Most OVERRATED 1911 or clone...

Any 1911 that has had more than a couple hundred bucks' worth of custom work done "just to make it combat ready". A person doesn't need all that tinsel on his pistol. Tune it for reliability, get a trigger job and good sights, maybe get a beavertail and ambi safety. Anything else may make you more proud of it, but won't make it a better combat gun. If gun games are what you do though, I guess every little trick makes a difference.
 
All 1911's are over rated!!!! I haven't met a 1911 that didn't need to visit the smith as soon as it left the box in order to make it work right!!! Why do you think there are about a gazillion 1911 smiths out there???!!!! :p :p :p

I keep my Glock 36, thank you very much!!!!:D
 
Actually, Wilson Combat's 45's will bury any other 45's out there. I have 2 Kimbers, 1 Springfield Armoury and 2 Wilsons. The Wilson's are better guns and if it wasn't for the fact that they cost me good money, the Kimbers and Springfield would go into the garbage can. I hardly shoot them now. Besides, Wilson Combat's Customer Service will sink ANY OTHER companies service. Not overpriced at all. Worth every cent.
 
I wasn't a 1911 snob until I got my "overpriced, overrated toy." :D

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CB,

"Stupidly tight" is relative--my Baer PII was not overly tight. Questionable frame metallurgy? Where is your evidence? I know Dane Burns dislikes Baers, but where's the evidence? How many cracked Baer frames have you personally seen? There are a lot of posters on the Baer part of the 1911forum.com board and I've not heard one complain that their frame had cracked. The vast majority love their Baers.

This kind of stuff is the worst part of the Internet. The reputation of manufacturers get trashed based on hearsay or on rumors. Or worse yet, based on someone having a bone to pick with a company or individual. You have a right to think that the Baer is overrated, but base it on facts not hearsay. or someone else's opinion
 
I'll pitch in that while high ends may or may not be overrated in the same sense that Ferraris or Rolexes may or may not be over rated, what bugs me is the misperception that 1911s need extensive work to be deemed accurate and reliable. That nonsense definitely is overrated.
 
Amazing the things people...

say when queried about 1911's and their clones. My take is that unless it's a .45 cal 1911, it's just not to be taken seriously...a 1911 in .38???:barf: a 1911 in 9mm?:barf: a 1911 in 40??:barf: :mad: :barf: :barf: :barf: :barf: :D
 
Not my problem if you are insecure because your feeble .45 ACP can't hang ballistically with 10mm Auto. I've got factory ammo that has more energy at 100 yards than any 230gr .45 ACP +P has at the muzzle. :D :D :D

Note: the ballistics are correct but I'm obviously not serious. :p
 
Alnamvet,

Most OVERRATED 1911 or clone...
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Oh, boy.

You're going to hate me for this one...

In the early 1990's Colt reacted to complaints that 1911's were getting too expensive (and the brisk sales of Norincos and other low-priced clones) by announcing an "entry level" 1911. This gun would use cost-cutting measures such as less detail finishing, parkerized instead of polished blue, plastic trigger and MSH, and dinky "old-skool" sights (since most customers would replace those anyway) to bring its price down to $300-ish. This would fill two market voids: newbie handgunners who wanted an intro to the 1911 "mystique" could actually afford one with a pony on it (albeit a bargain-basement version), and those looking for a low-price, yet quality, platform to build a custom on. Sort of a "1911 Starter Kit", if you will.

For some reason, this same pistol, the Colt 1991A1, is deemed to be worth selling for $550-$600 today.
 
Any 1911 chambered for a lumbering, obese bullet such as the .45 ACP! :barf: :D :p

And, now, tell me that you would refuse to own this 1911A1 in .38 Super, go ahead... lie!

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