Need a 1911: best sub $1000 combat sight out of box?
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Strafer Gott
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That two piece guide rod is about the only thing I don't like about the TRP.
Used TRP s aren't expensive. The trade value is around 400 USD. I wouldn't let mine go for that. I have the champion length.
Used TRP s aren't expensive. The trade value is around 400 USD. I wouldn't let mine go for that. I have the champion length.
Kreyzhorse
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Colt or Springfield.
I agree with the Springfield two piece guide rod thing. Replacing it was the first thing I did when i got my TRP.
I agree with the Springfield two piece guide rod thing. Replacing it was the first thing I did when i got my TRP.
Bluecthomas
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I've heard good things about the ati. Even fired a few.
I'm picking up a citadel. But I'm friends with a legacy employee, so it's price just can't be beaten. I could get two and several extra mags for the $1,000 price your talking about.
I plan on adding a laser grip at some point. But that's gonna cost as much as the gun itself...
Suppressors are, as I understand it, a state thing. Here in Nevada they are legal. And one of the atis I've fired had it. I may add one eventually. But it adds a huge amount of front end weight.
I'm picking up a citadel. But I'm friends with a legacy employee, so it's price just can't be beaten. I could get two and several extra mags for the $1,000 price your talking about.
I plan on adding a laser grip at some point. But that's gonna cost as much as the gun itself...
Suppressors are, as I understand it, a state thing. Here in Nevada they are legal. And one of the atis I've fired had it. I may add one eventually. But it adds a huge amount of front end weight.
Colt Series 70 repro, Colt Competition, Colt Combat Elite, and Springfield Loaded are all very nice guns and will serve your needs well and you can buy them new for well under $1000. I have friends with Rugers and they swear by them but if I were only going to have one 1911 it would be a Colt unless I was going to spend the money to buy in the Baer and Brown range.
If you're willing to buy used or shop hard for deals to keep around your price point the Colt Wiley Clapp Gov't Model is a lot of gun for the money. The DW Heritage is a nice gun, and used TRPs can be had for close to that and they are great guns as well.
Don't overlook the used market as well as internet sales, whether through sites like gunbroker or through forum classifieds like on 1911addicts, even some store/commercial sites can have good buys. In the last year I've purchased a lightly used 3 year old Baer Custom Carry for $1250, a practically new 20 year old Springfield Trophy Match $1050, a very nice old Brown-Baer Special Forces for $1150, and a NIB Colt LW Gov't for $750. A few months after I got it I threw $100 bill in with the LW Gov't and traded in for an as new Evolution Armory tuned 9mm Colt LW Commander with only 200rds through it.
Keep your eyes open, cash ready, and shop around and there's no telling what you'll find.
If you're willing to buy used or shop hard for deals to keep around your price point the Colt Wiley Clapp Gov't Model is a lot of gun for the money. The DW Heritage is a nice gun, and used TRPs can be had for close to that and they are great guns as well.
Don't overlook the used market as well as internet sales, whether through sites like gunbroker or through forum classifieds like on 1911addicts, even some store/commercial sites can have good buys. In the last year I've purchased a lightly used 3 year old Baer Custom Carry for $1250, a practically new 20 year old Springfield Trophy Match $1050, a very nice old Brown-Baer Special Forces for $1150, and a NIB Colt LW Gov't for $750. A few months after I got it I threw $100 bill in with the LW Gov't and traded in for an as new Evolution Armory tuned 9mm Colt LW Commander with only 200rds through it.
Keep your eyes open, cash ready, and shop around and there's no telling what you'll find.
All of them? No. Have you? I've owned many Colts and Springfields, there's at least half a dozen Colts plus 3 or 4 Springfields in my safe right now. I've shot several Kimbers and worked for a sheriff's office that issued them to their full time deputies. I've witnessed numerous failures of the department's guns in training and quals that required armorer's attention to correct and one gun that locked up and wouldn't function right out of the box. All the while the S&W and Springfield 1911s that I was carrying through that time functioned without fail. I have friends that own Kimber's (they're very popular around here) and some run fine and others are finicky about the ammo that they'll run with. My Colts and Springfields don't have any problems with feeding, regardless of ammo brand or type. I have other 1911s from other manufacturers that don't suffer the same issues either. So, what I've personally seen is that Kimbers have more issues than Colts and Springfields and because of that I, personally, would buy a Colt or Springfield rather than a Kimber in the same price range.
PatientWolf
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I'm also not a fan of Kimber.
When I go to the LGSs I always take a walk through the used gun sections. One thing I see is that the used Kimbers seem to have a disproportionate number of examples that have surface rust on the the barrels.
I'd understand one or two that may not have been properly maintained, but what I see is a very high percentage.
This alone makes me stay away from them.
I hope this is not your experience with yours.
When I go to the LGSs I always take a walk through the used gun sections. One thing I see is that the used Kimbers seem to have a disproportionate number of examples that have surface rust on the the barrels.
I'd understand one or two that may not have been properly maintained, but what I see is a very high percentage.
This alone makes me stay away from them.
I hope this is not your experience with yours.
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A dealer once said to me: "Rust equals neglect". I tend to agree, and mine has not rusted in almost ten years.
I have an Ultra CDP II, and it's a dreaded 3" pistol that John Browning never intended when he designed the 1911. It's supposed to be a jam-o-matic, but surprisingly has never jammed on me. I don't know how many rounds I have through it, but I have shot 230g ball ammo (factory and my own reloads) and a variety of SD ammo including Hornady Critical Defense with it's semi-conical tip. Never jammed once. I carry the Kimber and trust my life with it.
I am not a KImber fan-boy, nor am I defensive about the pistol. I also have a couple of Colts, a Springfield, a traditional Sig (well, it's got an external extractor - but not the square-ish Sig slide), and a Dan Wesson Specialist.
The only point I am trying to make is that too many folks chime in about guns they have never actually owned or fired.
I have an Ultra CDP II, and it's a dreaded 3" pistol that John Browning never intended when he designed the 1911. It's supposed to be a jam-o-matic, but surprisingly has never jammed on me. I don't know how many rounds I have through it, but I have shot 230g ball ammo (factory and my own reloads) and a variety of SD ammo including Hornady Critical Defense with it's semi-conical tip. Never jammed once. I carry the Kimber and trust my life with it.
I am not a KImber fan-boy, nor am I defensive about the pistol. I also have a couple of Colts, a Springfield, a traditional Sig (well, it's got an external extractor - but not the square-ish Sig slide), and a Dan Wesson Specialist.
The only point I am trying to make is that too many folks chime in about guns they have never actually owned or fired.
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