Looks like Colt has stepped up to the 1990’s!
Surely COLT didn’t put that stupid “COLT RAIL GUN” on the slide.
That has to be a bad taste custom. (or photoshop)
Nope. They’re showing it at SHOT and letting people shoot it right now.
I could do with out the “rail gun” too.
Wow. It’s an otherwise nice looking pistol.
After the 1991A1 roll mark, the CRG mark wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
I sometimes wonder if Colt’s mission statement includes ideas like “follow the pack at a safe distance” and “insure intellectual capital is squandered and/or given at no cost to competitors.”
M_P
I hope the RAIL GUN thing is just for the shot show and isn’t on the production guns.
The other side.
I could do without the “Rail Gun” thing but other than that it looks great!
I wonder if Colt has ever heard of a real rail gun.
Rollmark drama in general is something I tend to avoid, as less is definitely more; that said, spelling “COLT RAIL GUN” out like that does seem a bit out of place. Even marking this model “CRG” would be a vast improvement.
AC
That is nice! I hope the rail gun thing is just for the show. I see it also has a proper beavertail. I guess there goes another $1000.
hmmm…colt…Colt…
Aren’t they the folks who make the 6920? They’re making 1911s now? Neat!
Nice to see COLT is in “touch” with their customer base in addtion to being so responsive and accomodating to the customer base so expediantly, NOT !
My belief is that the Colt’s Rail Gun is a spoof attempt on USGs’ Rail Gun. I doubt that it’s going to be the commercial name. Just speculation however.
“CRG” is an acronym for FBI’s “Crisis Response Group” and Colt could not commercially use that w/o FBI’s approval which I doubt would happen.
It is a step in the right direction evolutionarily speaking for the 1911 and Colt IMO.
Glad to see they responded so quickly. About three years QUICKLY as well !
I noticed that too. That old drop in beavertail was horrible looking.
I’m dyin’ over here… “Colt Rail Gun”
-B
I see RAIL GUN on the side of a weapon and I’m thinking of something completely different!
I agree that it looks like crap on an otherwise nice pistol. Let’s hope it goes away.
Derek
Sorry I had to :o
Wow! I think olds442guy got it right…Colt finally stepped up to the 1990s for their 1911s!
I like a high-cut front strap on a 1911, but I don’t like Colt’s version. I would rather they leave it “uncut”, than use that uncomfortable and unattractive contour.
It appears that it has the typical Colt razor sharp edges. I suppose when they are paying union wages, they can’t afford to make the edges any softer.
Oh - and I don’t like front serrations, but I may be in the minority on that.
That rollmark just sucks!! I’ll stick to my S&W tac rail 1911!