Save my name and email to use for future comments. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Forgot your password? Get help. Password recovery. Gun Digest. More than years-old and going strong. How the iconic still remains among the best pistol options. Why the is among the best: Trigger Frame Accuracy History The continues to soldier on more than years after its design. Trigger Among its greatest assets, the trigger is one of the best in the pistol world.
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Subscribe Now. Get The Newsletter Get the latest news and reviews from Gundigest. There has been an error with your Email Subscription. A standard-grade basic. The basics are there; they just need to be worked up. Accuracy of the Model form autoloader, in any chambering, is dependent on two primary factors: a solid lockup of the slide to the frame in battery and close fitting of the barrel bushing.
In the premium-grade Colt Gold Cup, for example, less than solid slide-to-frame fit is cured by the simple expedient of extra care taken in the factory to hand match individual slides to frames and to polish and hone their fitting. Sloppy barrel-to-bushing fit, the cause of most of the accuracy problems with earlier solid-bushing, service-grade Government Models in general, was corrected in the Series 70 redesign by the introduction of the collet bushing, which "grips" the specially configured barrel with spring-tension "fingers" that ensure there's no slack between the barrel and the bushing at the muzzle.
The barrel is thus held more firmly in relation to the line of the sights. Government Model pistols from manufacturers other than Colt will perform as well right out of the box as is the quality of the company producing them. Some are really exceptional, holding tightly to the original Model manufacturing specifications and dimensions. Some are solid, middle-of-the-quality-road products that deliver an excellent value for the price.
Some are truly horrendous. But unless the manufacturing quality is so bad that the basic reference points and dimensional relationships of the parts are not within standard specifications, even the most inexpensive and sloppily fitted Government Model clone can be custom upgraded into a premium-performance pistol.
This is why "generic" Model s from companies other than Colt are used so widely by top-line pistolsmiths to build high-end competition guns or tactical and defense guns. The cost of the basic gun is less than the brand-name version, and the same refinement work is going to be done to it anyway. The only difference is what you pay for the starting point. All of which emphasizes why all the top pistolsmiths and spokesmen for Model manufacturers with whom I have spoken about the Government Model's past and future are uniformly convinced its long-term prominence is guaranteed for as long as firearms exist: versatility and adaptability.
Among handguns, the Model is the most customized and customizable platform in existence. The list of calibers and uses to which it has been applied is essentially endless. It is a proven foundation for more different handgun applications than any other pistol design imaginable. Give a Gift Subscriber Services. See All Special Interest Magazines. All Shooting Times subscribers now have digital access to their magazine content.
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Get Digital Access. Due to their experience, many people trusted the designs because they had used them before. Manufacturing them could be continued using existing machinery. This resulted in the pistols being relatively cheap in comparison to the tools needed to create a new pistol. Because of this, the platform continues to be used today. The definition of beauty is subjective, but I find this stunning and extremely purposeful. The M is ergonomic. I think it is perfect in this regard, and many people think the same or at least think that it is very good.
There will never be a size that fits all, but the M comes close. It was adopted as a military weapon by the United States. As a result, it is considered credible and was familiar to many members of the military. The US military used it for decades and still uses it today. Even today, there are few that can compete.
The slim design and good handling enable it to operate well in spite of its size. The trigger has a straight-back design, which is an absolute joy and can be customized to any taste. As a trigger snob, I consider the M to be the Gold Standard of semi-automatics. The M is now over years old. The year has seen many trends come and go. Yet here we are. Despite being incredibly popular, the sidearm is still performing the function for which it was designed.
It goes in phases. It was adopted at the turn of the century because it was a very good, dependable semi-auto pistol design at a time when there were few. The design proved successful in WWI, so it made the cut for mass production the following time.
Those pistols continued to be used until the 80s when their shells became too damaged to be used anymore.
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