Found this forum after joining the 1858 forum. I am really getting into these single action cap and ball revolvers.
I do have three 1911 Colts so I do have a love affair with the Colt name.
Trooper Joe
Welcome from the Left Coast of WA State!
I am also an afficianado of 1911 .45 pistols. I have owned several of them in various forms over the years (Star PD, Combat Commander, LW Commander, Para-Ord P-14, Combat Commander in .38 Super, and a Combat Commander 9mm). I sold all of them years ago and kept my SD/HD/CC 1911 .45: an AMT Covina Hardballer that I bought from a private security guard in the parking lot of a gun show in Anchorage Alaska in 1992 for $150 with both stainless mags. After money changed hands he told me that it was an unsafe gun, and indeed it was. Prelim checkout with the hammer cocked on an empty chamber with the thumb safety engaged, a pull of the trigger dropped the safety and the gun fired. After a couple of months of work, to include throating the barrel and replacement of the the thumb safety, sear, sear pin, hammer pin, firing pin stop, and hammer strut with carbon steel parts, it runs flawlessly with any ammo. I also added a Clip Draw to it so I can carry it on my property concealed without a holster.
Probably not a Colt fanciers weapon, but it is a tool to be used.
I also put together a 1911 .22 LR in 2013 using a stripped 1911 frame and parts from Ciener, SARCO, Numrich, and Wolff. No, it ain't a Colt but it is still true to the JMB design that Colt bought.
Regards,
Jim
