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DanielGluch
11th March 2005, 19:39
why isnt there a 1911 in 45acp that has the polished finish of the 38 super??
papashah41
12th March 2005, 14:31
There is.......the re-issued Series 70 out of their custom shop is finished in a highly polished blued finish.
DanielGluch
12th March 2005, 16:44
i meant highly polished stainless, like a chrome finish
RandyColt
13th March 2005, 16:19
Colt used to make a polished stainless enhanced Government Model and a polished Officers Model. They are real pretty guns, but must not have sold well or were too expensive to manufacture, because they were only made a couple of years and dropped. I don't see many around at gun shows, I don't know how many were made of each, but they are scarce.
Fox
13th March 2005, 18:15
I saw someone using a bright stainless steel Colt 1911 (.45 ACP) at the range a few weeks back. It was bright like polished chrome. Fortunately, I had my good pair of RayBan sunglasses on. The reason Colt stopped making them is: the amazing reflections of sunlight coming off them was distracting other shooters and, in some rare cases, causing temporary blindness to people nearby who looked directly at them on sunny summer days.
White
17th March 2005, 05:17
why isnt there a 1911 in 45acp that has the polished finish of the 38 super??

They do, they are going to have Military markings on the slide. They should be rolling out any time now, thats if they are not out already.
texagun
17th March 2005, 07:20
They made them about 15-20 years ago. I bought 2 of them, new in the box, in the late 80's. They are beautiful guns and I still have them. Here is a photo of one of them. The only modification is a Wilson Combat trigger and a set of Cocobolo grips. :)
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/w5lx/governmentmodelbrightstainless.jpg
Fox
17th March 2005, 13:20
The item DanielGluch and I mentioned earlier is like this: http://www.colt.com/CMCI/38Super.asp
They do look like polished chrome, maybe even mirror-like, no exaggeration. The model number is O2071ELC2 for .38 Super.

texagun, the photo you posted looks very nice
k217sc
17th March 2005, 15:47
Since I had always wanted a bright stainless .45acp and was unsuccessful in finding one for sale, I recently had Colt refinish my matte stainless 1991 A1 to the bright finish.

Greg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v234/k217sc/1.jpg
DanielGluch
17th March 2005, 23:52
how much was it?
k217sc
18th March 2005, 01:52
how much was it?

If I remember correctly, the base refinishing charge was $225, and then add to that the charge for a steel mainspring housing and trigger plus three dot sights. Taking into account the shipping charges brought the total to a bit over $300.
DanielGluch
18th March 2005, 04:13
its a gorgeous gun