Was looking at one of these today at Boggs Creek. Seemed like a nice piece.
Any of you guys own one? Opinions?
Was looking at one of these today at Boggs Creek. Seemed like a nice piece.
Any of you guys own one? Opinions?
Hmmmm..... nothing?
Well I guess it's neither here nor there now because I bought it.
Mine is a Government model, w/match barrel, in SS, with rosewood grips.
No pics yet, but here's a link to what I bought...
http://www.coltsmfg.com/products-c5-..._PISTOLS.aspx#
Here is mine but no rail.
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On this one the trigger doesn't feel too bad, a touch of creep, and a little gritty, but that might be because it's never been fired. I figure after a couple hundred rounds at the range I'll know if I like it or not. If not I'll have em start with springs and stuff till I do like it.
Here is my non-rail version (yeah yeah I know John Browning is rolling over in his grave )
I kept the original sights, I thought about Novaks but the Champion's that came with it are working fine. The stock trigger wasn't that bad but my gunsmith basically threw in the trigger job for free and replaced it with a "short" STI when I had the bob job done.
The one thing that really bothered me was the "duckbill" (hey thats what the guys at the 1911 site call it) grip safety it was not comfortable at all to me so that was replaced with a Ed Brown.
The pistol has been very reliable for around 500 rounds now and that is shooting everything from Federal Hydrashok down to CCI Blazer.
The above group was done with Blazer Brass from Wal-Mart at 15 yds.
Last edited by Hondo; 08-19-2010 at 09:35 PM.
That's a good looking pistol Hondo.
What are your grips made of, wood, something else, what?
they are very durable however you can get into quite an internet catfight about which blend Micarta is better paper, linen, or canvas. A friend says canvas is best because it is more durable and I'm like "dang just how much durablility does your grips need just to go the range ?"
I would think the only way to damage it would be by using it as a hammer, because it's somewhat brittle, or by burning it with a torch. Yeah, I doubt it matters much, they're all tough. Hell, considering how hard rosewood it, I think you'd have to work at it to tear mine up.
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