When I was sent to Nam my Dad bought me a set of Colt 1911 45s. They where match grade then. I think that they where hand built with tighter tolerances mainly in the barrels and support bushings. I still have them both with the wood display case they came in. I carried them all through my Military service including 20 years in the National Guard. I have kept a shooting log on them both. The one shoots just a little better than the other. So I used it the most. Just this last year I passed 18,000 rounds through it. The other one is over 10,000 rounds. They have been great in all of that time. They saved my butt several times in combat.
I had a fight in the National Guards to be able to keep them as my side arms. The Guard wanted to force me to use the 9MM junk that they issued. I fought the bean counters. Told my commanding officer if they wanted me to stay and not retire than I was carrying the Colt 45s. I guess a letter from a top commander in the Pentagon helped stop that foolishness. He was a new officer the last tour I did in Vietnam. My unit help save his base from being over ran one night. He remembered that. I still have a copy of the written butt chewing he gave the Guard bean counter over the issue.
Three years ago I was able to go on a tour at the plant in West Hartford. I also hand delivered my pistols to be reconditioned at the plant. They reworked them in three days. My wife and I toured the plant. Then came back an picked my pistols back up. I was able to fire them on Colt's shooting range. They did a fine job of making them fire like new again.
As for the accuracy of them. I am able to hold ten inch group at 50 yards. At 75 yards I can hold a chest size pattern. I know that is largely these guns shooting better. I have used the Military issued ones and you have trouble holding very good groupings past 40-50 yards.
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