New Gold Cup

kentucky_smith · March 4, 2009, 05:28 PM

You all may not know this, but there's this little company up in Ct. that makes decent 1911-type pistols.

Just bought, fairly recent build. No frame rub of note after 250 rounds, very tight, shoots as well as any 1911 I've shot yet (including my Clackamas Kimber). Ran right out of the box with the 16.5# spring. Has a great trigger pull. Colt seems to have quit using the Elliason rear sights, note mine are Champions.

Will be replacing the grips with stag or bone, otherwise, I'm leaving this one alone.

Brian48 · March 4, 2009, 05:45 PM

The Champions are a more solidly built sight anyway. I won't miss the Elliasons.

This is a strange Gold Cup though. Are you the first owner or did someone do some work on this? First, it's got the same hammer and grip safety as the older Enhanced series, but not the undercut on the trigger guard. Also, it uses the newer aluminum wide trigger versus the steel one. Since the aluminum trigger is lighter than the steel one, I assume this gun does not use the more complicated sear depressor mechanism found in the older guns.

In any case, congrats on your purchase and welcome to the GC family.

kentucky_smith · March 4, 2009, 05:53 PM

Bought new. It's quite a bit different than my 1978 Series 70 GC I had, but this one already runs better and the rollmarks aren't crooked.

Ozzieman · March 4, 2009, 06:00 PM

Sweet.

One note, if it hasn’t been done yet have a good gunsmith peen the roll pin on the rear sight, it will come out in the near or distant future.

March 4, 2009, 05:28 PM	#1
kentucky_smith Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Posts: 173	New Gold Cup You all may not know this, but there's this little company up in Ct. that makes decent 1911-type pistols. Just bought, fairly recent build. No frame rub of note after 250 rounds, very tight, shoots as well as any 1911 I've shot yet (including my Clackamas Kimber). Ran right out of the box with the 16.5# spring. Has a great trigger pull. Colt seems to have quit using the Elliason rear sights, note mine are Champions. Will be replacing the grips with stag or bone, otherwise, I'm leaving this one alone.

March 4, 2009, 05:45 PM	#2
Brian48 Senior Member Join Date: December 21, 2001 Location: Boston, People's Republic of MA Posts: 1,616	The Champions are a more solidly built sight anyway. I won't miss the Elliasons. This is a strange Gold Cup though. Are you the first owner or did someone do some work on this? First, it's got the same hammer and grip safety as the older Enhanced series, but not the undercut on the trigger guard. Also, it uses the newer aluminum wide trigger versus the steel one. Since the aluminum trigger is lighter than the steel one, I assume this gun does not use the more complicated sear depressor mechanism found in the older guns. In any case, congrats on your purchase and welcome to the GC family.

March 4, 2009, 05:53 PM	#3
kentucky_smith Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2005 Posts: 173	Bought new. It's quite a bit different than my 1978 Series 70 GC I had, but this one already runs better and the rollmarks aren't crooked.

March 4, 2009, 06:00 PM	#4
Ozzieman Senior Member Join Date: December 14, 2004 Location: Northern Indiana Posts: 6,117	Sweet. One note, if it hasn’t been done yet have a good gunsmith peen the roll pin on the rear sight, it will come out in the near or distant future.