S.a.m. 1911 45e

Canuck Shooter

Canuck Shooter

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I purchased a 5 inch Shooters Arms Manufacturing 1911 Enhanced in .45ACP from Wolverine. My initial intent was to use it as a dedicated lower for a 70 series .22 Colt top conversion unit.

When the pistol arrived I promptly tore it down for inspection. The gun I received from Wolverine is tight and smooth; it is well fitted out with dove tail sights front and rear, combat hammer, and a memory bump beavertail grip safety. The trigger is medium length and pull was pretty standard for a 1911, a little travel but a clean break; it was a little heavy from what I am used too but no heavier then I’ve seen from other factory builds – a bit of stoning took care of that, but all in all not bad.

The slide to frame fit was very good, no drag on the barrel bushing, slide release was very smooth and clean, and the magazine dropped cleanly and positively away from the mag well.

The finish on the gun was very nicely done giving it a real clean look, and the feed ramp did not contain any chatter or tooling marks.

My only negative issue with the firearm would be the grips that came with it, this is an easy change as the Wolverine build comes with the standard mil spec grip bushings.

The gun shot very well to P.O.A. at 25 yards using a standard 230grain bullet load. I put a hundred rounds through the gun with no F.T.F. or extraction problems.

One thing on my wish list for this gun would be a lowered and flared ejection port, although I did not find this to be an issue as the brass did not suffer.

A cleaning inspection of the gun did not produce any surprises, no signs of abnormal wear or peening of the metal. Time and more rounds will tell.

I own a number of 1911’s Colt, Kimber, Taurus, Wilson Combat. (I.M.H.O.) The quality of this gun far exceeds the ones I’ve seen from Norinco and RIA (sorry to any owners, my intent is not to pick other manufactures apart) – at this price point you can’t beat it. I feel there is a lot of quality here and I would definitely recommend this gun.

I am very happy with this purchase!


Here's some pics:

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1293BS.jpg
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1294BS.jpg

Stock out of the box with original grips.

http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1327BS.jpg
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1320BS.jpg
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1312BS.jpg
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/...IMG_1306BS.jpg

With new grips.
 
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Canuck Shooter said:
I purchased a 5 inch Shooters Arms Manufacturing 1911 Enhanced in .45ACP from Wolverine. My initial intent was to use it as a dedicated lower for a 70 series .22 Colt top conversion unit.

When the pistol arrived I promptly tore it down for inspection. The gun I received from Wolverine is tight and smooth; it is well fitted out with dove tail sights front and rear, combat hammer, and a memory bump beavertail grip safety. The trigger is medium length and pull was pretty standard for a 1911, a little travel but a clean break; it was a little heavy from what I am used too but no heavier then I’ve seen from other factory builds – a bit of stoning took care of that, but all in all not bad.

The slide to frame fit was very good, no drag on the barrel bushing, slide release was very smooth and clean, and the magazine dropped cleanly and positively away from the mag well.

The finish on the gun was very nicely done giving it a real clean look, and the feed ramp did not contain any chatter or tooling marks.

My only negative issue with the firearm would be the grips that came with it, this is an easy change as the Wolverine build comes with the standard mil spec grip bushings.

The gun shot very well to P.O.A. at 25 yards using a standard 230grain bullet load. I put a hundred rounds through the gun with no F.T.F. or extraction problems.

One thing on my wish list for this gun would be a lowered and flared ejection port, although I did not find this to be an issue as the brass did not suffer.

A cleaning inspection of the gun did not produce any surprises, no signs of abnormal wear or peening of the metal. Time and more rounds will tell.

I own a number of 1911’s Colt, Kimber, Taurus, Wilson Combat. (I.M.H.O.) The quality of this gun far exceeds the ones I’ve seen from Norinco and RIA (sorry to any owners, my intent is not to pick other manufactures apart) – at this price point you can’t beat it. I feel there is a lot of quality here and I would definitely recommend this gun.

I am very happy with this purchase!
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Looking at the models they make I notice both arched and flat mainspring housings. You chose one with an arched housing. Do you have any comments about these two options? Do you personally like the arched better and if so, why?
 
762shooter said:
Looking at the models they make I notice both arched and flat mainspring housings. You chose one with an arched housing. Do you have any comments about these two options? Do you personally like the arched better and if so, why?
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762 Shooter,

I have 1911's with both flat mainspring housing's and arched mainsprings, I have fairly large hands and with the 1911's orignal design of a single stack mag I feel that the arch fits into my palm swell nicely and gives the right extension and reach for my trigger finger as well as the slide stop and mag release.

This gun is mil spec, so you can easily change the mainspring housing if you desire to.

Again, my apologies to any Norinco owners.
 
ThumperX,

I'll try to post some pics later on. I don't think you'd be dissapointed with this purchase. It's a great starter into the 1911 platform, and if you desire you can customize it to your liking!
Give Wolverine a shout, it's a very affordable way to fall in love with a 1911 - Lol.
 
As an additional note, if you look on the Shooters Arms Manufacturing site you will notice on their builds that the left side of the slide has been engraved with an overly large and unattractive "SHOOTERS" logo; The Wolverine build does not have this eye sore on it.

The Wolverine build has no markings on the left hand side of the slide and a small engraved "Military 1911A1 - E" on the right side along with the standard serial number on the frame and a very nice Wolverine logo near the right grip safety.
 
Here's some pics:

IMG_1293BS.jpg

IMG_1294BS.jpg


Stock out of the box with original grips.

IMG_1327BS.jpg

IMG_1320BS.jpg

IMG_1312BS.jpg

IMG_1306BS.jpg


With new grips.
 
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kuya said:
Just wanted to confirm. Based on the photo above it appears there are no rollmarks cuz the photos from the SAM website appears to have the engravings SHOOTERS on the left side of the slide. Which ones do Wolverine have? no rollmarks on the left side or with the Shooters markings.

Thx.
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All of the SAM models we order do not have the "Shooters" logo on the left side, we use a small discreet "Wolverine" logo only. There may also be other small changes like 106 mm minimum barrels and dovetailed front sights when compared to models on their web site.
 
Canuck Shooter said:
As an additional note, if you look on the Shooters Arms Manufacturing site you will notice on their builds that the left side of the slide has been engraved with an overly large and unattractive "SHOOTERS" logo; The Wolverine build does not have this eye sore on it.

The Wolverine build has no markings on the left hand side of the slide and a small engraved "Military 1911A1 - E" on the right side along with the standard serial number on the frame and a very nice Wolverine logo near the right grip safety.
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That is a big relief, I am expecting mine to show up in a couple of days and I was planning on sending it off to have that removed and now I don't need to. Thanks for the info.
 
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