New Stainless Colt Competition in 38 Super

[wanderinwalker]

Good afternoon and Merry Christmas!

Just wanted to share a couple of photos of my new Colt 1911. This is the stainless Competition Model in .38 Super.

Allow me to say that I really like this pistol! It shoots great. After years of shooting mostly polymer 9mms and K/L-frame S&W revolvers, I forgot how well a good 1911 handles. The .38 Super cartridge is just potent enough so you know you've sent rounds downrange, but the weight of the 1911 keeps recoil down very well. The crisp trigger action makes it easy to put the bullets where the sights are pointed. Honestly it seemed like anything the size

I shot 2 boxes of Fiocchi 129gr FMJ and a box of SIG Elite 125gr through it today. No feeding, firing, extraction or ejection issues. I did have a couple of failures to lock back when empty on one 10-rd Checkmate magazine, but the 2 9-round Colt mags and a second 10-rd Checkmate magazine worked perfectly. I have a pair of Metalform 9-round magazines on the way I should be able to try next weekend.

And of course pictures are obligatory!

 

[dcamnc]

Very nice! I have the 9mm competition in black/blued. The gun itself has never malfunctioned, though the stock colt mags (made by metalform) caused slide stop issues. Dumped them for tripp cobramags, and things have been great. Enjoy your new gun.

 

[Walkalong]

Very nice.

 

[bannockburn]

wanderinwalker

Sweet! Don't know if you were aware of this but you can also easily convert it to 9mm. with just a dedicated barrel assembly and magazines. Makes for less expensive range time.

 

[stiab]

Very nice, thanks for sharing a pic! Notice how Colt calls your gun Super 38 instead of 38 Super.