Wilson Combat Colt 1911 Upgrade - Part 2 

I like how when Larry couldn’t find a rear sight he liked, just made a new one.

Just wanted to add that I served with Larry for many years in Delta Force, and for those of you who might not know....he's a USPSA Grand Master.

Glad to see Wilson still doing what they do best. The world doesn’t need another soldering iron “gunsmith”

I like the looks of the older blued guns better than modern finishes.

Best thing I ever did for my Kimber Pro-Carry was to buy a Wilson Combat "Flat Wire Spring" Guide Rod Set. I also added a Wilson Combat Firing Pin. The gun always shot well , right out of the box. After adding the Wilson Combat parts, the gun shot even better! The Guide Rod Set also got rid of the need for a "paperclip" to take down the gun.

Crazy more than 3x my age and is in better shape. Larry you’re the man

Holy crap! That was freaking beautiful. I love 1911s

Happy New year Larry. Hope you have a great year and continue bringing us gun owners and enthusiast more content. Salute!

Thanks for the look! Looking like 2 smooth shooting .45's! Thanks for everything you do LAV! ✌

Larry in part one comment I told you about my 72 Colt Commander. I had all the work done by Wilson and the gun goes to my son at some point. I believe I spent 2.7k and worth every penny to me personally. Thank you. Be safe.

Love the slow motion

Good Deal Larry !! I have always like Wilson products and service !!!

Got to have that extended safety and the beaver tail. I know it wasn't in the budget but I have to have that front strap checkered (21 LPI). I am a big fan of adjustable rear sights, but on my Carry Series 80 Colt I use the Novak sights. Yours looks very good.

Excellent series. Love the budget minded focus!

makes we want a 1911.....Larry can you help me out? lol. love the channel.... and it's pretty cool the rear sight you used when you were in the service, taking out bad guys is the same sight we can buy and have the same sight picture you had back in the day during Delta....that's pretty cool to think about

have really enjoyed this series, great info, thanks

I love them both....things to consider for the next gun in the collection

Looking like they shoot like a dream! Cool project, Larry. Really fun to think about.

Happy New Year everybody, from the Netherlands. Like your channel man, and just LOVE 1911. T.

larry dude everything you do is outstanding

That sound of that 1911 is intoxicating

The dehorn was a great idea. Colts are stupid sharp on the edges.

What would JMB think about slow motion photography with his guns.???? Also a CNC machine at his disposal!!

Grip tape has worked very well for me instead of checkering. Kinda ghetto but works great on a hot summer day during a IDPA competition.

I have a tendency to leave sights alone and rework the frame slightly. And replace most all of the springs Recoil and trigger Using match grade barrels and bushings is nice. Serious fan of a handgun that can be used as a club. LV Outstanding work sir

I'd put on Pachmayr grips for the front checkering. Best not to mess with the frame if you absolutely don't have to.

So I watched both parts. Much to like. Really needs to be two different videos because one looks at modifications to a new pistol and then there was talk of cmp pistols. I have been working on a couple of my own 1911 pistols with different paths. A new high quality brand name target pistol that I changed grips and that was it. The other has been a project... older 70's Government Model Colt. There is a totally different beast! Does the gun function perfectly. There you find directions on what to improve. Probably a recoil spring at the least. Deburr has a nice ring to it. Sold on WC parts and because they are quality I have been peeking at their new guns. Nice photography! It would be nice if a basic refurbish package were available... disassembly, solvent bath, magnaflux, wear inspection, replacement of springs, chamber/barrel polish, lubrication, and function check. Probably a good time to sell replacement parts and trigger jobs... maybe packages like trigger job, slide release, link pin, #47 magazine. Just knocking the burrs out when fitting the link pin will probably make the customer think you are wizards.

My vote goes to Plan B. I would love to see a part 3

Have a nice collection of Rolex! Excellent pieces

Very nice. There is just something about a full size 1911 45acp. I have commanders in 9mm and 45acp. They are great. Glock 19 vickers. Its great. My next gun is a full size .45. Thanks for doing this one. I know what to have done on it now.

Damn your camera has excellent slo mo capabilities.

Beautiful Beaver..........tail grip safety's you got there

Just love 1911s

They plan on doing this with Springfield Armory 1911's?

