Colt Delta Elite - any essential upgrades recommended?

Kingfish999 said:

its a newer DE i just bought last year. i love how accurate it is even at 25 yards im nailing dead center headshots. im not as accurate anymore after using an angle grinder and having a the grinder wheel explode and f***ed up my knuckles pretty bad but that could have been alot worse so im not complaining. all y friends love shooting it to where i thought about selling my M9 and my regular 1911 because there never used.

i jsut wasnt sure if there were any recommended tweeks i can do to it to make it better or improve anything. i know nothing about aftermarket parts for firearms.

so replacing the spring guide and using a single spring would be a god idea? is the factory 23lb dual spring easier to pull back than a 23lb single spring? i dont find it too hard to pull back and wouldnt mind a slightly stronger spring if it may help in the end

would a new bushing really help? i been using my bushing compensator and love it and still pretty accurate

i really like my hammer. would there really be a reason to chnage it other than cosmetic?

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If it were my 10mm and I've owned only one once apon a time, I went with the single spring with the GI guide rod and plug. My reason is that the dual springs take a set at different rates plus the cost of two springs is more than the cost of just one spring.. With that said 23lbs is 23lbs it doesn't really mater how you get there.

Not really a fan of full length guide rods, there just isn't any room for the spring too really kink up inside the dust cover. Many feel the extra few ounces helps keep the hop/muzzle flip down but then your shooting a 10mm and its going too hop around unless you fire 135gn ammo... Maybe a tungsten guide rod, but then your going too pay threw the nose for one, and you might want too think about stepping down in caliber if you that recoil sensitive...

Bushing, yes do the bushing and ditch the bushing comp. Factory Colt bushings are ok for looks but there not fit of accuracy. The hammer should be the Commander type, but you didn't say what generation you DE is? If it is the early 10mm with the small ring hammer or the Enhanced with larger Loop type called the Commander hammer there made of good S7 tool steal and you should never have a problem with it. I don't know if Colt's current hammers are MiM or not.

If I were too do three things in no particular order too a DE, #1 Trigger job. #2. Bushing #3. flat bottom the firing pin stop as JMB had intended, this really helps tame the 10mm.

Kingfish999 said:

pics of it when i first got it. dont know nothing about what generation it is

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From the looks, your DE is the Pre-Enhanced version and in my view the better of the two pistols.

Too be more clear there are no Generations but there are a few distinct different production runs. There are early pistols with round top slides, small ring hammers and rat tail grip safety. Round top slides, commander hammers, rat tail grip safety. Then along the way the Enhanced pistols showed up, ribbed serrated slide, relieved trigger guard and a wide semi-upswept beaver tail. Then somewhere along the way came the 10mm Gold Cup...

Colt's current production line has been revamped, right now there about the best machined tightest Colts going and as you would expect there pretty, and come with some attractive bells and whistles. But like many 1911 makers they too have slid in some MiM parts.