New to the site and just purchased a 2016 delta elite. Been researching and there's not a lot of info on upgrade suggestions. Does anyone have suggestions? Especially about the guide rod/spring area? Not interested in sending heavy cast bullets at mach 3, am interested in good groups and hunting distances. I had already looked at some posts on here, specifically about the group gripper from WC.
My go to upgrade in a 1911 is a flat bottom firing pin stop. Get it from EGW usually via brownells. Takes just a bit of file work, lots of good vids on Youtube about it.
JMB spec'd the 1911 with such a firing pin stop, but the army changed it to make it easier for the GI's to rack the slide. Especially for the 10mm, a FBFPS will help lower the slide velocity without more harsh return-to-battery velocities that a stronger recoil spring can introduce.
If you were going to run heavy loads, I would pair the FBFPS with a 25 lb hammer spring. This will increase trigger pull weight just bit, but will also lower slide velocity a good deal.
I am not a huge fan of messing with the RSA assembly on a gun unless I have a very specific problem already manifest that I need to address, and I am confident that an RSA change will fix said problem.
Best advice I have is get out and enjoy your gun. Don't change it unless you are having an issue.
The Dwyer Group Gripper was a popular accuracy upgrade for the old mil-spec 1911's.
The original GI 1911's were fitted loose for reliability and fitting a Dwyer system was a cheap way to improve the rear lock up on the old military 1911s. With the addition of a match bushing to tighten up the front of the barrel, You were on your way to having an "accurized" 1911.
However, it is nowhere near as good as a properly fitted barrel and they went out of fashion when good accurate match grade barrels became affordable back in the 1980's.
IMO, Having one fitted to your brand new Colt will not help accuracy at all and may hurt reliability.
The advice sqlbullet gave you is spot on as I have the same set up on my 10's.
Beyond that, I can only recommend range time and LOTS of ammo. :D
Jeff
Yes, I put a flat bottom FP stop on my RIA and on the first shot I knew that was a good choice. It slowed the recoil down and made the gun recoil somewhat less violently. I have not put one on my DE, because I didn't think of it until now :) Going to head to Brownell's now.
I'll look in to the firing pin stop. Otherwise, can't argue with rangetime advice. I have about 100 rds through it without a hiccup and am very impressed with the accuracy when using good ammo. I have more ammunition on the way and look forward to learning the weapon front and back. Thanks guys.