last year i met steve morrison from MARS Armament at the SAR show and was impressed with his no-bling, utlitarian 1911s that he had on display. one of them was darryl bolke's THUG gun, which was featured this past summer in SureFire's Combat Tactics magazine. anyways, i had this series 80 stainless Colt govt model that i've had for 15 years, but didn't like too much (it was too good a deal to pass up when i bought it used), which i decided to send to steve for a makeover in jan '07. the pistol would string vertically (bushing/barrel slop)and when it got dirty, around 100 rounds, it'd get sluggish and sometimes fail to go into complete battery. not reliable enough to make it through a match. rather than send it out to get fixed, i just didn't shoot it much (i had 3 other 1911s), and it eventually became a safe queen.
after 10 months of anticipation (he moved his shop from utah to AZ, which took quite a bit of his time), i just got it back in my grubby hands. took some pics then headed to the range. i'm extremely pleased with the results - i think it looks great, and it shoots better than i do. no more accuracy probs, nor reliability probs.
i did pretty long writeup on my site, so rather than cut and paste it here, please follow the link for many more pics and details. it should answer most of your questions if you have any. steve was a great guy to deal with and really took his time to accomodate my wants.
link to writeup: http://www.militarymorons.com/weapons/pistols.html#mars
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