![]() Its way too short, and for those of us with big hands it puts nearly all of the force from the recoil of the gun into a very small space on the webbing of your hand.īy the end of the first 50 rounds I looked down and my hand was visibly bleeding thanks to the grip safety. Nevertheless, even with the WWII style sights, the gun is dead-nuts accurate.Ĭonsidering the bullets themselves are about a half an inch wide thats very impressive from a relatively inexpensive handgun. The only complaint I have is that the trigger feels very heavy to me, but then again Im used to dangerously light competition triggers. Theres about a quarter inch of prepping to do where theres practically no resistance and a slippery smooth feel, and then an eighth of an inch of overtravel. The break is as crisp and clean as an Irish spring morning (or at least what my soap leads me to believe an Irish spring morning would be like) with no creep and no roll whatsoever. The guns ability to function under adverse conditions is one of the reasons that its still in service today, so I wouldnt expect anything less. No matter what you feed it, be it brand new Winchester ammunition or remanufactured Freedom Munitions rounds, the gun keeps shooting. There are some parkerizations that pretty much suck, but this one doesnt. I dont really have a problem with it, I just wanted an excuse to slide that picture in the review. ![]() I know were nit-picking here, but in a world where gun companies proclaim the release of a new gun for more minor changes it makes a difference. These are features that are common to the newer Springfield handguns, such as the TRP and the Range Officer, so it makes sense from a manufacturing point of view to re-use the same slides from those guns on this model too, but its not historically accurate. ![]() On the original M1911A1 the serrations were vertical at a 90 degree angle from the slide, but on the 1911A1 theyre tilted slightly forward.Īnd on the ejection port theres a relief cut to allow for better ejection of the spent casings that didnt exist in 1942. ![]() Not that Im complaining I think it looks smashing but purists will notice the difference. ![]()
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