The .45ACP is America’s caliber. Sorry, Neeners, your caliber maybe the most popular cartridge in the US, but the .45 is as American as apple pie.
And what’s more American than a Colt .45? A Colt .45 with The Raven embellishment, of course. Nowadays you throw a stick and hit a dozen training schools staffed with Delta Seal Six Green Beret Marsoc operators. However, Gunsite is still the recognized authority on modern gun fighting.
Nonetheless the best modern fighting .45 hailed from Germany…West Germany- the good Germany. The superlative P220 American. The “American” appellation meant that the mag release is now side button instead of heel release.
This P220 is all stock other than the Trijicon night sights. Apparently the previous owner thought that it needed night sights. I can wax poetically all day long about the virtues of the P220: relatively light weight thanks to aluminum frame, clean and light SA pull after the long take up, heavy but smooth DA pull without a lot of staging, great reliability and the ability to eat hollow points like candies. A feature that is expected nowadays but nigh non-existent among American service handguns of the 1980s. Great balance and point ability. For the complainers whining about high bore axis or heavy DA pull, I say to you one and all, learn how to shoot.
The matte blued finish is well applied. Business looking but still pleasing to the eyes. Yeah, it rusts easily like a typical blued finish would. Learn how to maintain your weapon and it’s a non-issue.
Yes, I love the P220 family. The German ones and not the American fakers. Sue me.
Colt Gunsite Pistol (CGP) is the younger brother to the Gunsite Service Pistol that Gunsite used to sell. Back in the 1990s, Gunsite bought Colts and Springfields then did some minor modifications and sold to the public at rather decent prices. However in the 2000s, Gunsite had Colt and SW made Gunsite pistols straight from their respective factories with accessories that The Raven thinks these guns should feature. No Raven smithies touched these guns.
SW stopped offering Gunsite pistols for probably ten years now but Colt still makes these guns. One can buy a CGP from a stocking dealer or from Gunsite pro shop. The GCP from the pro shop would have night sights and relief where the trigger guard meets the frame. My CGP was bought from a stocking Colt dealer and I swapped out the original thin grips for standard grips. Otherwise everything else is still stock on the gun.
The CGP received a dehorned package, a handsome matte blued finish, and generally better fitment than a typical Colt. Trigger breaks clean at around 4-5lbs, thumb safety snicks on and off without grits. And yes, it eats JHPs. Actually all recent production Colt .45s that I’ve bought since 2010 have all eaten JHPs without a hitch.
And what’s more American than a Colt .45? A Colt .45 with The Raven embellishment, of course. Nowadays you throw a stick and hit a dozen training schools staffed with Delta Seal Six Green Beret Marsoc operators. However, Gunsite is still the recognized authority on modern gun fighting.
Nonetheless the best modern fighting .45 hailed from Germany…West Germany- the good Germany. The superlative P220 American. The “American” appellation meant that the mag release is now side button instead of heel release.
This P220 is all stock other than the Trijicon night sights. Apparently the previous owner thought that it needed night sights. I can wax poetically all day long about the virtues of the P220: relatively light weight thanks to aluminum frame, clean and light SA pull after the long take up, heavy but smooth DA pull without a lot of staging, great reliability and the ability to eat hollow points like candies. A feature that is expected nowadays but nigh non-existent among American service handguns of the 1980s. Great balance and point ability. For the complainers whining about high bore axis or heavy DA pull, I say to you one and all, learn how to shoot.
The matte blued finish is well applied. Business looking but still pleasing to the eyes. Yeah, it rusts easily like a typical blued finish would. Learn how to maintain your weapon and it’s a non-issue.
Yes, I love the P220 family. The German ones and not the American fakers. Sue me.
Colt Gunsite Pistol (CGP) is the younger brother to the Gunsite Service Pistol that Gunsite used to sell. Back in the 1990s, Gunsite bought Colts and Springfields then did some minor modifications and sold to the public at rather decent prices. However in the 2000s, Gunsite had Colt and SW made Gunsite pistols straight from their respective factories with accessories that The Raven thinks these guns should feature. No Raven smithies touched these guns.
SW stopped offering Gunsite pistols for probably ten years now but Colt still makes these guns. One can buy a CGP from a stocking dealer or from Gunsite pro shop. The GCP from the pro shop would have night sights and relief where the trigger guard meets the frame. My CGP was bought from a stocking Colt dealer and I swapped out the original thin grips for standard grips. Otherwise everything else is still stock on the gun.
The CGP received a dehorned package, a handsome matte blued finish, and generally better fitment than a typical Colt. Trigger breaks clean at around 4-5lbs, thumb safety snicks on and off without grits. And yes, it eats JHPs. Actually all recent production Colt .45s that I’ve bought since 2010 have all eaten JHPs without a hitch.