Springfield Armory 1911 Mil-Spec

good basic 45. about as cheap as you can get a brand new 1911 these days. they have a few QC problems now and again but nothing out of the ordinary. the few ive seen are very good to excellent save one that had a mis machined barrel and wouldnt cycle. SA cleared it up in short order.

SW

The pistol felt like it was built to fit my hand.

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One thing I've found out for myself is that any gun I'm interested in buying feels good in my hand LOL. And I usually end up buying it.

The pistol felt like it was built to fit my hand.

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One thing I've found out for myself is that any gun I'm interested in buying feels good in my hand LOL. And I usually end up buying it.

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That is right! HAAAAAAA
Aries

made in Brazil, sheesh doesn't springfield armory make much of anything in the US?

made in Brazil, sheesh doesn't springfield armory make much of anything in the US?

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A friend of mine bought the Springfield EMP 9mm and it is made in the USA!
Aries

as i understand it, the economy guns like these and the XD are made overseas to keep the costs low while the high end guns like the EMP and M1A for example are made here.

SW

Yeah just it kinda irks me that a proud company with all the heratage of springfield would make stuff overseas, I mean ruger makes the SR-9 in the US and they have economy guns like the P-95 and such and their made in the US. I'm just nit picking though. Nothing against the gun itself it just kinda gets under my skin a hair. I've looked at Springfield 1911's alot, I've shot the GI quite abit and it's what got me wanting a 1911 actually... guess if I get one I have an excuse to get a higher end model.

From what I understand any of their 1911s with "NM" in the serial they are put together in the states, but the parts are still made overseas...

NM stands for national match. the parts may be made overseas but everything is hand fitted for accuracy potential. so its kind of a moot point there. they are probably better made than some american guns in that respect.

SW

I have one of these 1911s. I bought mine used several years ago from a buddy. It's been a great pistol, but the sights are pretty crappy and mine are off so bad that I can't hit anything with it. I was saving up for a new slide with different sights a while back and ended up ordering an M4 instead. I haven't had any jamming or such problems with mine. I've installed Hogue grips, a mag well, extended slide release and a recoil buffer in mine. I'm happy I got the pistol, but I don't like that the sights are basically useless on it.

47 - are the sights on your the fixed type where they are machined into the slide or the removable type that are dovetailed in? ive seen the milspec with both types.

SW

The front sight is a fixed part of the slide, but the rear are adjustable for windage and could probably be punched out. All the replacement 1911 sights I've seen use the Novak or something that starts with a B style sights...stuff where a larger slot has to be cut in the slide.

the B youre thinking of id Bo-Mar. novak is top of the line, bo-mar a littel below them. and yeah youd have to have the slide milled to fit them. for what it costs you could probably pick up a caspian slide with the sight cutouts on it already.

http://www.caspianarms.com/Merchant...Code=CAL&Product_Code=SLSSGM&Category_Code=SL

SW

Yeah the Caspian was what I was looking at. I'd only save a few bucks by milling out the existing slide so I figured I'd go ahead and get a shiny new one.

stainless FTW!

SW