[Dorian]

So who wants to direct me to where the regular 1911A1 series 80 pistol is on their website?!

They have the 1911 WW1 remake, the gold cup, the defender, the gunsite, combat gov't, xse, series 70, 1991....................

Help me, and all my glorious ignorance, out here!

[WonderNine]

I think this one http://www.colt.com/CMCI/1991.asp

[Sean Smith]

The 01991 series is what you are looking for.

[Dorian]

well ok then!

I wanted a pistol that said 1911 on the slide for my first 1911 :)

oh well I can deal! It's gonna be a colt

[Dorian]

ok so I've decided!

Ill get a 1991 commander and put houge wrap around finger groove grips on it!

[WonderNine]

Two things I don't like, finger groove grips and commanders. ;)

[dsk]

Just a FYI:

Colt has only rarely stamped "1911" on any of their commercial pistols. The ones made for the military were the Model of 1911 and M1911A1, which were the designations assigned to them by the government, and were so marked on either the slide or frame. But the ones made for the commercial market were called Government Models, meaning they were a commercial version of the same guns being sold to the government. The truth is that the ones sold to the US government were the only REAL 1911 and 1911A1 pistols ever made. The various civilian firms can call theirs whatever they want, but they are merely 1911-type pistols. Even Colt's pistol is merely a "1911-type" called the Government, Commander, Gold Cup, or whatever.

Therefore, except for the recent WW1 and WW2 reproductions you usually won't find "1911" or "1911A1" anywhere on a Colt. Sure they did make the "M1991A1", but that was just a cute marketing gimmick as there was never an "M1991A1" designation by the military.

[Dorian]

Thanks dsk :) Now I'm smerter!

and Wondernine... I can understand people not liking finger grips... just personal preference. But why not the commander? It was either that or the combat, and I want a "blue" pistol.

[FJC]

Personally, I love the Commanders. :)

Here's a stock 1991A1 current new-rollmark Commander in blue. Those are the stock grips, too.

http://www.condron.com/pics/colt/comm/comm-std-left-1.JPG

http://www.condron.com/pics/colt/comm/comm-std-right-1a.JPG