I've never seen anything in print that says Colt series 70 guns all had collet bushings(and I must admit, that, I've not read everything in print). If memory serves, Colt couldn't get the Commanders to work with the collet bushing just like the Officers model would never work with anything except the tappered barrel(no bushing, still it's a series '80, ain't it?). One thing is for sure, Colt series 70, semi auto 1911 pistols were mainly, if not totally?, made in the "1970's", and the series 80's started showing up in the early "1980's" and to my thinking anyway, that's where the title came from(the years of manufacture). Could be that I missed something but, that's the way I remember this going down. Correct grammar aside, everywhere I've seen one of these pistols, that's what they've been called. I would also like to say, that if anyone knows of a source of information stating exact(I'm not talking about a gun writers thoughts here or a single persons views but, maybe something Colt has published) to clear this up, I for one, would appreciate being inform of it? My $.02.
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