Colt Delta Elite-Time for handgun hunting

Today I shot my newly acquired Colt Delta Elite (10mm) from my tree stand (no rest) at 25 yards. Fairly happy with my shooting. Tree stand is a little over 12 feet high and I was standing while taking the shot. I seem to be more accurate from the stand with the Colt than my Glock 40. A little bit more practice from the stand and I'm hoping I can tighten the group a little.

The Colt Delta Elite (newer model) is a pleasure to shoot and the factory trigger seems pretty nice for out of the box. Looking forward to taking a nice Whitetail buck or Axis for my first time with a hand gun this year.

That dog will hunt!!!

That's a danged nice pistol and I am totally jealous!

Thanks River Rider.

Thanks poisonivie.

Me too! Always wanted one....

Very nice gun. My BIL has killed a couple of does with his Delta Elite.

Thanks Grizz. Looking forward to putting some meat on the table!

Thanks Drop Tine. I have wanted one for awhile and finally found one of the newer ones, although I like to older blued ones as well.

Good luck and nice pistol

That's great shooting from your stand



Ah, how great it would be to have young eyes again

Thanks Sapper.

Thanks Buzzsaw. Its the first time I have shot a pistol from a stand in all of these years.

Very nice! I have wanted one of those for years, just waiting on the right deal.

I am gonna hunt with my Glock 21 this year some.

That'll work! Beautiful pistol.

Occasionally I will see one come up on Texasguntrader for a reasonable price.

Thanks janie.

Good shooting, sweet gun.
Good luck groundchecking something

Thanks chital.

That's a good gun. I like to carry my 1911 in a chest holster from Diamond D.

Handloads or factory?

Are the current Colt's/Delta's any different in chamber support the older models?

My bucket list has had a 10 for a long time, G20's are solid, but the Colt's sure are easy on the eyes.

Know a person who dumped a Doe with a Dan Wesson Bobtail using a 175 Silvertip, ran a short ways, bullet classic mushroom.

Do the DE's shoot as accurate as the Gold Cup? Different trigger quality, or just sights?

What are the differences in the older DE and new XE?

The older ones did have a frame cracking issue until Colt machined a frame relieve cut in the slide that took care of the issue. I favor my new model Delta Elite over my Glock G40 and my old G20. I am more accurate with the Colt.

As far as more accurate than a Gold Cup, I don't know, perhaps someone else on the forum can filed that question.

Good info to know, thanks very much.

1911 rules

Good luck! I will be in the woods with my Glock 20 with a Lone Wolf 6.5" barrel. I broke 2 early Delta Elites, but my Glock just keeps running.

Thanks Boone. Good luck this season handgun hunting!

You too! I have a game trail at my "pig" stand at 25 yards. I try to let them get on that trail or closer, THEN I send a 180 grain hard lead FP to the head. BOOM,BOOM out go the lights!

Good looking pistol and good group. Lots of luck with the hunting this year.

I like wheel guns for my hunting handguns or TC hand rifles but the 10mm is plenty to hunt with and accuracy is there

Thanks kmon 1!

I've killed deer with wheel guns and a TC...... but I like to experiment