"The series 80 ruined the trigger..."
"1911's are unreliable."
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Top is Marv's MK IV Series 80 .45; bottom is my Government Model Series 80 .38 Super.
Marv's is old enough it even has the barrel collet! It was originally bought by Willard in 84-85... Then sold to Marv in the mid-90's.
It's never failed Marv, but apparently wouldn't feed ball ammo out of the box. Willard got warranty service on it and a free trigger job was thrown in.
My .38 Super has had two failure to feed the first round when I tripped the slide stop and those were in the first three magazines. No other problems to report.
Both guns have excellent triggers, with Marv's being borderline too light. Neither gun is completely stock... Marv did sights, I did a trigger swap (no changes to the sear), stocks and mainspring housing.
All in all we're pleased with our acquisitions.
It's been fun comparing how they came from the factory. The older gun was A1 all the way with Pacmeyer grips. Mine had a flat mainspring housing and long trigger on an otherwise A1 gun and the colletted barrel had long since been discarded.
Trivia, what made the Series 70 a Series 70 was that collet! Calling pre-80 Series or guns without the firing pin block "Series 70" is something of a misnomer.
"1911's are unreliable."
Top is Marv's MK IV Series 80 .45; bottom is my Government Model Series 80 .38 Super.
Marv's is old enough it even has the barrel collet! It was originally bought by Willard in 84-85... Then sold to Marv in the mid-90's.
It's never failed Marv, but apparently wouldn't feed ball ammo out of the box. Willard got warranty service on it and a free trigger job was thrown in.
My .38 Super has had two failure to feed the first round when I tripped the slide stop and those were in the first three magazines. No other problems to report.
Both guns have excellent triggers, with Marv's being borderline too light. Neither gun is completely stock... Marv did sights, I did a trigger swap (no changes to the sear), stocks and mainspring housing.
All in all we're pleased with our acquisitions.
It's been fun comparing how they came from the factory. The older gun was A1 all the way with Pacmeyer grips. Mine had a flat mainspring housing and long trigger on an otherwise A1 gun and the colletted barrel had long since been discarded.
Trivia, what made the Series 70 a Series 70 was that collet! Calling pre-80 Series or guns without the firing pin block "Series 70" is something of a misnomer.