Lightened slide on Gold Cup - Colt Forum
WEBMar 4, 2016 · It is how to tell if you have a lightened slide on a Gold Cup. Easy, and works for Commander also. Lock the slide back and turn it over. If you see the extractor then you have a lightened slide. Below the bottom of slides from a 66 GCNM on the bottom, a 79 GCNM in the middle, and a 88 GCNM on top.
How can I tell if a Gold Cup is a light slide? | Colt Forum
WEBApr 18, 2008 · My 1979 Series 70 Gold Cup isn't a light slide but I'm wondering if there truly has been any issues or failures with shooting one with the lightened slide with a steady diet of ball. I'd never heard of this light slide business until reading it …
Interesting Colt Series 70 Gold Cup Slide - 1911Forum
WEBNov 13, 2022 · The replacement slide is sort of mid-'90s "enhanced" configuration, with angled, Gold Cup style cocking serrations and flared ejection port, but without a rib. Colt never made a Delta with that slide configuration, sort of a hodgepodge of '90s features.
National Match/Gold Cup Slide/Frame fitting and lightening?
WEBApr 20, 2004 · Now I see what you all meant by lightened slide. Is it the rear of the slide (around firingpin) that's been milled hollow? There's some carbon residue there and too me a dozen Qtips to clean out.
Questions on the Gold Cup National Match, etc. | Colt Forum
WEBFeb 1, 2009 · The slide was lightened, in the rear (in the same manner as the early Commanders) by leaving the flats above and adjacent to the extractor exposed, but also by deepening the cuts for the barrel lugs, I had also read somewhere that the …
Colt Gold Cup Commander National Match Custom Edition .45 ACP 1911 …
WEBWith hand-fitted parts, match grade barrels and bushings, adjustable target sights and a wider trigger adjustable for over-travel, they came from Colt’s factory with upgrades you could spend more than the price of the pistol to have …
The Colt Gold Cup, an Accurate and Reliable Modern Masterpiece
WEBFeb 8, 2015 · The new Colt Gold Cup is a great all-around 1911 well suited to serous duty—but also a great target gun. The Gold Cups sights are ruggedly attached in the modern dovetail fashion. The Gold Cup features sights solidly dovetailed into the slide.
Colt - Gold Cup Lite impressions | 1911 Firearm Addicts
WEBFeb 27, 2022 · Any addicts have or shot a stock Colt Gold Cup Lite? What is Lite about it? Any reviews and impressions appreciated. Thanks
Gold Cup, etc. lightened slides - 1911Forum
WEBDec 31, 2003 · Somenone can kindly posts a pic of a lightened slide inside? I think DSK will have a dozen of them, at least! Thanks, MAXM
Colt - Gold Cup Long Slide build | 1911 Firearm Addicts
WEBJul 14, 2020 · Nothing 'Original' about a longslide Gold Cup, since Colt never put them into production