SAM Long Slides

Received mine today.... Nice! I'm impressed with the initial appearance/fit and finish of the pistol. Slide tolerances appear pretty tight and the slide feels smooth. Looking forward to hitting the range. :)
 
Finally got to look at mine, not too shabby. I'm a bit disappointed that the front strap checkering didn't make it to the finished guns, but I can do that myself. Mine also needs a bit of work on the thumb safety where it sticks out past the edge of the frame, and a bit of blending of the frame to the beavertail too. The slide is nice and tight though, and I'm pretty sure I like the sights too. Can't wait to shoot it now, just waiting for the paperwork now I guess. I didn't even wipe the oil off before taking a couple pictures. The finish is nice and even, looks more like a parkerizing than a blue though. Hopefully it's as durable as a parkerized finish.







Kristian
 
I just finished stripping and cleaning it. The machining is pretty nice and the slide fit is pretty tight, but the bushing is pretty sloppy, about .006" barrel to bushing and the same for bushing to slide, so pretty much the same as the Norinco 1911's I have. I kinda expected better there, but it's easy enough to fix. Another small gotcha is that the safety detent spring doesn't have the little kink in it that my other ones do, and went flying, but I found it easy enough. There's also a couple pretty sharp edges on the thumb safety that I'll knock down, but overall it's way, way nicer than a Norinco. I tweaked the 3 forked spring a bit and the trigger is way lighter now too. The recoil spring, guide rod, and plug all look like standard government 1911 parts too, so spares should be easy to come by. All it needs now is some thinner grips.
Kristian
 
Put a set of CF VZ grips on mine and hit the range over the weekend. I have to say that the gun worked 100% and was quite smooth. Quite accurate as well. It won't replace my Les Baer but I REALLY like what Wolverine was able to deliver for the price point. Very cool! (Now we'll see how long it holds up ;) lol.)
 
As aside note - was cruising through youtube the other day when I hit apon a video on gun manufacturing in the Philippines.

Was kinda surprised to see the white board in the production area that listed the delivery date for a company called
Wolverine. Right next to it was a couple of other Canadian distributor names that had deliveries due before/after Wolverine.

Kinda cool.

L
 
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