Colt's Gold Cup Trophy / Model 05070X

["DoubleAction"]

A few years ago Colt re-introduced the Gold Cup Trophy in the Series 80. The Trophy continues to offer the wide triggers, as found on the National Match, with the absence of the internal Sear Depressor. With a Dove Tail mounted front sight, Lowered and Flared ejection port, Gold Cup half cocked hammer notch, National Match barrel ( With narrowed hood), polished feed ramp, throated barrel chamber, checkered steel mainspring housing, beveled magazine well, shorter grip tangs, oval style hammer , 3 1/2 lb. factory trigger, and a BoMar rear sight; The price of this pistol is a bargain.
The very first thing I did to mine was install a drop in Wilson Combat Grip Safety. With the shorter grip tangs on the frame, in my opinion, the Wilson is much better than the factory safety. The Gold Cups have long been criticized for their rear Elliiason sight and long sight cut on the slide; Installing a Bomar on these required welding in the old cut and re milling a new cut for the BoMar. The Model 05070X solves that old problem.
This pistol is from Colt's Custom Shop, it is accurized, with a round top slide, and polished flats. I paid $859. for mine at my local dealership. I did not compare prices, nor was I looking around for deals on other 1911s; I saw this pistol, handled it, and bought it with no regrets. This is a well fitted pistol, very solid, and a real pleasure to shoot.

[stingray]

One day I will have one of these

Ray

[blueglass]

WE are all drooling on this one for sure.

["DoubleAction"]

...I was attracted to this pistol by several different things, that wasn't on my National Match Gold Cup; The BoMar Rear Sight, The Round Top Slide, The Dove Tailed Front Sight, The Trigger, and the Price of only $859.

.....A true bargain for a New Colt 1911....and it shoots has well as a 1911 costing over twice that amount.

["DoubleAction"]

...The Colt's Gold Cup National Match has been around for quite some time,and there are things about it which are much different than the other 1911 pistols, one is the sear depressor.If you've ever encountered this small spring activated lever during dissassembly you'll know what a bugger it can be.The newer Trophy Gold Cups doesn't have this item, as I joyfully found out. I had to make a tool that would capture the sear depressor, on my National Match, when performing a detailed disassembly of the frame.