“70 series” vs “80 series” 1911

wvsig said:
If we are talking strictly Colts all things being equal I would always take a "70 series" non-FPS over an 80 series Colt. You have to remember that if it does not have the collet bushing it is not really a 70 series. There are pre 70 series guns and then there are post 70 series guns. Some have a FPS some do not. Colt cashed in on the "70 Series" name plate to sell "custom shop" guns in a blue box at higher prices than the 80 series but really they were the same guns minus the FPS.
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Colt did resurrect the Series 70 name to sell more guns but I think their approach was consistent with the past. The first several years of series 80 production were the same guns plus the fps. They had the same collet barrel bushing, barrel, grips, sights, steel mainspring housing, etc.

For an out of the box shooter, I much preferred the non collet bushing reproduction over the original series 70. The original Series 70 was nicer to look at though.
 
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This thread makes me wonder if I should track down a spare series 70 bushing for my series 70 <_<

I'd hate for the existing one to go down and have to replace the barrel and bushing.
 
Desolo said:
This thread makes me wonder if I should track down a spare series 70 bushing for my series 70 <_<

I'd hate for the existing one to go down and have to replace the barrel and bushing.
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Solid Colt Bushings usually drop in and work fine with the flared barrel. I typically install a new barrel and bushing in collet barrel guns if I am going to shoot them because they didn't fit the barrels particularly tight back then and there always seems to be someone who will buy a collet barrel in good shape.
 
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I got to try this gizmo on one of my Colts. Normally, the trigger pushes the lower of two levers that lift the firing pin block in a Colt. This gizmo replaces the lower lever, so that depressing the grip safety raises the firing pin block.

The gizmo takes the movement of the firing pin block totally out of the trigger action, but I must not be enough of a trigger snob because I couldn't tell much difference on my gun.
 
gc70 said:
I got to try this gizmo on one of my Colts. Normally, the trigger pushes the lower of two levers that lift the firing pin block in a Colt. This gizmo replaces the lower lever, so that depressing the grip safety raises the firing pin block.

The gizmo takes the movement of the firing pin block totally out of the trigger action, but I must not be enough of a trigger snob because I couldn't tell much difference on my gun.
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Ha! Its like a swartz conversion for existing series 80 firing pin safeties.... clever.
 
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