colt gold cup national match serial numbers

When a Browning action operates it recoils a short distance before the toggle linkage beneath the breech of the barrel trips and pulls the rear of the barrel downwards, unlocking it from the slide and aligning the breech with the magazine. In addition to the tighter tolerances we expect to find in Colt Gold Cup National Match pistols Colt decided to eliminate the potential accuracy problems that can be created by the normal Browning recoil operation by eliminating it. Everything was done to maximise accuracy. 38 Special Mid-Range was not a conventional Colt 1911. The pistol looks as good as new although the condition of the box gives its age away. It’s a pistol that is near to my heart as I owned one and competed with it during the early seventies so I have personal experience shooting it competitively and reloading for it. The pistol was also made to provide a specialised and highly accurate target pistol for US and Canadian shooters participating in the ISSF Centre Fire match.

The pistol was made for international export to countries where firearms laws may be highly restrictive, limiting calibre and magazine capacity.

One of the more rare and interesting variants of the Colt 1911 is the one made specifically for the ISSF (International Shooting Sports Federation) Centre Fire target match.

Colt gold cup national match serial numbers