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Charles Daly .45 Field 1911-A1 EFS Blue
Layne12gun
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Has anybody had any experience with these pistols. I just had one given to me as a gift and need to know how it holds up and some personal reviews from owners on quality. Thanks
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Just a different importer.
OK gun.
Shoot it.
CP
Only hiccup so far; during reassembly after the cerakote the saftey lever broke. I replaced it with a decent one from Wilson, I believe. I also replaced the original grips with rosewood double-diamond pattern ones I got for 10 bucks on eBay.
For an inexpensive .45 caliber plinker/self defense gun there are, of course, much more refined and better 1911's for a corresponding increase in $$, but since it is what you have it is not a bad gun. As for the "NIB unfired condition," it's not worth any collector $$ by a long shot.
The gun was rested and 7 shot groups fired from rest. The gun shot 4 inches high but dead centered on the target. The best group was fired with the Speer 185grn gold dot HP. just over 2 inches.
The other ammo shot 3 to 4 inch groups. This is definately not a target gun by any stretch. The groups also opened up as the gun got hot in the South Fla shooting environment.
All in All the gun shot well. Only two failures to feed and those were on dropping the slide on the first rounds of the Gold Dot. Otherwise they shot just fine with no stoppages.. Ok gun for the money and a good defensive gun but not a tack driver by any stretch..
Im glad I got it for free. But would consider buying one if the price was right.. PS Colt and Military mags worked just fine.
thanks
Neal
"You get what you pay for, sometimes less."