colt 1911 co2 pistol

[doztx200]

hi all.
i have just bought one of these for my 13yr old daughter. it seems a slick bit of kit, good fun. Any pitfalls? Anyone reccomend a good/cheap supplier of co2 bulbs?
Thanks.
Doz.

[delta1]

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[sol1821]

the grip safety is a bit of a pain in the a**e, easily overcome with an elastic band

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[air-tech]

hi all.
i have just bought one of these for my 13yr old daughter. it seems a slick bit of kit, good fun. Any pitfalls?
Thanks.
Doz.

Yes, these guns must never be forced if (when) they jam or you will have problems. They need to be used by someone who is mechanically sympathetic. I'm not even happy allowing casual friends to use them. Despite the looks they are no way as rugged as the real thing, in fact they are rather fragile.

[Paul55]

They do like Geco pellets. Make sure they are seated properly and you shouldn't have any problems.

The grip safety gets a lot of stick, quite unfairly I think. If you check on most pistol sites for this pistol, the real one, they will illustrate the correct grip to take with this. Once you adopt the grip recommended the Grip Safety almost turns itself off. It is not a strength thing, it's purely an attitude thing. Try it for yourself, it really helped me.

[MikeB]

They do like Geco pellets. Make sure they are seated properly and you shouldn't have any problems.

The grip safety gets a lot of stick, quite unfairly I think. If you check on most pistol sites for this pistol, the real one, they will illustrate the correct grip to take with this. Once you adopt the grip recommended the Grip Safety almost turns itself off. It is not a strength thing, it's purely an attitude thing. Try it for yourself, it really helped me.

Seconded on the Gecos, and they're cheap as chips to boot.

Paul, could you post a link to one of the pistol sites you referred to? I'm intrigued.

Thanks in advance.

[magicniner]

With Paul on the grip thing, this differs when you're drawing from a holster and against the clock though- then it's easier with it pinned,
ATB,
Nick

[Paul55]

Seconded on the Gecos, and they're cheap as chips to boot.

Paul, could you post a link to one of the pistol sites you referred to? I'm intrigued.

Thanks in advance.

I'm still trying to find it. I know I read it somewhere, I'll keep looking

[cookie]

Come on Paul get a GRIP we are all waiting

Doz as said above JSR is your place for both Co2 and Geco's.

[Paul55]

OK, first off a confession, I can't find the article that I was thinking of. I have included a couple of links here that illustrate the principle. The first is an article written by Masaad Ayoob showing the importance of the "high grip"

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob85.html

The second is a review on the 1911 by B.B Pelletier in his blog for Pyramid Air. This reinforces the fact that if the correct grip is taken the grip safety operates without you needing to be conscious of it.

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/...om-umarex.html

I owned a Colt 1911 for a while and until I adopted the high grip I used to be very conscious of the grip safety.

I do hope this helps & that I haven't built your hopes up that I had discovered the Holy Grail to this problem.

[kzaman]

Do both of the new umarex colt's have the grip safety? I was on a spanish website and it refered to the grip safety as non functioning... but perhaps something got lost in translation... Cheers dudes

[MikeB]

OK, first off a confession, I can't find the article that I was thinking of. I have included a couple of links here that illustrate the principle. The first is an article written by Masaad Ayoob showing the importance of the "high grip"

http://www.backwoodshome.com/articles2/ayoob85.html

The second is a review on the 1911 by B.B Pelletier in his blog for Pyramid Air. This reinforces the fact that if the correct grip is taken the grip safety operates without you needing to be conscious of it.

http://www.pyramydair.com/blog/2005/...om-umarex.html

I owned a Colt 1911 for a while and until I adopted the high grip I used to be very conscious of the grip safety.

I do hope this helps & that I haven't built your hopes up that I had discovered the Holy Grail to this problem.

Thanks Paul, that's very informative.