I have the exact same model. You can remove the thumb safety, pull out the grip safety and take a small screwdriver blade and bend the leaf spring on the far right out a bit and it will eliminate the rattle. It will still be loose, but will have enough tension to silence it.
The slide serrations are based on the XSE style slide that Colt started producing about a decade ago. Usually their XSE guns have front serrations too (like the Marine pistol). The old joke was that XSE stood for “Xtra Sharp Edges” 😂
Enjoy the journey. 1911's are not plastic. Keep after it. Some of the rattles are ok. Some of the best shooting 1911's tolerance is just loose. Its the results your getting that count. The sights are usually personal preference. Believe me tired eyes need all the help they can get.
Have the same gun in .38 super. Also had to re-attach the fiber optics. I believe the original ''melt in'' was not so good. Not had any issue since. This is now my carry gun, it replaced another 1911 that was in .45 ACP, retired this gun from daily use since it has over 80K rounds through it. Wilson mags will not hold up to lot of use, the plastic follower ware out and don't lock the slide back, annoying for quit expensive mags, I told Wilson to put in steel followers. The mags that came with the gun work flawless and has steel followers. Try not to ''clamp down'' onto your slide with your thumbs, there is no reason to touch the slide with your thumbs and can in some cases lead to slide not bringing the next round into battery or fail to eject the fired round. I have never experienced any problems with any 1911 where my thumbs touch the slide, try to adjust your grip. I installed a combination larger magwell/main spring housing on mine, removing the composite main spring housing.
I'm old school and still not too into the fiber optic sight on a 1911. However, that particular one is beautiful. The bluing is amazing on those colts.
I read somewhere on the internet (so take this with the grain of salt this deserves) that the marines did a test with the wilson 7 and 8 round magazines when they adopted their MARSOC 1911 and found that the 7 round magazines were slightly more reliable. This makes sense to me as the spring isn't compressed as much with 7 rounds. I personally preferred that reliability. Although I do own 8 round magazines as well.
@@justusbryant7366 I think when we are talking reliability here we are talking about extreme endurance and withstanding the failure mode of fatigue of the spring from cycles of use. I probably will not shoot my magazines enough to know the difference between 7 and 8 round magazines. I think for me it just makes me feel good using the 7 round magazine knowing that the spring will in theory last longer. In the Larry Vickers Books on the 1911 he shows several delta pistols that use 8 round wilson magazines. I'm sure they are plenty reliable. Perhaps though 8 round magazines were changed out more quickly in units like Delta than if 7 round mags had been used. When you think about it from a bean counter perspective I would imagine a unit like Delta has a lot of funding, the Marines traditionally are the most underfunded service. So perhaps cost is what drove the Marine Corps choice of a 7 round magazine, while maximum capacity with potentially increased costs in magazine replacement drove Delta's choice.
I have the exact same model. You can remove the thumb safety, pull out the grip safety and take a small screwdriver blade and bend the leaf spring on the far right out a bit and it will eliminate the rattle. It will still be loose, but will have enough tension to silence it.
Thank you for the honest review brother
Cool info, thanks for sharing 👍
The slide serrations are based on the XSE style slide that Colt started producing about a decade ago. Usually their XSE guns have front serrations too (like the Marine pistol). The old joke was that XSE stood for “Xtra Sharp Edges” 😂
Good to know! Thanks for the info.
Enjoy the journey. 1911's are not plastic. Keep after it. Some of the rattles are ok. Some of the best shooting 1911's tolerance is just loose. Its the results your getting that count. The sights are usually personal preference. Believe me tired eyes need all the help they can get.
I like the looks of this one.
Thanks for sharing it. 😎🇺🇸👍
Love the Colt 1911's the best, period.
Have the same gun in .38 super. Also had to re-attach the fiber optics. I believe the original ''melt in'' was not so good. Not had any issue since. This is now my carry gun, it replaced another 1911 that was in .45 ACP, retired this gun from daily use since it has over 80K rounds through it. Wilson mags will not hold up to lot of use, the plastic follower ware out and don't lock the slide back, annoying for quit expensive mags, I told Wilson to put in steel followers. The mags that came with the gun work flawless and has steel followers. Try not to ''clamp down'' onto your slide with your thumbs, there is no reason to touch the slide with your thumbs and can in some cases lead to slide not bringing the next round into battery or fail to eject the fired round. I have never experienced any problems with any 1911 where my thumbs touch the slide, try to adjust your grip. I installed a combination larger magwell/main spring housing on mine, removing the composite main spring housing.
You could try the low thumb grip like Bill Wilson has used for decades.
That gun is prone to rusting! Quicky!!!!
Nice video, thanks.
Colt quality went to crap , I’m picking up the same one blued with orange fiber optic. I think it may be newer production hopefully not many issues.
Man, I never had a problem with the factory Meg, who knows maybe time will tell😊😊
Did your front sight come off or just the fiber insert?
Just the fiber insert, I'll have to edit something in when i get a chance as I can see the confusion.
@@tristaneuritt9556 No sweat. I have the same model so I am interested. Nice job on the video, thanks.
My fiber came off I replaced it and put glue on the ends of the fiber. I am looking to replace the front sight
Nice review of the 1911 and I like the holster you have there hanging by you .Can you tell me a little about it? Thanks for the video.
It's an El Paso Holster for a Colt Single Action Army. Perhaps I'll do a video on it.
@@tristaneuritt9556 That would be great, thanks Slim.
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That weapon is the baddest of the BAD. That makes you a dangerous gunfighter. Just remember
Breathe
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Aim
Stop
Squeeze
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I'm old school and still not too into the fiber optic sight on a 1911. However, that particular one is beautiful. The bluing is amazing on those colts.
I hear a little jiggle, and it seems that Colt will have them tight to brake in the gun.
Colts rattle, it's what they do lol
Why the 7 round?
I read somewhere on the internet (so take this with the grain of salt this deserves) that the marines did a test with the wilson 7 and 8 round magazines when they adopted their MARSOC 1911 and found that the 7 round magazines were slightly more reliable. This makes sense to me as the spring isn't compressed as much with 7 rounds. I personally preferred that reliability. Although I do own 8 round magazines as well.
@@tristaneuritt9556 but I've never had a malfunction with an 8 rounder
@@justusbryant7366 I think when we are talking reliability here we are talking about extreme endurance and withstanding the failure mode of fatigue of the spring from cycles of use. I probably will not shoot my magazines enough to know the difference between 7 and 8 round magazines. I think for me it just makes me feel good using the 7 round magazine knowing that the spring will in theory last longer. In the Larry Vickers Books on the 1911 he shows several delta pistols that use 8 round wilson magazines. I'm sure they are plenty reliable. Perhaps though 8 round magazines were changed out more quickly in units like Delta than if 7 round mags had been used. When you think about it from a bean counter perspective I would imagine a unit like Delta has a lot of funding, the Marines traditionally are the most underfunded service. So perhaps cost is what drove the Marine Corps choice of a 7 round magazine, while maximum capacity with potentially increased costs in magazine replacement drove Delta's choice.
If ya like to shoot ya gotta reload