleaning the gun every 200 rounds.
 
caramel said:
No need to be sorry, i sold all my 1911 except my LB and my Coonan, in the weekend i will buy either another LB or this 1911 Colt Special Govt 1911...
Knowing what work for you is important... JP.:)
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NVShooter said:
Mike, your inbox is full. Send me a PM with your e-mail address if you don't mind.
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damn i gotta delete some pms!

leaning towards a 70s series colt, i already own a bunch of colt rifles and they have never ever failed me, heading to LA for some work, might take this up again when I come back in 2 weeks.

Travelling for work is not that great guys, gonna have to slow that down or find another job.
 
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