70 Series Colt 1911 ?

[red rick]

I am considering getting a new Colt 70 series 1911 , but I have read a couple negative reviews about the roll marks being shallow to almost not being able to read and not aligned .

I am going to buy it online , to save $271 dollars , so I will not be able to see it first .

Has anyone bought one this year and what is your opinion about it ?

I could buy a used 1991 in EC , for $700.00 local , but I do not like the long trigger and prefer the 70 series .

 

[dakota1911]

I got a SS in 2013 and keep looking at blue ones. The ones I have seen in gun stores recently down here look nice. I have read where people buy them online, are unhappy, and then send them into Colt and Colt will fix them, most likely with a new slide in the case of roll marks.

 

[red rick]

Yeah , I want a blue one .

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I bought a new 80's this year and examined a new 70's. Both have nice roll marks.

 

[snooperman]

I have a 70 series I bought about 30 years ago and it is fine, and a beautiful shooter too.

 

[bannockburn]

I have several newer Colt 1911s bought over the last couple of years and the rollmarks on all of them are fine. Particularly like the one I got in 2011 with the "100 Years of Service" rollmark on the slide.

 

[Drail]

Colt's roll marks are stamped much better than Springfield's IMO. But roll mark stamps would be at the very bottom of the list of reasons to buy or not buy a firearm for me.

 

[g.willikers]

Guns have roll marks?

 

[red rick]

Not for me , I figure if they can't get that right , what is wrong .

 

[JB357MAG]

I just got this new Gold Cup, its all good!

 

[bannockburn]

Very nice! Congrats on what I trust will be a great gun!

 

[red rick]

That is a nice looking Gold Cup .

 

[BlindJustice]

I have a Colt Commander 1991 Series which differs from a 70 Series
Combat Commander I had in the 1970s. The differences are:
besides the 80 Series Firing Pin Safety (FPS)
* Raised sights with 3 dots
* Enlarged Ejection Port
* Long Aluminum Trigger
* Flat Main Spring Housing (MSH) w/vertical serration ( It's Plasstic )
70 Series was Arched MSH.

The 1991 Series roll Marks and finish are excellent.

R-

 

[Zerodefect]

The freshest batch of these I've seen locally had nothing wrong with the roll marks. Go for it.

 

[Lucky Derby]

I bought one last year. Roll marks are perfect and no other issues either.

 

[Drail]

Colt used to stamp the rollmarks and then level and finish the slide/frame which gave the rollmarks a clean smooth look. For quite a few years now they do the finish work first and then stamp them which causes the displaced metal to stand up around the roll mark. But in either case all of the Colts I have examined had nice clear easy to read stamps (unless a previous owner refinished the gun and ground down into the roll mark). I have one old Springfield Mil spec that came out of the box with shallow markings and has been refinished several times so that now the roll marks are almost gone. As long as the serial number is legible I don't care. It still shoots better than I can hold it.

 

[red rick]

The freshest batch of these I've seen locally had nothing wrong with the roll marks. Go for it.

Very nice looking 70 .

 

[MICHAEL T]

You can change the trigger pretty cheap and make it a 70 series very easy
while you change trigger. . Then you save even more money.

 

[Dframe]

I suggest you not deactivate the firing pin lock. Colt (and nearly everyone else) put it there for a reason. To remove a safety device for only a marginal improvement in trigger pull is not a good idea

 

[ColtPythonElite]

The 80's Series trigger in my National Match is pretty darn good as is.

 

[red rick]

I am not going to deactivate the firing pin safety on a 80 series and I do not want it , that's one of the reasons for choosing the 70 series .

 

[ColtPythonElite]

I would have bought a 70's Series if I had done my homework and figured out Colt was bringing them back. I learned of it about a week after I ordered my 80's Series....I think the 70's Series reintroduction was why I got a good price....$985 shipped...I can't complain.

 

[loose noose]

I've got a Colt Gold Cup National Match, 70 Series that I bought brand new in 1972, in blue finish, the roll marks are perfectly clear, and I wouldn't get rid of it for anything. I've shot at least 50,000 rounds thru it, and it still is the most accurate handgun I own.

 

[phil dirt]

Do they still use the collet bushing in the new Series 70s? I had one years ago and replaced the collet bushing with the original 1911 bushing. I liked that set up a lot better. If John Browning had wanted a collet bushing he would have ....... blah, blah, blah, blah, so on and so on. (There, I said it for you.) I didn't notice much, if any, change in accuracy.

 

[JTQ]

Do they still use the collet bushing in the new Series 70s?

No.

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