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- From: pauly@netcom.com (Paul Yoshimune)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: .45 caliber handguns
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.074134.7570@netcom.com>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 13:19:29 GMT
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- In article <199211201932.AA24033@elf.wang.com> chrisb@wang.com (Chris Bennet) writes:
- #I tend to agree. However...Colt has improved the design of the standard
- #1911 for '92. They are still relatively rare, but the new "Enhanced" models
- #as they are called would be worth a serious look. I've have yet to see
- #one, but the improvements [beveled magazine well, bigger beaver-
- #tail, high visibility sights, etc] seem substantial. I would sell my
- #Gold Cup to get one. I always thought it was kind of stupid that the
- #1911 didn't come with a beveled magazine well and good sights - things
- #the Sig 220 has already of course.
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- Yes, Colt has finally gotten around to adding things like a beveled magazine
- well, decent sights, etc. Curiously enough, Springfield has had these things
- for quite some time, and at a much better price. I still can't understand
- why anyone would actually buy something like a Gold Cup; the only two I've
- handled were incredibly sloppy in both barrel and slide/frame fit. The
- Springfield I had, on the other hand, was very well put together in both
- respects. My uncle has just bought one, also, and his exhibits similar
- quality of manufacture, as well as good accuracy and reliability.
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- DVC,
- Paul
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- Paul Yoshimune
- pauly@netcom.com
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