Got my new 1911.

Went to get the S&W 1911 I posted about in another thread.
Wouldn't you know it, the guy that walked in right in front of me was there for the same gun!
Now, this guy only wanted the 22 conversion kit that came with it, and the dealer was going to sell it to him.
We all got to talking, and the guy said he would bow out and let me have it.
I said, no because he got there first, and he had a Kimber pistol, and the Kimber conversion should go on a Kimber pistol.
So he bought the 22 conversion.
That left a beautiful S&W 1911 there all lonely, and looking like it needed a home.
I bought it for $150.00 less than the 2 Kimbers in the case next to it.
Upper is (was) unfired, lower was used to fire 2 mags from the conversion kit, so, I'm calling it ANIB.
I put 50 rounds through it when I got home, and am very happy with its performance. All 50 landed in a group about the size of my fist.
Here is the obligatory photo proof.
Not sure how well I like the green Hogue grips, but new ones are cheap if they don't grow on me.

NIGHTLORD40K said:

Very nice!
I always liked the fit and finish of the S&W better than the Kimber, but man those grips have got to go!

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Yeah, the grips gotta go.
I'm thinking maybe just some classic double diamond style, or maybe some with an Eagle, Globe, and Anchor on them.

ms6852 said:

Very nice. You still need pictures of the target.

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Ok. Here it is.

This was at about a 1 shot per second pace.
The 2 high flyers were the last 2 rounds left in the box. I loaded 1 rd in 2 mags and did a rapid mag change, practice. All at only 10 yards.

JDR said:

Mine shoots really well like yours, I never had the urge to change anything on it after all these years, because it always shot so nicely for me.

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At this point I'm only going to change the grips. They aren't factory grips anyway, so no loss there. I agree though, I don't foresee needing any changes or upgrades any time soon.

Ok guys, help me decide.
Black double diamonds or green Hogues?


I'm leaning toward the black. What do you think?

If I keep the black, I will need new screws. The ones I have on them now stand too proud of the grip.
I also have a set of rosewood that I bought for my stainless Taurus 1911 but the Pachmayr medallion fell out of one of them.
Maybe those screw heads are thinner.