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<blockquote data-quote="AlongCameJones" data-source="post: 3599073" data-attributes="member: 47875"><p>Just for the devil of it, I will have to try to see if there is any local gun shop that has a new Series 70 in stock. I&#039;m interested to have a peek at one up close. I&#039;d hate to have to try to deal with Colt on any warranty claim unless &quot;customer service&quot; has improved lately. Of course when one buys an pre-1980&#039;s gun, there&#039;s no warranty anyway. Back in the 1990&#039;s and into the 2000&#039;s I would see new Colt 1911&#039;s/Government models in gun stores. Series 80 and I think they had a Series 90 later on. All of them invariably had rough-looking roll stamping and that was the deal-breaker for me then. Springfield Armory looked rough in the markings too. I really have to see a gun in person to be a believer. Pictures on the Internet don&#039;t always do gun cosmetics justice. Pictures on a PC screen can be deceiving to the human eye. Some new Smith revolvers, even $900 ones, look nice in pictures at the Smith site but look rough in person.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="AlongCameJones, post: 3599073, member: 47875"] Just for the devil of it, I will have to try to see if there is any local gun shop that has a new Series 70 in stock. I'm interested to have a peek at one up close. I'd hate to have to try to deal with Colt on any warranty claim unless "customer service" has improved lately. Of course when one buys an pre-1980's gun, there's no warranty anyway. Back in the 1990's and into the 2000's I would see new Colt 1911's/Government models in gun stores. Series 80 and I think they had a Series 90 later on. All of them invariably had rough-looking roll stamping and that was the deal-breaker for me then. Springfield Armory looked rough in the markings too. I really have to see a gun in person to be a believer. Pictures on the Internet don't always do gun cosmetics justice. Pictures on a PC screen can be deceiving to the human eye. Some new Smith revolvers, even $900 ones, look nice in pictures at the Smith site but look rough in person. [/QUOTE]

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