I couldn’t resist

RugerFan

 

My oldest sent me this picture a few minutes ago. Guess what I’ve done. 

Wambli Ska

Oh good!  Need a Guinea Pig.  Been looking at those for a while for no good reason except why not 🤣

RugerFan

He bought one a few months ago. It looks good. It’s tight. Shoots pretty good too. He paid a lot more than this though. 

I saw them on sale online for $279 before Christmas 

Zee

New Gun = Good

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

He bought one a few months ago. It looks good. It’s tight. Shoots pretty good too. He paid a lot more than this though. 

I saw them on sale online for $279 before Christmas 

I see them online at PSA for low $300s all the time.  Not a bad deal and I get my FFL transfers for $0 so there is that.  Been tempted more than a few times just have no hands in point of reference.  Looking forward to the range report!!!

Bigslug

Nice shooter from the inspection and test drive I've done on one of them. 

Check your magazine catch with mags other than what it came with.  Not sure why they did what they did, but the gun I checked out had the mag catch extending farther than normal into the frame, and the top right feed lip of the mags had a slight dimple pressed into them to clear this and allow the mag to start in.  Other mags required depressing the catch slightly to insert.  An easy fix with some careful filing, but something to be ready for.  

bullsi1911

I have been hearing really good reports about those Tsas 1911s. It seems like these are the spiritual followers of the much lamented Norinco 1911s that were imported in the 90s.


I’ll probably end up with one at some point. They are just so affordable 

RugerFan

Haven’t had time to do anything but give it a once over. Tag on it says it’s forged and series 70. I don’t know what that means. I’m not a 1911 aficionado. 

It is pretty heavy. No rattles. No tool marks anywhere. It came in a plastic case with 2 mags, barrel brush, cleaning rod and what I’m assuming to be a takedown tool. And it has a trigger lock. 

My son paid a lot more for his with no case or spare mag.  I think I’ll be happy with it. 

GrapeApe

Forged is how it's manufactured, series 70 means no firing pin safety.
Both are positives in my book

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

Haven’t had time to do anything but give it a once over. Tag on it says it’s forged and series 70. I don’t know what that means. I’m not a 1911 aficionado. 

It is pretty heavy. No rattles. No tool marks anywhere. It came in a plastic case with 2 mags, barrel brush, cleaning rod and what I’m assuming to be a takedown tool. And it has a trigger lock. 

My son paid a lot more for his with no case or spare mag.  I think I’ll be happy with it. 

What GrapeApe said is correct.  Forged is good and so is Series 70.  I'd give it a complete strip down to parts and check each one individually for any burs or sticking points, polish, reassemble and lube and then run the bejesus out of that gun.  I wish I was close to you.  I have a few ammo cans of .45 lead reloads looking for a fun run at the range... 

Bigslug

Wambli Ska said:

RugerFan said:

Haven’t had time to do anything but give it a once over. Tag on it says it’s forged and series 70. I don’t know what that means. I’m not a 1911 aficionado. 

It is pretty heavy. No rattles. No tool marks anywhere. It came in a plastic case with 2 mags, barrel brush, cleaning rod and what I’m assuming to be a takedown tool. And it has a trigger lock. 

My son paid a lot more for his with no case or spare mag.  I think I’ll be happy with it. 

What GrapeApe said is correct.  Forged is good and so is Series 70.  I'd give it a complete strip down to parts and check each one individually for any burs or sticking points, polish, reassemble and lube and then run the bejesus out of that gun.  I wish I was close to you.  I have a few ammo cans of .45 lead reloads looking for a fun run at the range... 

Nah. . .it's a boy's first 1911 (sniff!  It's a beautiful thing!).  Field strip it, punch out the bore, oil it up, "deburr" by running a mess of hardball through it, and THEN we can get you schooled up.  

Series 70 is Colt newspeak for "unaltered G.I. fire control system".  Series 80 means the lawyers added some extra parts and altered others.  Few fans of the design will say that having that stuff is a plus.

RugerFan

The Series 70 is what I didn’t know anything about, Lol!  I’ve seen that and Series 80 before. Just was never curious enough to look it up. Glad to know the 70 is the way to go. Thanks for your replies. I do appreciate it. 

I’m anxious to shoot it. It’s started raining again so it’ll probably be the weekend before I get a chance. Btw, it does have an arched mainspring. I like the way it feels. I’ll try to post some pictures tomorrow. 

RugerFan

Wambli Ska said:

RugerFan said:

Haven’t had time to do anything but give it a once over. Tag on it says it’s forged and series 70. I don’t know what that means. I’m not a 1911 aficionado. 

