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Stainless steel barrel, Parkerized finish, fixed sights, checkered wood grips, arched mainspring housing…the Springfield Armory Mil Spec 1911 gets the nod for the 2020 Colin D. MacManus Award to be presented later this year to a graduating cadet in the Rutgers University Reserve Officers Training Corps.\u00a0 We reviewed the offerings from several 1911 manufacturers and I have personal experience with the .45 autos from many of them.\u00a0 The Springfield Armory Mil Spec 1911 is the clear winner from several perspectives, not the least of which are accuracy, reliability, and close adherence to the US Army 1911 configuration.\u00a0 I own a Springfield 1911, and three of my good buddies bought this exact model. \u00a0 One of them is my friend Greg, and I’ve seen his gun shoot one-hole, 5-shot groups at 50 feet.\u00a0 With any handgun, that’s as good as it gets.<\/p>\n
The MacManus .45 shipped yesterday from the Springfield Armory factory, and it is on its way (through a New Jersey FFL, of course) to its new owner.\u00a0 We’ll write about that when it happens, so stay tuned!<\/p>\n
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