1911Tuner
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A friend brought Remington's entry into the 1911 market by here so I could get the inside story.
The pistol is equipped with the Colt Series 80 fire control system.
The MIM parts are as follows:
Slide stop. Mainspring Housing. Sear. Plunger tube likely but unproven because I didn't remove it to look for the sprue marks.
Cast parts:
Grip safety. Hammer. Disconnect. Thumb safety. Firing pin stop.
Also observed was a Springfield one-piece stainless steel barrel, a Colt hammer strut, and a Colt sear spring.
The thumb safety is the old, USGI type with small thumb pad, which I like very much.
Grip safety is the standard spur type, which I also like.
Slide and frame are machined barstock, and nicely done. Light machining marks were visible, but no roughness in the marks was noted. The ejection port was lowered and had a nice rollout notch.
The sights were large, blocky 3-dot style, and were highly visible. Oddly enough, the gun was equipped with a short, serrated
aluminum trigger and a flat mainspring housing...which I like, even with my large hands.
Fit and finish was very good, and all small parts appeared to be of good quality. Slide to frame fit was very good ordnance spec with minimal play. Barrel fit was very good, with zero movement when pressed.
Barrel to bushing fit was fairly tight. With the gun in battery, it was necessary to back up on the slide to turn the bushing by hand.
Bushing to slide fit was also very good with no gap at the slide and no "rocking" when tested.
My suspicion...and this is no more than that...is that the slide and frame came from Colt, along with a few other parts.
The Springfield barrel is unmistakeable, as is the Colt sear spring and hammer strut design.
Overall, a pretty good-lookin' pistol that seems to be aimed at competing with Springfield's standard Mil-Spec. The only drawback for me is that it comes with the Colt design Series 80 system. Not a deal-breaker if I was
in the market for a new low-frills 1911, but I prefer that it didn't have that particular feature.
That's about it. Ted said that he's going to shoot it today and give me the report.
.
The pistol is equipped with the Colt Series 80 fire control system.
The MIM parts are as follows:
Slide stop. Mainspring Housing. Sear. Plunger tube likely but unproven because I didn't remove it to look for the sprue marks.
Cast parts:
Grip safety. Hammer. Disconnect. Thumb safety. Firing pin stop.
Also observed was a Springfield one-piece stainless steel barrel, a Colt hammer strut, and a Colt sear spring.
The thumb safety is the old, USGI type with small thumb pad, which I like very much.
Grip safety is the standard spur type, which I also like.
Slide and frame are machined barstock, and nicely done. Light machining marks were visible, but no roughness in the marks was noted. The ejection port was lowered and had a nice rollout notch.
The sights were large, blocky 3-dot style, and were highly visible. Oddly enough, the gun was equipped with a short, serrated
aluminum trigger and a flat mainspring housing...which I like, even with my large hands.
Fit and finish was very good, and all small parts appeared to be of good quality. Slide to frame fit was very good ordnance spec with minimal play. Barrel fit was very good, with zero movement when pressed.
Barrel to bushing fit was fairly tight. With the gun in battery, it was necessary to back up on the slide to turn the bushing by hand.
Bushing to slide fit was also very good with no gap at the slide and no "rocking" when tested.
My suspicion...and this is no more than that...is that the slide and frame came from Colt, along with a few other parts.
The Springfield barrel is unmistakeable, as is the Colt sear spring and hammer strut design.
Overall, a pretty good-lookin' pistol that seems to be aimed at competing with Springfield's standard Mil-Spec. The only drawback for me is that it comes with the Colt design Series 80 system. Not a deal-breaker if I was
in the market for a new low-frills 1911, but I prefer that it didn't have that particular feature.
That's about it. Ted said that he's going to shoot it today and give me the report.
.
