The slide locks open when the magazine is empty, which centerfire shooters will appreciate. Nonetheless, it was the Colt that was the original manufacturer of theand they are still producing many models of the today. We looked at the many benefits of the Coltincluding recoil and reliability. Colts retain their value for a good reason-they're a high-quality The Colt is a high quality pistol. It's the best compromise for accuracy and durability. Case ejection from the CZ was very positive, while the Colt beamed me in the head a couple times with the spent brass a Though I've long loved the traditional mil-spec styled Colt 's and have a bunch of them, I've thought that Colt really needed to get moving with the XSE line to appeal to the Colt is the only manufacturer to follow the original spec for clearances and tolerances set out by JMB. This is simply a way of saying that the gun could easily be a better shooter than the results show.Wd ultrastar noise. Precise work with them is highly unlikely, and fast work is a fantasy. The miniscule A1 sights wash out against the target no matter what the light. This is not marketed as a target-grade gun, but I still found group sizes to be totally acceptable. He listens! Both versions will be available.
In a later conversation with Bob, I mentioned that I thought the gun would be even more spectacular completely blued, without the addition of nickeled parts. As mentioned earlier, the small parts are bright nickel, and include the grip screws, thumb safety, barrel bushing, recoil spring plug, trigger, plunger tube, magazine catch, and slide stop. The frame is cast and the slide is machined from a forging. This system has been in production for many years and has been tested and proven on the streets. Unless the trigger is pulled and levers inside the frame are activated, a spring-loaded plunger resting in a hole machined in the slide stops the firing pins forward travel. Auto-Ordnance pistols differ from those of many other makers by the addition of a trigger-controlled firing pin safety. Purchase of the personalized display slide and presentation box are not mandatory, however, as both are sold separately, or as part of a package. This is where his idea of offering two complete slide assemblies entered the picture: one to be used for fun the other to be used for display. His goal was to not only duplicate that incredible finish, but also to make the pistol both affordable and shootable. He, too, remembers the glory days of gun building and their remarkable finishes, and this pistol is his brainchild as well as his tribute. It was his name on the side of the pistol we received, and he is also the person in charge of the Auto-Ordnance custom shop.
This was definitely not the work of a rookie, A note in the box from our editor asked that I call Bob Holmes at Auto-Ordnance for some background on this latest offering. The bluing looked like black oil, and the flats were straight and true, The transition lines from the round top to the flats were crisp. With the exception of some find-line scroll work to set off the script, the engraving was filled with nickel to match the accents on the gun. Inside this box was another complete top-end for the gun-complete as in slide, barrel and all other small parts-that was almost a dead ringer for the one already on the frame, with a couple of little additions. Digging a little deeper into the shipping container brought us to a glass-topped, padded, wooden presentation case, finely crafted with brass hardware, including lockable clasps. Instead we got a high-polish, royal-blue, presentation-grade that-with the exception of its bright nickel accents-looked like a relic from the past. The shooting public has learned to live with less-with the requisite amount of bitching and moaning, of course. In reality, the manufacturers had little choice but to simplify the entire process in order to deliver a product at a price the public could stomach. Great work takes time, and as always, time means money. Heavy hands on a buffing wheel can blur lines, dish-out pinholes, smear roll marks, and manage to put waves in flats-and they can do it all in an instant. Bluing so incredibly rich and deep that the surface actually looked wet. It was a time when firearms were actually fitted, parts hand-honed to mesh, created rather than mass-produced.Īnd the finishes back then were a sight to behold. It was a different era, with a slower pace of both life and industry As amazing as it seems today, trained craftsmen-artisans of their trade-were less expensive on the line than were machines. Those of us who now look wistfully at the Grecian Formula commercials remember a time when manufacturers could afford to lavish huge amounts of skilled hand labor on their guns.
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