Colt's Reissue of the Authentic 1911A1

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Elvis

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Anyone seen this handgun yet? The www.colt.com Web site depiction of this weapon makes me yearn for one. Is it too good to be true? Should I not sell all of my other handguns just yet? This baby looks like it could force me to retire every other handgun I own! I wonder if this redux of the venerable 1911A1 was inspired by the real Elvis? He was a 1911A1 aficionado. Make sense to me, the king of rock 'n' roll and the king of battle handguns. :cool:


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Swing over to 1911forum.com, where a lot of members have bought one. They are about as accurate a reproduction as can be achieved, considering that the originals were made with tooling from 60 years ago. While they certainly won't fool a veteran collector of the originals, they are close enough to be considered a true reproduction. The high price tag is the only thing scaring a lot of folks off.
 
How much are they going for? It's a beaut.

By the way, this from the Colt website..
"Colt's Manufacturing Company, Inc. continues its 163-year tradition of manufacturing quality, value-ridden products."

Maybe it's my grasp of the English language, but what does Value-Ridden mean? To me it means, rid of value. Wierd.

Me use bad English? That's unpossible.
 
Elvis,
Have you seen the post titled My Brand New Colt M1911-A1? I have one of these repros right here next to me and I posted pictures in that thread yesterday. Check it out.
 
You would think that they could have left the plastic off of the 1911A-1 repro, after all the originals had no plastic on them. Thjis would have been far more proper on this gun and would have cut down on some of the complaints that I have seen concerning it.

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Gee, it took this long for Colt (formerly Kolt) to figure out that they were had by Bill Klinton!!! Smith & Wesson should have looked at what happened to Colt and learned something!!!:rolleyes: I am glad that Colt is again on their feet and hope that that "other" gunmaker will come to their senses!!!
 
7th To what plastic parts do you refer?? The 1911's built during WWII were issued with plastic grip panels.
 
The price tag does seem high for a pre series 70 style retro shooter without all those aftermarket famcy "upgrades' other high end 1911's have.

Still its a Colt.
 
The Colt is probably priced high because a lot of parts and rollmark dies had to be made from scratch, and with only 4,000 units to be made they had better recoup their expenses quick. Another reason may be the fact that it will be compared in price to an original, which in today's market will often run $1400 or more for a mint example (when one can be found). Most of the currently available originals are mismatched and/or refinished, yet will still bring $1000 by some eager newbie collectors.

BTW to answer the "plastic" question, Colt first began using plastic grips in 1940. The earliest ones were too brittle and cracked easily, so Colt experimented with the resin until they developed the fiber-reinforced plastic "Coltwood" grips. From that point on, all Colt and military contract pistols used composite grips.
 
I am afraid that when I pick one of these babies up it'll go home with me...and I'll be lighter by a grand.

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I handled and shot one a few months ago. It is actually put together very well. It's a tight gun. Very accurate. I guess you have to be somewhat of a collector to pay the price tag on it, but, for what it's worth, it is a very well built gun.
 
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