If you were going to buy a higher end 1911, or a higher end shooter of any kind.............?

Which high end gun would you choose if you could buy one, and you would NEVER sell it.

  • Wilson Combat

    Votes: 20 11.7%

  • Les Baer

    Votes: 43 25.1%

  • Ed Brown

    Votes: 18 10.5%

  • STI

    Votes: 8 4.7%

  • Nighthawk Custom

    Votes: 13 7.6%

  • Coonan Arms

    Votes: 8 4.7%

  • Some other Autoloader (listed below)

    Votes: 24 14.0%

  • All of these guns are overpriced, so none of them.........

    Votes: 13 7.6%

  • We've done this type of thread too many times, so I don't care.

    Votes: 15 8.8%

  • A fancy CZ of some kind

    Votes: 26 15.2%

  • Tanfoglio fancy edition

    Votes: 4 2.3%

  • Go totally custom

    Votes: 13 7.6%

  • If the Laugo Arms Alien pistol ever materializes, get that thing!

    Votes: 1 0.6%

  • Sig Sauer X-Five or X-Sig of some flavor.

    Votes: 5 2.9%
  • Total voters
    171
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I'd get a Colt 70 because all those other guns are clones they will never be the real deal or as good as a Colt 70 .
 
To answer original question it would be the "Nameless" .45 1911 from company in Huntsville Arkansas. Reason would be I would not want to be a slave looking for approval or admiration from others for what I bought. This is major weakness of most people showing how constrained they are by opinions of others. I hate weak sheeple.
 
paulsj said:
The enhanced version of 9mm 1911 has been available since 1930s in form of Belgian P-35 often called HiPower. The improvenents are double stack magazine and no grip safety.
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This would be incorrect. There are parts of the 1911 design in the BHP but the trigger is completely different and IMHO far inferior. I love the BHP but it is not an improved 1911 it was never intended to be. It was a contract gun built to meet the French pistol contract. It was never adopted by the French. The Belgians adopted it in 1935= P35. The idea that JMB designed as an improved 1911 is a urban myth.

If you have shot the new EDC X9 from Wilson you would have a different opinion. It is much closer to the 1911 in design and feel than the BHP. It is not as slim in the hand but it has a better trigger and more modern ergonomics.
 
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TomJ said:
I made it out to my gun club and put 630 rounds through it. I used 50 rounds of HST 147 grain, another 50 HST 124 grain, 100 rounds of my reloads using RMR's 124 grain multi purpose rounds with the remainder being 115 grain RN ammo. I thought there might be some type of malfunction, expecting there to be a break in period but it was perfect, having no malfunction of any kind. IMO it lives up to the hype. It's everything I expected in regards to the trigger, fit and finish and the way it shoots. The grips are rough, but not too rough. They got them just right.

I had mentioned buying it because of the deal I got on it, knowing I could get my money back if I didn't think it was worth the money. It's definitely a keeper. I have a number of guns I shoot maybe once a year, and if my choices are selling off 4 of those to keep this one, I'm definately keeping this as it's exactly what I've been looking for in a carry gun. The only thing I'm going to change is the sights. It has a front fiber sight, which I'm replacing with their tritium sight. The rear sight is their black battle sight, and I need to talk to them tomorrow about other options. I'm hoping they have a tritium sight that fits as the all black sight that's on it doesn't work well with my middle age eyes. Let me know if you have any other questions.
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That is a very encouraging report. Honestly, I really don't need another 9mm with 15+1 capacity, but this gun just sings to me. I've watched a few videos on it now, and based on what I've seen, it looks like an extremely smooth running machine. I don't know that I'll be able to resist.

I'm right there with you on the sights. FO sights are ok for range use, but I really prefer night sights on a carry gun. Honestly I find it a little silly that a $3000 gun meant for carry doesn't already have them. I don't care for a dot in front and a all black in back. I prefer a 3 dot system.

Please let me know what WC tells you regarding that. If any rear 1911 night sight with a dovetail will work and you can easily enough buy one and replace it yourself, problem solved.
 
paulsj said:
To answer original question it would be the "Nameless" .45 1911 from company in Huntsville Arkansas. Reason would be I would not want to be a slave looking for approval or admiration from others for what I bought. This is major weakness of most people showing how constrained they are by opinions of others. I hate weak sheeple.
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LOL you do know that almost all the semi-custom and custom shops will do a naked slide. No rollmarks. Clearly you need someone’s approval because you are posting on an Internet forum. If you didn’t care at all what people thought of your purchase and opinions you wouldn’t be posting. :cool::thumbdown:
 
