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Well, this is my first 1911. I had a Para P12, but that was high cap... 12+1, and I can't even remember if it had a grip safety. It did have night sights, though, and I carried it cocked and locked.
I was looking for a 1911-type... would have to be Mil-Spec, but with the rounded mainspring housing... don't like the sharp or abrupt end on the straight ones, especially the compact models. I couldn't find anything close enough at the last gun show, but found this one on Gunbroker:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=211870536
It had nice grips, upgraded sights with the front standard dot night sight dovetailed in, and the muzzle crowned. It was in the price range I wanted and I waited until there was just two hours or so left on the 3-day auction. There were no other bids and I mailed the seller a USPS M.O. for the price plus $25 for overnight shipping. They used Express Mail Overnight Monday... $43.65!! It got here the next morning (Tuesday) and my dealer has kind of lazy hours: 11am to 7pm Tuesday through Saturday. The USPS carrier tries one delivery before his opening and then takes it back to the Post Office. My carrier sure wouldn't do that. BUT, I called the next afternoon and found what I expected had happened(not the first time for me). He didn't think he could get to it then, Wednesday, but would try Thursday AM. I waited without a call until about 3PM Thursday, and then decided to just go there... 12 miles. Sure enough, he had forgotten, but went and picked it up while I waited in the store with a friend of his. Well I finally got it and was shocked that the seller had paid $43.65 for Express Overnight!! The dealer said he could have sent it Priority. Had they used UPS, I could have had it Tuesday afternoon, or sooner with FedEx.
I took it apart cleaned it a bit and lubed it a bit and the next day took it and my other .45's to the range. There's not much slack in the trigger... about 1/16", if that and then there's just a tiny bit of creep before hammer fall. I have no idea what the trigger pull is. My small digital scale only goes to 2Kg and the bathroom scale is digital and doesn't register gradual-push type weights.
The gun came with one 8-round Wilson Combat magazine... not sure if it's the 47(?) type, but it loads easily with resistance at the mag catch and drops freely when released. I think I want more of those or at least the 8-shot flush ones. It has the hollow plastic follower and the plastic base is removable. I wouldn't mind a stronger spring, though. I had one instance of the gun chambering a round when I slapped the magazine home, but no more.
I had one regular stainless 7-round mag that fit, but drags, especially at the catch and doesn't drop freely. I have to grab the floor plate protrusion to pull it out. This is a cheap one that I got with a bunch of different ones at CDNN... mostly Officer's size.
I had few stovepipes and a few failures to go into battery... round cocked about 45° and up the ramp, but the big problem was the sights. They are the low "V" rear with white post and the standard front dot night sight. The gun shot low at 7 yards and I couldn't seem to figure out where to aim. I hardly ever got up to the middle of the target, and my groups were lousy... not that I shot a lot better with the other two .45's.
I shot over 100 rounds of UMC, WWB, and Federal 230-gr FMJ and then finished with 20 rounds of Remington Golden Sabers. I'll post that target. My computer freezes up for minutes when I try to use most applications and I have to start over many times processing the pictures, so I'll post the text before I lose it accidentally... done that many times. 
Today I was measuring the dovetails and starting to look around online for sight options and I thought about checking the sights with my Bushnell laser boresighter. At 15 feet with the "i" dotted and the top of the dot on an aiming point, the laser dot was about 4" low and just a hair right. It's kind of hard to aim over a target to hit it and these sights aren't adjustable, so I need something different. All of my other sights are N/S with 3 dots and a square notch at the rear. I'm thinking this gun won't be carried much and not CCW, so I'm not sure I need N/S, but adjustable would be nice.
I'll try to post some pictures here but it may take a while.
Danged computer!
Who just said I'm long-winded...?
Dang! This is taking forever and I'm still getting further reduction in size from about the 97K limit to TINY! I'll see if i can do it any faster with Photobucket.
Wynn
I was looking for a 1911-type... would have to be Mil-Spec, but with the rounded mainspring housing... don't like the sharp or abrupt end on the straight ones, especially the compact models. I couldn't find anything close enough at the last gun show, but found this one on Gunbroker:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=211870536
It had nice grips, upgraded sights with the front standard dot night sight dovetailed in, and the muzzle crowned. It was in the price range I wanted and I waited until there was just two hours or so left on the 3-day auction. There were no other bids and I mailed the seller a USPS M.O. for the price plus $25 for overnight shipping. They used Express Mail Overnight Monday... $43.65!! It got here the next morning (Tuesday) and my dealer has kind of lazy hours: 11am to 7pm Tuesday through Saturday. The USPS carrier tries one delivery before his opening and then takes it back to the Post Office. My carrier sure wouldn't do that. BUT, I called the next afternoon and found what I expected had happened(not the first time for me). He didn't think he could get to it then, Wednesday, but would try Thursday AM. I waited without a call until about 3PM Thursday, and then decided to just go there... 12 miles. Sure enough, he had forgotten, but went and picked it up while I waited in the store with a friend of his. Well I finally got it and was shocked that the seller had paid $43.65 for Express Overnight!! The dealer said he could have sent it Priority. Had they used UPS, I could have had it Tuesday afternoon, or sooner with FedEx.
I took it apart cleaned it a bit and lubed it a bit and the next day took it and my other .45's to the range. There's not much slack in the trigger... about 1/16", if that and then there's just a tiny bit of creep before hammer fall. I have no idea what the trigger pull is. My small digital scale only goes to 2Kg and the bathroom scale is digital and doesn't register gradual-push type weights.
The gun came with one 8-round Wilson Combat magazine... not sure if it's the 47(?) type, but it loads easily with resistance at the mag catch and drops freely when released. I think I want more of those or at least the 8-shot flush ones. It has the hollow plastic follower and the plastic base is removable. I wouldn't mind a stronger spring, though. I had one instance of the gun chambering a round when I slapped the magazine home, but no more.
I had one regular stainless 7-round mag that fit, but drags, especially at the catch and doesn't drop freely. I have to grab the floor plate protrusion to pull it out. This is a cheap one that I got with a bunch of different ones at CDNN... mostly Officer's size.
I had few stovepipes and a few failures to go into battery... round cocked about 45° and up the ramp, but the big problem was the sights. They are the low "V" rear with white post and the standard front dot night sight. The gun shot low at 7 yards and I couldn't seem to figure out where to aim. I hardly ever got up to the middle of the target, and my groups were lousy... not that I shot a lot better with the other two .45's.
I shot over 100 rounds of UMC, WWB, and Federal 230-gr FMJ and then finished with 20 rounds of Remington Golden Sabers. I'll post that target. My computer freezes up for minutes when I try to use most applications and I have to start over many times processing the pictures, so I'll post the text before I lose it accidentally... done that many times. Today I was measuring the dovetails and starting to look around online for sight options and I thought about checking the sights with my Bushnell laser boresighter. At 15 feet with the "i" dotted and the top of the dot on an aiming point, the laser dot was about 4" low and just a hair right. It's kind of hard to aim over a target to hit it and these sights aren't adjustable, so I need something different. All of my other sights are N/S with 3 dots and a square notch at the rear. I'm thinking this gun won't be carried much and not CCW, so I'm not sure I need N/S, but adjustable would be nice.
I'll try to post some pictures here but it may take a while.
Danged computer!Who just said I'm long-winded...?
Dang! This is taking forever and I'm still getting further reduction in size from about the 97K limit to TINY! I'll see if i can do it any faster with Photobucket.
Wynn
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