Posted on 06/13/2015 10:37:21 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
I have this exact same commemorative reissue. A damned expensive gun. However, the inside of the barrel bushing was NOT blued and it rusted to the barrel. It was damned difficult to get it off. I had to have the barrel and the bushing reblued.
I also have a Colt Defender and a Colt New Agent. Both are $1000 plus pistols in 45 ACP. EACH one had absolutely NO TENSION on the extractor that allowed spent shells to be spit up at the shooters face. I retensioned them to the right pressure and they work perfectly.
My point is that here are $3000 worth of top of the line Colt weapons and each one had a serious problem. In contrast, I have a Colt 1911A1 made in 1943 that hasn’t had one problem the whole 20 years I’ve owned. Something is not the same here. I submit it is unions and government where they are made. IMO, you pay for the name now, not the quality.
I would like to have the Delta Elite in 10mm, for use, not collection.
Once I fixed the extractor problem and a few other tweaks, both the Defender and the New Agent seem to work fine. Nice weapons. However, I think there is a tolerance problem on the Defender. They had to recall them due to a recoil spring guide problem and it is not an easy gun to disassemble and reassemble as one would expect from a 1911.
The New Agent is great. Looser a bit and easier to dismantle and clean, but it bites the hand on recoil. I refit it with a lightweight hammer and a beaver tail grip safety and some rubber Defender grips and it is really a great weapon.
I’ve heard that high-end Colt revolvers are things of pure beauty and genius craftsmanship.
Other than that, I see no reason for tears.
The problem is that these revolvers are very human-labor intensive. Makes for a superior revolver, but does not lend to low prices.
The meaning has never meant that a gun owner was equal to G-d.
The meaning and origin of the phrase has always been that
G-d created all men, but as individuals, and were unequal (i.e. some were smaller and weaker than others.) But a gun CAN make unequal men equal. I can’t believe I’m explaining this...
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