JTQ
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It could be as simple as they don't have to pay a fee to Colt for the Series 80 license.I have a 70 and like it. Most of the high end makers make/build 70's. I would think they would have a reason for doing that.
It could be as simple as they don't have to pay a fee to Colt for the Series 80 license.I have a 70 and like it. Most of the high end makers make/build 70's. I would think they would have a reason for doing that.
I carried one of those for about 10 years or so.
Had it hard chromed due to rust.
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When folks say Series 70 these days, they really mean the 1911 doesn't have a firing pin safety. I'll assume that's what you mean, and are not talking about a Colt Series 70 that is distinguished by having a collet barrel bushing.
I don't believe Colt Commanders
ever had the collet bushing.
Are you saying that Colts with collets also have firing pin safeties?
No, I'm saying the distinguishing feature of the Colt Series 70 was the collet style bushing, not the lack of a firing pin safety.Are you saying that Colts with collets also have firing pin safeties?
No, I'm saying the distinguishing feature of the Colt Series 70 was the collet style bushing, not the lack of a firing pin safety.
I'm sure there were Series 80 guns with a collet style bushing, because at Colt parts are parts, but before the Series 70 was introduced, Colt 1911's didn't have a firing pin safety, so the introduction of the Series 70 did not indicate that it didn't have a firing pin safety, because pre-Series 70 Colts didn't have a firing pin safety either. The Series 70 introduced the collet style barrel bushing, not the lack of a firing pin safety.
Series 70 is the only way to go.
Just a data point, but you may want to look for information from gunsmith Ned Christiansen on the Swartz firing pin safety.And, the more I studied them before buying one, I prefer the Kimber system.
I prefer 70 series colts over 80 series by far. In theory the solid bushing is better but I've never had an issue with the collet, and the benefits of 70 far outweigh the negatives.So, you prefer a collet bushing over a solid bushing?
I prefer 70 series colts over 80 series by far. In theory the solid bushing is better but I've never had an issue with the collet, and the benefits of 70 far outweigh the negatives.
I prefer 70 series 1911s but own a few 80 series. If you know what you are doing you can get a good trigger on a 80 series just like a 70. A 70 series 1911 is still more drop safe than a Sig P320.... Just saying.
As to the collet bushing most were broken because people dissembled the gun improperly. To disassemble properly, after removing the recoil spring and plug, retract the barrel 3/4 inch to rotate the bushing. People do not retract the slide and the bushing is under spring/prong pressure and it snaps off the teeth. Breakage of the collet bushing is more often than not an ID10T operator error not a design flaw.
In theory the solid bushing is better but I've never had an issue with the collet, and the benefits of 70 far outweigh the negatives.
Just a data point, but you may want to look for information from gunsmith Ned Christiansen on the Swartz firing pin safety.
I don't care one way or the other, but he is a very well regarded 1911 pistol smith, and has been on somewhat of a cautionary Swartz crusade over the past couple of years.