New SA 1911

[pidaster]

My brother found this deal for me and I picked it up today. It's a Springfield Armory 1911-A1. I was told the recoil spring had been changed out and a Chip McCormick trigger put in. Came with 3 mags. I paid a whopping $400 for it. :rockon: Guy couldn't hit with it and kept blaming it on the gun. I'm glad this guy was buying a rifle instead.
I put about 50 round through it and never missed the A or B lines of my cardboard silhouette at 25-30 yards.
Click Me! (http://home.comcast.net/~joshuabmorgan/sa1.jpg)
I edited out the serial number with photoshop in the pic for those that might notice.

[oilhead]

BANDIT!! I haven't found a good gun-deal in so long the hair is beginning to fall off of my palms. Neat find!

[Player]

congrats!!! mine's not as stainless-cool as yours, but i found my springfield 1911 double stack w/ 6 mags for $450
they were low caps though so i kinda wanna get them off my hands.

[industrialstrength]

$400

Damn dude, that's an awesome buy! My plain jane ultra compact cost me $500.

[industrialstrength]

my springfield 1911 double stack w/ 6 mags for $450.

Now I'm feeling ripped off.

I'm going to bed. You guys suck.:rolleyes:

[Phirebug]

that is a sweet find! i've got two SA 1911s (gi model and trp...both stainless) and couldn't be happier with them. that's a HELL of a good price though.

both of mine were surprisingly accurate and reliable. the only issues i've ever had is the trp doesn't like its factory mags, so i switched them out with chip mccormick's and they work fine. SA makes a hell of a 1911.

[pidaster]

they were low caps though so i kinda wanna get them off my hands.
You can just change your mags out right? Keep those low caps for backup or sell them cheap.

[wandering_ronin]

Sounds like you made an awesome deal Pidaster! Like Phirebug, I too have a pair of SA 1911's. Both are the plain jane parkerized models, but both are good performers.

[trigger643]

That is a great find. Congrats!

[mofocus]

damn i paid almost $500 for my SA 1911 in OD Green :(

[Old Jimmy]

Hi all,
not to highjack the thread, but have any of you with springfields noticed the barrel seperating from the chamber? I have about 1000 rounds through mine and it has a tiny gap.
Old Jimmy

[Player]

Hi all,
not to highjack the thread, but have any of you with springfields noticed the barrel seperating from the chamber? I have about 1000 rounds through mine and it has a tiny gap.
Old Jimmy

WHAT?! that sounds DANGEROus!!!!!!!!!!!

[pidaster]

Hi all,
not to highjack the thread, but have any of you with springfields noticed the barrel seperating from the chamber? I have about 1000 rounds through mine and it has a tiny gap.
Old Jimmy
I would think it's a one piece design being a barrel and all. You might want a gunsmith to take a look at that.

[Old Jimmy]

I heard that the chamber and the barrel on Springfields are 2 pieces pressed together where as a Colt is all 1 piece. They said Springfield makes em that way because it is cheaper.
Old Jimmy

[Old Jimmy]

I hope you can see the gap. The gun shoots WAY better than my Series 80 Officers Model.

[Templar]

Springfield (and Browning too), use crush fit barrels and chambers, they're two pieces crushed together. I've NEVER seen one seperate, and I can't really tell with your picture if it's happening. It's normal to see a little line though. Set your camera to Macro for close up pics.

To the original poster.....Great Score Man! :thumbup:

About the only thing I'd do is replace the full length guide rod with a standard military length one and a regular recoil spring plug, and you're good to go!

[K.O.A.M.]

My latest thing is buying pimped out 1911's and restoring them. I've got someone who'll strip the chrome for me, and then I replace the parts until I've got a good shooter.