paulsj said:
The enhanced version of 9mm 1911 has been available since 1930s in form of Belgian P-35 often called HiPower. The improvenents are double stack magazine and no grip safety.
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I know what a HiPower is, and to your assertion that it is an "enhanced version of a 9mm 1911" is wrong, as has been pointed out already. It was just another Browning design that came later.
paulsj said:
To answer original question it would be the "Nameless" .45 1911 from company in Huntsville Arkansas.
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Ok, if that's what you would choose, that's cool. Thanks for sharing.
Reason would be I would not want to be a slave looking for approval or admiration from others for what I bought. This is major weakness of most people showing how constrained they are by opinions of others. I hate weak sheeple.
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As I've already stated, and as you would be aware if you actually read the thread, I shoot alone 95% of the time out in the woods. Who's approval and admiration would I be looking for exactly? And since I carry concealed, who out on the street is going to see this gun to be wowed? Not a person on this forum knows me personally. At the most a few know what I do for a living and what state I live in. If I choose to share here what I buy, it's because someone wondering about that particular firearm can then get in contact with me and ask me questions. However, I'm going to buy what I decide I want, and if it isn't a gun on this list at all, I couldn't really care less what the participants think.

I started this thread to solicit opinions and information from people who have actual experience with these guns and perhaps some knowledge regarding their quality and value, because none of them can be found in my area. Therefore I'm lacking the experience needed to make a good decision.

Seeking opinions and knowledge from those with experience doesn't make anyone a sheeple, or an attention whore, or any other childish name you may choose to use. It makes someone an informed buyer.

I have been around long enough to know how ignorant I am. Rather than drop several thousand dollars blindly, I'm choosing to interact with a number of people who's opinions I respect. That's the point of a gun forum.

Your posts in this thread are ignorant any poorly thought out. Please add me to your ignore list so we need not repeat this waste of time again. Thanks.
 
WVsig said:
LOL you do know that almost all the semi-custom and custom shops will do a naked slide.
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They all will..

But a gun Co. started by ex WC and NHC employees is the Bees knees and you aint no sheep!!!!!! or so Ive been told.. :)
 
WVsig said:
This would be incorrect. There are parts of the 1911 design in the BHP but the trigger is completely different and IMHO far inferior
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It seems to me that the single best aspect of the 1911 pattern is its trigger - the straight pull is nice in a way that very, very few hinged triggers can be. I've often wondered why so few non-1911 pattern guns don't have a 1911-like trigger to go with other design features that are perhaps better than the 1911 design (e.g., a linkless barrel toggle, or a slide-in-frame design if you like that, or whatever).
 
paulsj said:
To answer original question it would be the "Nameless" .45 1911 from company in Huntsville Arkansas. Reason would be I would not want to be a slave looking for approval or admiration from others for what I bought. This is major weakness of most people showing how constrained they are by opinions of others. I hate weak sheeple.
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No comment, other than to say; "no comment, this speaks for itself."
 
tarosean said:
They all will..

But a gun Co. started by ex WC and NHC employees is the Bees knees and you aint no sheep!!!!!! or so Ive been told.. :)
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I'm so lone wolf I've had the roll marks shaved off a couple of my custom builds. Of course, if you know your 1911s you'll recognize a Colt or a Guncrafter or whatever without them anyway.
 
SwampWolf said:
Congratulations, 1MoreFord! You just invented a new oxymoron; that is, a poor boy that owns multiple Les Baer pistols. Me thinks you don't know what "po" means. :scrutiny: :)
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I didn't word my sentence very well. I wanted to say Les Baer represents the qualities that are found in the 1911's I do have that are Not Les Baer's. Musta been a little more sloshed than I thought at the time.:oops:
 
I was just thinking there is this guy that produces parts for aerospace industry. His side business is small factory with machinery and skilled workers making guns. One of the guns offered is 1911 pistol. The base price is $1575 with hand-fit & target sights $2375. The shotgun I owned was first rate. I do believe we might have a sleeper here.
When the original plant was in NY during WWII they were running 24/7 making 1911 pistols for US government.
 
paulsj said:
I was just thinking there is this guy that produces parts for aerospace industry. His side business is small factory with machinery and skilled workers making guns. One of the guns offered is 1911 pistol. The base price is $1575 with hand-fit & target sights $2375. The shotgun I owned was first rate. I do believe we might have a sleeper here.
When the original plant was in NY during WWII they were running 24/7 making 1911 pistols for US government.
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What's the name of the company?
 
Two handguns that are the same model from same manufacturer aren't necessarily identical. It's quite common for Gun X to be far superior in trigger and accuracy than Gun Y, even though they are supposedly the same gun. If someone offered to fund the pistol of my choice, regardless of cost, I would probably go to a large gun show and fondle a whole lot of guns. The one that felt the best in my hand and had the best trigger would be the one that I would take. The make and model aren't as important as how good it feels to my specific hand. That being said, chances are good that it would be a CZ/Tanfoglio or 1911. :)
 
entropy said:
I chose the last option, but $4000 might buy back the Python snub I sold, or if it has to be a 1911, one of Mark Krebs' 1911s.
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Surprised to see Krebs' name mentioned, it seems that few people recall his work with 1911s anymore. He built some outstanding guns, though they're hard to find. I have a Krebs Colt Commander and also a .45ACP S&W M28-2 he built. Terrific guns, they're on the list to be handed down to my boys one day.
 
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