Colts are very nice but I’ll take the Rolex please! That JC deepsea is super sweet! Great video Larry. Rick

SPOILER ....... 7:24 - 7:30 Outstanding footage, great video thank you.

As usual awesome video. Love the concept of this video with these project guns. Any plans for a similar series on an plain jane AR15 into a fighting rifle? I remember you did this in an older tactical arms or tactical impact episode.

Fantastic video and concept. Great job!

Good Think you for video

Im old school and all about the KISS sleeper looks!! I would nitrite finish the gun! Action tune the stock trigger (short)!! Metal arched mainspring housing! Have the barrel blued . Have the front grip serrated with vertical lines like nighthawk. Lastly slight bevel the mag well and put a GI nub thumb safety!! Gun 2 all thee above except make it look like an old Colt national match with bomar rear sights. BTW Colt just came out with a SE-A1 and it doesn't make sense 🤷

Love the 1911 Wilson combat

6:17 Dat brass ejecting😄

All that money and they send you a paper box... my $400 TISAS came in a nice plastic box.. it's good bit of kit. And a fantastic fire arm. Still nice video.. thanks.

Always a good time when you start with Plan B first lol

Larry, why do you let your finger off of the trigger every time you pull it? It makes it look as though you are slapping the trigger with your finger every time. Wouldn't you want to keep your finger in the same place on the trigger each time by keeping a light touch against it?? You, Sir, are the expert here. Please explain your method and/or logic. Thanks in advance!! Keep kicking ass!

The LAV flanked by two 1911s, chambered in 45ACP no less lol. It doesn’t get any more American than that. Happy New Year to everyone at the Vickers Tactical Channel. Be well & rock on 😉

Talon grips sandpaper tape on the front strap is cheap as hell and works better than checkering.

Larry you’re the greatest bro 👍🏾

Nothing mentioned about tuning or fitting the extractor, was anything done there Larry? Plan B was spec out almost dead on to my initial response to first video. Nice! I called for a tritium insert on the front plus a magwell so the fiber tube was almost dead on, meld the two guns and it's how I called it.

What I don’t understand Larry, correct me if I’m wrong but at night with a weapon mounted light on the night sights disappear. With fiber it collects ambient light. Maybe with a handheld light the tritium would show up .

Wilson use to, and may still, have this little piece of metal you could buy that would slip around the front strap and be fastened to the frame via the grips. I had one on my Norinco. Kinda ugly but cheap and effective.

How about if you make a review section of firearms? of course, with your style(Boom Boom in slow motion, accuracy at 100m etc)

Talon Grips front strap, wish I knew Larry's opinion on them.

Why not use the Wilson checkered front strap treatment?

Was it a Wilson Combat front sight on the combat or concealed carry gun? I really like that you did a complete trigger job on them. My Lightweight Commander had a lot to be desired with the trigger out of the box. I would definitely like to try the rear sight out. Let me test it out for you brother.

Looks like plan A got a flared ejection port. Was that part of the dehornig maybe?

I was going to comment on the first video and suggest a recoil spring guide and an upgraded recoil spring to a little heavier poundage. I did that on my series 80 went from 16 to 18.5# and it helped especially with hand loads. Just curious why you didn't at least do a recoil spring guide? Just curious.

LAV is your Rear Sight inspired by the Old Millett Mk2 Rear Sight? The reason I ask is that I build up a Springfield Armory Mil-Spec 1911 45acp and I wanted to build it little the Old USMC MEU pistol that had the Mk1 millett rear sight but I prefered the sight picture of the the Mark 2 so that is the I choose along with the .200 inch Orange front sight which in the Fall of 2009 after 2 months of being on back ordered by Brownells I was able to get the last set of sights. I pickup the pistol on Sept 11, 2009 and worked on it till Sept 11, 2010 when I finished the work as par of my rehab from a service connect injury.

Here is a question for you . Why did you keep the short GI guide rod setup and not swap it out for a full length guide rod ?

Does a matched barrel really make that much of a difference firing? If you have a sub $500 pistol and put that in a better barrel is it really worth it?