It is pretty heavy. No rattles. No tool marks anywhere. It came in a plastic case with 2 mags, barrel brush, cleaning rod and what I’m assuming to be a takedown tool. And it has a trigger lock. 

My son paid a lot more for his with no case or spare mag.  I think I’ll be happy with it. 

What GrapeApe said is correct.  Forged is good and so is Series 70.  I'd give it a complete strip down to parts and check each one individually for any burs or sticking points, polish, reassemble and lube and then run the bejesus out of that gun.  I wish I was close to you.  I have a few ammo cans of .45 lead reloads looking for a fun run at the range... 

I wish you close too!!! At $27/50 this thing will get expensive. At least I’m not having to buy .45 LC like my son is………………………..yet. 

Gonna have to look into reloading before long. 

Bigslug

RugerFan said:

Gonna have to look into reloading before long. 

Yes.  Yes, you are.  However, be aware that there ARE .22 conversion kits out there.

RugerFan

I had forgotten about those!!!

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

I had forgotten about those!!!

I highly recommend the Kimber unit. Darn thing is so acccurate it forced me to buy a complete RIA frame on GB and build a dedicated .22 1911.

RugerFan

RugerFan

Here’s some pictures. I’m assuming it’s just a plain-Jane GI 1911A1. 

Got a chance to run 2 mags through it before the rain started. 14 rds, no problems at all. I just shot 2 pesky laundry detergent jugs so no target pictures. Either the gun or I(most likely) shoots to the left.   

I picked up the brass and noticed a small dimple on each one. Any idea why?  Is this normal? A few also had a small flat spot on the case mouth. I was shooting on grass. 

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

Here’s some pictures. I’m assuming it’s just a plain-Jane GI 1911A1. 

Got a chance to run 2 mags through it before the rain started. 14 rds, no problems at all. I just shot 2 pesky laundry detergent jugs so no target pictures. Either the gun or I(most likely) shoots to the left.   

I picked up the brass and noticed a small dimple on each one. Any idea why?  Is this normal? A few also had a small flat spot on the case mouth. I was shooting on grass. 

GI guns don’t have the lowered/flared ejection port like newer or enhanced guns.  Any brass spots on the finish around the ejection port?  Probably bouncing the cases off the slide as it ejects them.  You can tune the gun to stop doing that.  Bigslug is probably the best bet to walk you through it.  He knows them inside out.

GrapeApe

The dimple is, probably, mag related and the flat spot on the case mouth is from the case hitting the slide on the way out. There's a reason a lot of more expensive 1911s have the ejection port "lowered and flared"

RugerFan

Thanks, guys. Does the dimple affect reloading? It’ll be awhile before I attempt to reload anything. 

breamfisher

Dimple's probably due to the small ejection port. My Colt 1911 dimples brass, but my Springfield Loaded doesn't, even when using the same mags. Guess which still has the GI-spec ejection port? 

If they don't iron out in resizing, they will when you fire it. And maybe get replaced by a new one.

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

Thanks, guys. Does the dimple affect reloading? It’ll be awhile before I attempt to reload anything. 

Shouldn’t…

RugerFan

Thanks, guys. Now I’m trying to decide if I want just a nylon holster or a GI style flap holster. 

GrapeApe

I carry mine, comfortably, in a crossbreed "supertuck" style holster. There are quite a few companies making similar holsters now

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

Thanks, guys. Now I’m trying to decide if I want just a nylon holster or a GI style flap holster. 

You’re planing to CC or just play Army with it at the range 🤣

Mine goes to the range riding in old school style in a full El Paso Saddlery Army rig with matching belt and magazine pouches.  There’s a beautiful EP black one on eBay right now that is priced at $300 but has been there for quite a bit and even though I already have several rigs for 1911s, I’m tempted to just send the guy a silly offer of $150 just to see if he’ll bite.

RugerFan

I just want to carry it occasionally if I’m walking in the woods or when I go to shoot. Function over form for sure

bullsi1911

You need a Tanker holster!

https://www.worldwarsupply.com/product/brown-m7-holster/

Wambli Ska

RugerFan said:

I just want to carry it occasionally if I’m walking in the woods or when I go to shoot. Function over form for sure

Gotcha.  The Tanker Holster as Bullsi mentioned is really cool in my opinion.  I’m also partial to the Wild Bunch styles.  

Go on eBay and 🔎 1911 Holsters, grab a cup of coffee and settle down.  You’ll find a billion idea or exactly what you want at every price point.

bullsi1911

World War supply has a lot of historical reproduction holsters for decent prices.  Pretty sure I’ll be picking up a full flap holster from them soon

Wambli Ska

Took a quick look around their site.  Their stuff looks good!