[Bruces45]

Check out this grip safety:hand1:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=41998017

 

[Bud White]

Ya dont like the kings drop in grip safety?

 

[Euclidean]

Surely you could easily fix that? I hope?:blink:

 

[Bruces45]

not when there is a huge gap in there.

 

[Euclidean]

Noooooooooo! :dead:

 

[Bud White]

Euc reason that was done was to keep from cutting the Frame Tail to fit one properly. 30$ to get the part and basicly drop in

in other words some one was to frigging cheap to do it right

 

[Bruces45]

It is a far cry from fitting like this one (Colt Special Combat Government)

 

[P95Carry]

There is art and there is ''butchery'' LOL!

 

[Bud White]

There is art and there is ''butchery'' LOL!

Dead on .

That was a Drop in part and some people are happy with that Fit.

 

[David III]

I have two Colts with the Wilson drop in safety. They have that same big ugly gap. But, I don't want to cut on a Colt frame and the safeties work just fine. I can return both guns to box stock configuration in a few minutes.
Yes, they sure are ugly. I don't think the 45s notice when they're running that they have nasty gaps at the rear???
I thought about fitting real safeties to them, decided I'm a mechanic more than a gunsmith, and I'll just save my pennies for a year or so and get an Ed Brown 45, which will be nicer than anything I could manage.

 

[QKShooter]

I knew a girl that had that much space between her two front teeth.:biggrin2:

Better that than butcher the frame with a half~a$$ed fit job.
It's good that the frame is OK so it can either be "put back" with an original Colt Factory Stock Part...or no problems properly fitting a custom GS.

Bruce...you are spending a lot of time over on GunBroker...I hope that you find a good deal on something there. :image035:

 

[Bruces45]

Bruce...you are spending a lot of time over on GunBroker...I hope that you find a good deal on something there. :image035:

This is about the only "deal" I have found for a Colt.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=42213376

 

[Bud White]

new Seller though ughh

 

[OD*]

That is really a nice looking Commander, Bruce.
I guess the seller doesn't know, they never made Series 70 Commanders.

 

[Bruces45]

new Seller though ughh

Everyone has to start somewhere.

 

[Bruces45]

That is really a nice looking Commander, Bruce.
I guess the seller doesn't know, they never made Series 70 Commanders.

http://www.sightm1911.com/lib/history/Commander_evolution.htm

 

[Bud White]

true but it aint gonna be me giving my hard earned money till they has some good feedback ...

Not a very trusting type

 

[OD*]

Bruce,

I believe he is calling them that to distinguish them from the Series 80. You will not find a Commander marked as a Series 70, because they never had the Series 70 collett bushing (oops, & belled barrel) and that's what makes them a Series 70.

 

[Bruces45]

I understand that, and even some later "series 80" models aren't series 80 as they don't have the S80 parts, just the prefix in the serial #. I have noticed that there seems to be alot of variables when it comes to Colt.

 

[Bruces45]

true but it aint gonna be me giving my hard earned money till they has some good feedback ...

Not a very trusting type

Neither am I. If he is a honest guy someone will get a good buy on that commander.