Tim
I just joined here and noticed gold cup problem. No I did not read all of the
replys and I am a Gold Cup Owner of 14 years. Few things I do know that will
help improve function as well as accuracy, is get a (1) full cylender barrel
bushing, (2) with the slide forward in a forward locked position press down on
the throat (chamber area) of the barrel. If you get any play and I mean any, it
would be suggested that you get a 1 size bigger then your current barrel link.

The reason I know this is because I remember my new 1911 out of the box shoot a
horrorable 7 inch group at 25 yds. I prformed the mentioned above, tightened the
slide to the frame and did a nice trigger job while I was at it and tightene my
group down to 3-4 inches.

Hope this all helps and if youve done this, cool... be safe.

MarSOC Wick



--- In M-1911@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Rahto" <tim@...> wrote:
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> I've got a Colt Gold Cup with a bit of a problem. It seems as though it
> starts to lose its point of impact after about 50 - 75 rounds or so, and
> gradually starts to shoot more to the left. Groups that start out dead on
> eventually migrate out to the edge of the 8 ring at 25 feet. A routine field
> stripping doesn't show anything out of the ordinary. After it is cleaned, it
> will again shoot dead on for a while and then begin to creep out to the
> left. The gun was bought new in 2005, and probably has about 1000 rounds
> though it. It should be a lot more, but I don't enjoy shooting guns that
> frustrate the hell out of me like this one does.
>
> Any ideas?
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> -Tim
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