[nmckenzie]

The one I had in mind was the plain pipe-rack model, one notch below the Mil-Spec, with vertical slide serrations and rounded front sight blade. I've had one for several years - it resides in my safe along with an Ithaca M1911A1, Colt MkIV Series 70 Government, Remington 1911R1, and a Norinco M1911A1 that was just too good a deal to pass up. I was bringing my insurance files up to date, checked on the Springfield site to see what they were selling for, and the straight GI version seemed to be out of the lineup. I was just wondering why, that's all, but thanks for taking the trouble to post the link.