Jim fabanich 1 year ago went to local dealer today in idaho.
Gold cup trophy vs national match.
Colt ammo double tap.
Incorporating features that heretofore had only been available from custom gunsmiths the national match began winning trophies right out of the box.
There have been variations including the trophy never bestsellers either.
Introduced in the late 1950s the colt gold cup national match became the standard by which all other factory 45 acp bullseye pistols were judged.
But now comes the national match gold cup 45 acp of 2012 and it is worthy of the 1911 enthusiast s attention.
The new colt gold cup trophy pistol features the well respected gold cup series 70 wide target trigger set between 4 to 6 pounds as well as a 5 inch polished stainless steel national match barrel.
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Colt also changed the sights to bomars which are dovetailed into the slide rather than the flimsy eliasons which were on the national match.
The trophy is a better pistol than the gold cup national match.
I bought a gold cup trophy model and the gold cup national match model.
Yet unlike the python it remains in the line today.
The pre world war ii national match colt autos had a finish to die for.
This pairing as with earlier gold cups results in an incredibly accurate pistol.