Colt Commander back from Tripp Research

[Gunsnrovers]

In 1992, I bought this stainless S80 Enhanced Commander. From the get go, it was a PITA. Under warranty, Bain & Davis made it right, but the pistol just never grabbed me and in 1993 when I bought a Springfield Milspec, the Commander got regulated to only occasional use.

Finally, I decided to do something about it. I sent the pistol off to Tripp Research with a list of things I wanted changed. They did all the gunsmith work as well as the refinish. I am very pleased with the results.

How she looked a little while ago:


How she looks today:


Carry bevel and a new bushing


Serrated front strap to match MSH


Matching top strap (got to decorate that flat slide Colt left blank)


Commander ring hammer and grip safety


A family photo (Yost 1* on a SA Milspec, the Tripp Commander, and a SA GI I gutted and rebuilt myself):

 

[Black Majik]

Looks great Jeff, I LOVE serrated topstraps.

Very clean!

 

[HSMITH]

Looks good. My Commander will head down to Tripp as soon as I get done hacking it up to make it the way I want it. Hopefully in the next couple months.....

 

[Gunsnrovers]

Thanks. I'm really happy with the slide top. The flat top as it left Colt always looks wrong. It need a little dress up.

This is the third pistol Tripp has either refinished and/or worked on for me. They are a good bunch.

 

[Kestrel]

GnR,

It looks good. I like the trigger - what kind is it?

Also - are those Heinie sights still in production? I always liked them, but thought he stopped making them. What are they called?

Thanks.

 

[Gunsnrovers]

The trigger is a Greider (spelling?). Supposedly they are using the old Videki machines, but that's just what I heard.

The sights are the old Heine Straight 8's. I think they only sell the Slant 8's now.

 

[Kestrel]

GnR,

Thanks. I like those Heinie Straight-8s better than the newer ones. I don't know why they don't still offer them also.

Steve

 

[Shipwreck]

How she looks today:

What finish of hard chroming did U use? Brushed or matte? Looks like it's all the same, right? Not a combination of the two?

 

[Jim Watson]

Hmm.
No mention of actually shooting it.

 

[Gunsnrovers]

It's matte hard chrome.

Lots of shooting. I don't own any safe queens.

Over 2k rounds since it's return. Extremely accurate. Trigger at 4lbs from my cheap fish scale.

Wonderful pistol.