Posted: 2/4/2006 1:56:40 PM EDT
| Going to buy one of the lower end stainless Springfield 1911's- what are the technical diff's between the mil-spec and GI models? |
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Mil-Spec: -high profile 3 dot sights -angled rear cocking serrations -lowered and flared ejection port -some have stainless 1 piece barrel -plastic checkered grips -Springfield profiled frontstrap and dustcover (thicker and less curved) -beveled mag well GI: -G.I. type plain black sight (very small) -vertical Colt style rear cocking serrations -G.I. type ejection port (higher and no flare) -all have 2 piece Parkerized barrel -checkered walknut grips with diamond in middle and U.S. logo, plain walnut on earlier guns -Colt profiled frontstrap and dustcover (more pronounced curvature) -no magazine well bevel |
Also , the Milspecs I have seen have the NM serial # prefix with NO Brazil markings.. having said that, I tried to put a GI firing pin in my "Milspec" and found out that the firing pin hole is to small for the GI pin 
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I have, and have seen, milspecs from Brazil. While some probably get US frames, I don't think it is the norm. Never tried a GI pin... interesting. |
Springfield has been using the 38 super firing pin for several years. |
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My Mil-Spec has Brazil markings. Get a new extractor when you buy the pistol... the stock Springfield ones are garbage. About a half dozen failures to fire within the first 150 rounds. Since then I've had only a couple in 500 more rounds. Everyone told me the slide release was garbage too, so I replaced mine, I took their word for it. |
If the serial prefix is NM it will not have Brazil markings.. |
