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LED · May 12, 2013, 04:25 PM

VWig and the similar, you have too much time on your hands.

Intersting that the Colt Gold Cup is mentioned often. Mine was a Trophy which is 80 series. It was better than the Para, and about as good as the SIG the latter also having the firing pin block. This is all first hand. I did consider a 70 series Colt but never liked the GI sights many came with. Now there is a Wiley Clapp 70 series with a gold bead front, which looks like holy grail to me. Problem is its a lot of money. My R1 enhanced has a f/o front which to me is next best. The trigger is same as the Gold Cup, but $750 delivered. (GC was $1000 cash, and the Clapp is $1700 if I remember correctly)
The Dan Wesson I dry fired at the shop had a better trigger than the R1 but twice the price tag.
I leave in the area where 1 gunsmith populates maybe a thousand square miles. And I just don't like sending my guns away unless broken.

May 12, 2013, 04:25 PM	#23
LED Junior member Join Date: March 10, 2013 Location: The Heartland Posts: 174	VWig and the similar, you have too much time on your hands. Intersting that the Colt Gold Cup is mentioned often. Mine was a Trophy which is 80 series. It was better than the Para, and about as good as the SIG the latter also having the firing pin block. This is all first hand. I did consider a 70 series Colt but never liked the GI sights many came with. Now there is a Wiley Clapp 70 series with a gold bead front, which looks like holy grail to me. Problem is its a lot of money. My R1 enhanced has a f/o front which to me is next best. The trigger is same as the Gold Cup, but $750 delivered. (GC was $1000 cash, and the Clapp is $1700 if I remember correctly) The Dan Wesson I dry fired at the shop had a better trigger than the R1 but twice the price tag. I leave in the area where 1 gunsmith populates maybe a thousand square miles. And I just don't like sending my guns away unless broken.