Larry, you mentioned in the video that if you were to have the front strap checkered then there would be a need to have to frame refinished (re-blued or some other type of finish).. My question is, with having the gun dehorned, having the magazine well flared, etc the way you did, didn't you need to have that gun re-blued anyway or no? I'm talking specifically about the "Plan A" gun. The reason I ask is because I really like how those guns turned out and I want to do basically the same thing. I want to buy the same colt you did and send it to Wilson Combat to have work done (Basically, like a combination of the things you did on "Plan A" and "Plan B", but on the same gun). I want to know if the gun i'm looking at in the video has been re-blued by Wilson or not. If not, how were you able to NOT have it re-blued after having those things done? If you have time, I would love to know if that "Plan A" gun has been re-blued or not. And if not, how so after having that work done? Didn't you need to have it re-blued after that type of slide/frame work? P.S. I would love it if you posted the Wilson custom shop work sheets you filled out for those guns to social media. That way I could see what options you selected on the forms and use it as kind of like a template when I complete my order form.

What sort of grouping are you getting chief? I'd estimate 5 feet at 10 yards?

When will this rear sight become available and what kind of cut is it for? I like that much better than my current Wilson battlesights.

Upgraded both front sights on here but called Wilson Combat and they say none of their front sights are compatible with the Colt front sight cut?

Not bad but I wish he put the price tags on everything up there

Really wish they would stop adding in the fake 80s sound effects, other then that another great vid. 👍🏻

So I have a springfield armory TRP half rail in .45ACP absolutely love it, would you do anything different to it? I know I can send it in to get the professional model package done to it or would I be better off letting Wilson combat tune it up an crown the barrel?

Skateboard tape on the front strap ✅ done …

When is the rear sight available interested in using one on my next build

Is the new rear sight a novak cut? It doesn’t look low mount.

Any idea on when these sights might get to market?

Good

So he had the sights dovetailed as well?

One video G3 Gun please

Is there a 1911 that has less muzzle flip? Is there a way to reduce the rear slam of the slide that causes muzzle flip? Has anyone figured this out?

Instead of mixing and matching upgrades on both, you should have done one solely for competition and the other one for self defense.

Throw some Hogue wraparound finger groove grips on that

How much do flat competition style triggers run?

7:28 👌

What trigger and sights do have in option 1?

So how did the pistols shoot? Cool you got all the Gucci upgrades but all I heard was reliability (which was a blanket answer) and accuracy (another blanket answer). But it's good to see you selling your product

I was support, so pistol training did not exist. My first pistol training was a G19 with 3 dot sights. I have yet to see something that I like more.

I want a plan B upgrade package, I wonder what Nighthawk charges LOL

Looks like an M&P rear sight.

Please one review for Chinese Norinco tt pistol I from Pakistan

The 2nd landed right on his head

I’m not a big fan of the rear sight, as he said it’s definitely a snag hazard.

Can it be 3D printed

Please tell me the name of the track that begins 06:12

Bragg has changed a little bit ... lol

You can keep the magtech ammo! Blaaaaa

😯👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Grip tape the front strap

That was my first airsoft gun

Stop doing this to me! I’m doing the glock thing since I have to carry them for work, but this makes me want to spend some of my training budget on yanking one of my series 70’s out of the safe and sending it to be worked on. My national match has already had some love, but the eliason sight is fragile as hell.

I prefer the plan B 1911 !!!!!!!!!!

The 1911 is a seductive little piece, love shooting it and everything else.... Just do not have a space in my allowance box for it :( (not in US) That is the real rubbish about gun regulation!!!! Gotdamnit!!!! I want one of this and I want one of that... 30 years ago, I could buy whatever... Today I have what fits in the diciplines my club are rated for.. And for each I need approval from the club and the police . And now, semiauto rifles are bannedin general too... I am scared to do philosophy... It may happen that only blackpowder guns are the only ones allowed next year.. :/

I have high dollar 1911's but 900 dollars on sights a beavertail and a trigger job. Am I the only one asking why not just buy a better 1911 from the start. This is basically a Wilson combat commercial.

2 Crown Jewels

Didn't mention the hammer upgrade. Only Colt could offer an 1911 with a plastic MSH, GI Beavertail, trigger, hammer and sights and have the gall to charge $900.00 for it. The RIA 51485 TAC Ultra is a far better base to start with, and can currently be had for less than $600.00