Features wise, it's a good buy from Colt. I have four Colt Competitions, so I might be slightly bias.

The Bad: the factory extractor might not have enough tension. Colt is notorious for this, and I can't figure out why. If the brass were to come back and hit you in the forehead or the face...tune or replace that extractor.

 

My Competition is a .45 stainless series 70. I've had it two and a half years & it's not for sale.

 

I guess not the worst value. I’ve shot them and they aren’t bad

 

Got a Blued Series '70 Comp/45, FANTASTIC valued gun! Good trigger/accuracy from factory, nothing but good to say. What a difference from the 1980's mfgd Series '80 I had 30+yrs ago, JUNK!

 

I have one of the blued Colt Competition models in 45acp. So far it has been reliable, Should have bought the stainless one as the blued finish is not very durable. One of my holsters has started wearing on the finish with only a few times of being used with the gun, Never had that trouble with a Springfield TRP. I may order a new set of sights from Novak, not a big fan of the fiber optic front. Now i am wanting a Delta Elite.

 

I have a blue one in Super 38 and it's been carried during our warm Arizona temps. The fiber optic front sights with rear black sights work really well on sunlit days, not bad during twilight hours either.

Often overlooked is the machined under cut trigger guard. I have four Colts with this style, for me, it delivers more instinctive targeting from a platform that is already instinctive.

Mine gets dirty with dust and chaf, kinda builds up between the hammer and firing pin stop, it just works and is reliable.

Enjoy

 

I like mine.
My wife loves it. Stainless Series 70 9mm. I am having a non-ramped Kart .38 Super barrel fitted to it currently.Ditched the dual spring set-up for traditional RSA. Run 11 lb Wolff spring in 9. Will use a 14 lb in .38 Super.

 

thats what barrel i put in my 9mm stainless colt 9mm. fitted the 38 super barrel myself.

 

I purchased a stainless one in 38 Super in January, and I really enjoy it. It’s a fine 1911.

 

I've had my series 70 Gold Cup in 45ACP for over 30 years, still an absolute pleasure to shoot. Would buy another without thinking about it.

 

When the competition came out I would have grabbed one if I didn't have so much money in my heavily modified Series 70. The competition always looked like a pretty good value to me.

 

Slide rattles safety didn’t work black finish (stop calling it blued!) very weak and short lived. Expensive compared with clones. My first Colt and last. After I fixed and fitted all the safeties and restoned the sear and replaced the trigger it’s better but what a lot of work to get this gun just to function normally. Dan Wesson’s are much much better in every way.

 

Slide rattles safety didn’t work black finish (stop calling it blued!) .

Bluing is a coating process, not a color.

 

Dont over insert the mag in the 9mm model and bend the ejector. Coming from the Glock world I never knew this was possible. Tuition paid now I know.
Accuracy was ok not real good or bad.
Loved the blue grips,fit and finish of the gun was good.
Cycled everything. Just average all the way around nothing overly good or bad. Solid gun overall.

 

I'm real happy with mine. Maybe it's just the front fiber optic sight, but I shoot it better than any of my other 1911s including Kimbers, Browns and Bauer.

 

I'm real happy with mine. Maybe it's just the front fiber optic sight, but I shoot it better than any of my other 1911s including Kimbers, Browns and Bauer.

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That’s because it’s a Colt.

 

Dont over insert the mag in the 9mm model and bend the ejector. Coming from the Glock world I never knew this was possible. Tuition paid now I know.

Are you certain that's how it happened?

That sounds...

...remarkable. Certainly a point against the weapon if it's even possible.

 

It's possible. Watch your mags, and base pad compatibility.

Even 2011's have this problem. I'm going to venture to guess that the Cz-ish Dwx won't have that issue.

 

Are you certain that's how it happened?

That sounds...

...remarkable. Certainly a point against the weapon if it's even possible.

I've only heard of that happening with officer frames and full sized mags without spacers. Not sure why a proper sized mag would be any different with 9mm over .45 assuming in spec basepads.

I'm not generally a fan of Colts as a gun for value calculation (the name adds price and makes them overcosted for their relative construction, IMO) but I do think the Competition is right in that good value sweet spot. The couple I've looked at were quite nice, and the feature set is just what I'd want for a range 1911, so well done.

Congrats on the new gun!

 

Are you certain that's how it happened?

That sounds...

...remarkable. Certainly a point against the weapon if it's even possible.

Colt factory 9mm mags
Yep positive. Brass started ejecting straight back into my face. When I pulled the slide off & tried to put it back on the ejector wouldn't even clear. I had to bend the ejector back to the left to reinstall the slide.
Little research later there isnt a mag over insertion stop, so with a full mag when the cartridges are tight they can bend the ejector.
After more research either colt or the aftermarket started using a short ejector to try and correct this, the longer ejector has more leverage to bend. I traded them (5" competition and a commander all steel size).

Totally my fault, I just didnt know.