Wow. Awesome pistol. I almost sold it a while ago but now I'm glad I didn't. It is a frickin laser. No recoil, loud as hell,and a carnage machine. I might be thinning the .45 herd just so I can shoot this one more. People say the Hi Power is the improved 1911, I say the Super is the peak of mankind's engineering.
I didn't subject it to any rigorous torture testing, I didn't run thousands of rounds through it til the point of failure. Sorry if that's a disappointment.
I did run a couple hundred through it though and it never failed to put the round where I wanted. It didn't seem to need a "break in" like people claim of Colts (or any other mass produced 1911s), I never had one ftf or fte. I know a couple hundred isn't maybe very extensive testing but so far so good. I've also never had a brand new Colt, all my shooters are previously enjoyed.
This isn't a very thorough test/report, I shot exclusively Winchester 130 gr FMJ +P through it. I'm not set up to load this one and there isn't much to choose from at my local gun shops.
I also don't have any entertaining range pics of it.
Mags hold 9, edges are sharp. It has a plastic msh but that didn't affect anything other than my old fashioned sense of "It ain't steel so it ain't right."
The trigger is nice and I bet most people would never know its an S80 if you didn't tell them. The sights are clear and crisp. This pistol practically shoots itself. Even though its not an old one my dad did comment that it was a great pistol. He's pretty particular with Colts, isn't interested if they aren't vintage. But I bet he has one of these in the near future. He's also a really terrible shot with a pistol and did well with it!
If you have a chance to run a few rounds through one, take it. Great pistol so far, this is now in the must shoot category for me.
Worst range report ever. But what a great pistol.
