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<blockquote data-quote="HackerF15E" data-source="post: 1266218" data-attributes="member: 9689"><p>Seriously -- there is no such thing as a "Series 70" Commander.</p><p></p><p>"Series 70" refers to 5" Government model 1911s with a collet bushing and barrel. That arrangement was never used on the Commander line.</p><p></p><p>Having a serial with "S70" (to be more correct, the serials of Combat Commanders in the 1970s actually started with "70" -- the Combat Commanders that were blued started with "70BSXXXXX" and the nickel ones started with "70SCXXXXX") does not indicate that the pistol was a "Series 70". Nor does the absence of a swartz firing-pin safety system indicate that a Colt is a "Series 70". There are actually even Commanders with 80BS and 80SC serials that are not "Series 80" pistols with the swartz system.</p><p></p><p>People like to colloquially refer to any Colt 1911 built in the 1970s prior to the introduction of the firing pin safety as being "Series 70" pistols. Unfortunately, they're not. Words mean stuff...and in this particular case, "Series 70" refers to a specific type of Colt 1911 that is not a Commander.</p><p></p><p>Here's a little reading on the subject:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=15201" target="_blank">http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=15201</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HackerF15E, post: 1266218, member: 9689"] Seriously -- there is no such thing as a "Series 70" Commander. "Series 70" refers to 5" Government model 1911s with a collet bushing and barrel. That arrangement was never used on the Commander line. Having a serial with "S70" (to be more correct, the serials of Combat Commanders in the 1970s actually started with "70" -- the Combat Commanders that were blued started with "70BSXXXXX" and the nickel ones started with "70SCXXXXX") does not indicate that the pistol was a "Series 70". Nor does the absence of a swartz firing-pin safety system indicate that a Colt is a "Series 70". There are actually even Commanders with 80BS and 80SC serials that are not "Series 80" pistols with the swartz system. People like to colloquially refer to any Colt 1911 built in the 1970s prior to the introduction of the firing pin safety as being "Series 70" pistols. Unfortunately, they're not. Words mean stuff...and in this particular case, "Series 70" refers to a specific type of Colt 1911 that is not a Commander. Here's a little reading on the subject: [url]http://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=15201[/url] [/QUOTE]
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