Colt made the Series 70 Government Model from 1970 to 1983
Greg | 02 October 2020
After selling one of the "safe queens" that I knew we would never fire, I bought this gun to give to my son-in-law. It can be used for home and self defense, fired moderately and likely still hold its value.
There are no fasteners of any type in the 1911 design, excepting the grip screws. The main components of the gun are held in place by the force of the main spring. The pistol can be "field stripped" by partially retracting the slide, removing the slide stop, and subsequently removing the barrel bushing.
We didn't do this in AIT at Ft. Lee, Virginia, but at my permanent duty station at Ft. Carson in Colorado Springs, I attended several training schools as a Unit Armorer and in one class we had to disassemble and reassemble a 1911 while blind-folded in less than two minutes.
My MOS when I served in the United States Army was 76Y. For you non-military readers, the Military Occupational Specialty of 76 Yankee means that I was a Unit Armorer. While on REFORGER 85, I trained with German Paratroopers and qualified as "Expert" with the German G-3 rifle, the Israeli Uzi 9mm sub-machinegun and the 9mm handgun.