Colt's Gold Cup Trophy / The Model 05070X

["DoubleAction"]

The Gold Cup triggers have always been a distinguished mark of Colt's Gold Cup National Match pistols, not just for their width but also for their appearance. The Gold Cup Trophy Series 80 models offered the same features as the National Match but offered the Gold Cup with factory installed Bomar rear adjustable target sights, dove tail mounted front sight, the elimination of the sear depressor, round top slide, and a typical long 3 Hole trigger.

The 3 hole trigger on the Gold Cup was something I found to be visually unappealing. Since owning my Trophy, the 3 hole trigger served it's intended purpose, however, I preferred the slotted National Match triggers as my primo choice for the Colt Cup.

My choice of replacement triggers for the Trophy model has been with that of the Dlask trigger. I've fitted other Dlask triggers to the 1911 in the past, but never the wide trigger of the Gold Cup pistol.

The Dlask Trigger has an over sized magnesium shoe and titanium stirrup. The oversize dimensions allows for precise fitting of the trigger to the frame. Fitting the Dlask is more intensive than that of other triggers, requiring very close attention to detail as the fitting progresses. One can easily be fooled into removing metal from the trigger shoe when the over sized stirrup binds in it's channel. I would not call the job labor intensive as much as I would call it a test of one's patience and attention to detail.

Before

After

Gold Cup Trigger Width, compared to Standard Trigger

The Magnesium trigger shoe will turn almost black in appearance over time. This is the same trigger after six months from the time it was new.

[TMan]

The 3 hole trigger on the Gold Cup was something I found to be visually unappealing.

Picky, picky... I like the 3-hole better than I do the plain trigger without any holes. That is one of the things I don't like about one of my Talo's. It just looks cheap to me. I guess because it reminds me of the trigger on my engraved Jennings, which has a solid, dull, plain trigger. I must admit the Dlask does look better than the 3-hole.

I wasn't aware that the width of the Gold Cup was greater than that of the standard models. What I didn't understand from your post was whether the width of the Dlask trigger was that of the Gold Cup, standard, or wider than both.

Incidentally, this month's Gunsmith magazine has an article about making a trigger shoe for a M1911. He mentioned how he bought bar stock and then used his CAD program...

When you look at nuclear science, there is an incredible amount of energy that holds the protons and neutrons in the nucleus of every atom. As we know from the atomic bomb, if you release this, it has devastating effects. So, looking at my wife, I figure there is enough energy contained in her atoms to blow up the entire world. I don't think I'm going to buy a CAD program, machine and mill anytime soon.

["DoubleAction"]

Picky, picky

TMan; I was disappointed when Colt gave up on the use for The Gold Cup National Match triggers on the Trophy Models, that is reason I chose the Dlask Trigger.

My Colt Gold Cup National Match & Trophy

["DoubleAction"]

...About the Wide Triggers on the Target Handguns

...In my honest opinion, S&W seen the same, when they was installing the .500" inch wide triggers on the target grade combat revolvers and so did Colt, when they used wide triggers on the Gold Cups.

...Distributing the weight, of the trigger, to a much larger area on the pad of the finger, makes a 3 1/2 lb stroke seem as though it's 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. On a double action revolver, a 8 lb stroke will seem as though, it's about 5 - 6 lbs...The width of trigger means a lot and contributes to the design.

[blueglass]

Having fired a friends Gold Cup recently I noticed the trigger pull difference right away. The Gold Cup trigger felt much lighter then my 3 hole Norinco Sports model. Time to start saving again for a nice Gold Cup.