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Thread: Colt Combat Commander-9mm Trigger

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    Thanks, Don, always good to have options.

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    Cylinder and Slide also makes the Series 80 parts nicely produced and coated with Titanium nitride I think. They are Gold in color. You can get those through Brownells also.
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    The series 80 parts on recent guns are high polished and doesn't seam to be a problem with the trigger pull.
    I like retaining the factory parts in the gun and just doing alittle cleaning up as per Tuners trigger job.
    This way if the courts or lawyers ask, you still have a factory trigger.

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    Good point.

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    This way if the courts or lawyers ask, you still have a factory trigger. So what if they ask? The pistol is not on trial. Shoot someone even in outright self defense and this is the least of your worries.

    No reason to not have the series 80 firing pin interlock but a $3 plate will remove it from the system. No reason either to have a 9mm M1911 other than to save training costs for those 3-day courses. (I've fired several cases of 9mm thru my 9mm Government Model during training.) 9mm remains at best a marginal cartridge in other than perfect shot placement which is inversely proportional to the level of stress.

    -- Chuck
    Last edited by Chuck S; 8th July 2017 at 10:50.


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    My first 1911 was a Remington R1.
    Unfortunately it was right when the factory was closing down up nawth and moving to it's new home in Alabama.
    The pistol had some feed issues (that I could probably correct myself now) and I eventually traded it off.

    It has a -80 trigger safety.
    By the time I was done with it it had the best trigger of any 1911 I've ever fired.
    Including some really high priced hardware.

    There is no real reason to dislike the -80 set up (other than emotionally, perhaps) if is it cleaned up right.
    And it's not at all hard to do.
    Just takes patience and a bit of an anal attitude about perfection.

    As for the 9mm 1911 question, I'm probably not the one to ask.
    I really love my Springfield Range Officer 9.
    It's had 4000 rounds through it and still as sweet and as accurate as when it was brand new.
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    I have 2 1911s with Series 80 triggers. One is a Colt GCNM manufactured in 2014 (before the reintroduced Series 70). And a para. The colt trigger is just fine. No issues. It breaks at about 4.5 lbs. I am satisfied with it for sure. The para trigger is about 5 lbs and has a little bit of take up but acceptable. Both my Wilson and DW are 70s. But, I am sure they put alot more effort into making those triggers incredible as they are. Both are at 4.25. Yes, there is a difference. But the Gold cup is not that far off and it has never been tuned. It just came that way out of the box.

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    I have Springfields, Kimbers, and Wilson Combat 1911s. It's time I owned a Colt. From what I have learned, the trigger should be fine. If it's not, I think I know enough now to be able fix it. Thanks

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    Three of my Colts are Series 80 and have nice trigger pulls.
    "Sights are for the unenlightened."

    Rick

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    I have 3 80 series Colts, one in each caliber, all govt. models. Triggers are 5 lbs on all of them. I have NO problems with any of them. There is nothing that a little polishing wont fix, and if you like....just leave them alone. Its all good.
    "The great object is that every man be armed..."
    Patrick Henry, June 5, 1778

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