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    It really is a SIGness

    According to Sig - they didn't :) When I bought mine it came packaged with 4 mags and was fitted with a threaded barrel. I knew I didn't want the barrel so I called Sig to price a replacement non-threaded and the customer service person told me my pistol did not exist. This is about 4 years...
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    It really is a SIGness

    I've owned dozens of 1911's over the years and as I gradually got rid of my less expensive 1911's because I was bit by the semi-custom/custom bug, I never was able to part with my un-cataloged Sig Tacops Commander. I had the threads cut and target crowned and a trigger job done by Rob at...
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    Dan Wesson Valor

    I'm guessing my Baer comparison got a few short hairs up. Just to be clear, I still think DW offers a ton for the money and if I didn't think they were a good value compared to a Baer I wouldn't still be buying them. That said I have been a DW customer since shortly after CZ acquired them. My...
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    Dan Wesson Valor

    Also worth noting, DW's were fetching a larger than expected premium because they were shut down for a while due to a fire. Now it looks like supply is back and the street prices should be settling down soon if they have not already. I picked up a new ECO 9mm from a dealer on GB a few months ago...
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    Dan Wesson Valor

    I think I am up to five or six DW's now and the Valor that my wife got me for my 40th is still the best of the bunch. I had an opportunity to hand select it from 5-6 samples and the trigger is un-matched by anything I have felt before or since at any price. I am a big fan of DW, but the more...
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    Ruger 22/45 Lite Gold Anodized

    I like mine and have done a lot of work getting it into the dream realm with the trigger. They can definitely be tuned like any other Ruger MK. They are selling well because I have made over 100 custom holsters for them and I have not been taking orders for almost a year. As far as the...
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    Help me decide which 1911 to get!!!

    45 gets my vote. I would go Brown or Baer over Wilson based on personal experience, but hard to go wrong at those price points. My Brown Kobra Carry is still one of the finest 1911's I've ever held in my hands, even compared to ones costing more. Since you are already willing to drop...
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    best 44 mag barrel length

    Lot's of good recommendations here, and FA's are amazing in every way. Before you jump, see if you can scare up the Talo Ruger Super Blackhawk with the 3.75" barrel. Stout enough to handle just about any load you want. I've put as many as 100 rounds through mine in a single session with no...
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    Thinking about this 1911

    My experience has been mixed on sub-compact 1911's as well, but leaning toward mostly positive. I compromised and went with an aluminum frame Dan Wesson CCO for a while as my most compact 1911, only a couple ounces heavier. With a sub-1911 there are compromises and some do have a tendency to...
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    Thinking about this 1911

    Sig has more variants on the 1911 than most other companies, I'd even go out on a limb and say more than anyone. It's going to be tough to find a reasonable sample of people that own one of their more obscure models. Agreed on the non-1911 posts though.. I bought a Sig Tacops Commander and...
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    Leather tools and leather for knife sheaths

    Sorry Craig, that's not what I meant to imply you were doing. I've seen it happen plenty of times elsewhere though. I think everyone can still learn something no matter how long they have been doing this stuff. FWIW, I agree with you on drilling but can't argue with rcmodel's POV either. I...
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    Leather tools and leather for knife sheaths

    BINGO! As with many small & cottage industries, Government over-regulation has just about killed them. I buy all of my leather from Wickett & Craig, made in Pennsylvania, but you have to buy the whole sides. I have heard both sides on the stitching debate and I choose not to get...
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    Leather tools and leather for knife sheaths

    RC is giving you good advice. Only things I would add is to make sure you use a center piece (welt) and never let the blade rest on a stitched seam. It's much more difficult for the blade to cut through the side profile of a piece of stitched leather than if it just has to push through a...
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    Collectible/vintage Eotech - what would you do?

    I bought a SOCOM II off a guy on Gunbroker and it came with an Eotech, harris BP, some ammo and a forward grip. Ended up getting the whole package for less than what I would have been willing to pay for just the rifle because his pictures and description were not so hot and the no reserve...
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    Vacation carry help

    Are you sure you feel like testing the tolerance for open carry in an area you may not be familiar with? We travel a lot and I generally carry the same gun I carry all of the time at home, then throw a full size 1911, some mags and a few hundred rounds of ammo in a lock box.
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