A simple 1911 Question

[Handy]

KMK,

I guess it's not that simple a request when you want people to compare, without reference to other guns, 3 pistols that range in price by $1500.


At least when someone wants to compare two absurdities, like a Benelli target pistol and a Delta Elite, they are in the same price range.

How did you come up with comparing a Baer and a Brown when you could buy a Baer and a Sig 210 for the cost of the Brown?

In the end, your "simple question" demands that posters tell you to spend wisely, or extravagantly. Neither option leads you to the "best" choice.

On the back side of that, if you truly believe the three choices are completely comparable, why would you be so incredibly foolish to throw away $1500 on the most expensive one?

In summary, what the hell are you really asking?

 

[KMKeller]

Handy,

If you'll notice, I put nothing forward about price whatsoever, other than it was not a consideration. I wanted each to be judged/recommended on it's own merits of lack thereof and comparability between the three weighed. I wanted to see what the majority of folks here would choose given the options.

I outlined very clearly what I wanted in the opening post and my choice was very clearly between three "top of the line" semi production pistols by very well known smith houses. Did you bother to think that perhaps I was trying to figure out why there was such a large cost disparity between the three given that they are quite probably extremely close in quality? That maybe inserting price into the issue would skew the results?

I asked people to look objectively at three pistols and let me know what they thought. Opinion and experience was all that was in play and a choice between three items is a choice between three items.

That, in a nutshell, is "what the hell" I was asking.

Your flame is neither warranted nor welcome.

 

[Handy]

It wasn't a flame.

After 3 pages, I was hoping you'd reveal the secret "method to [your] madness".

My last post was intended to explain that there seems to be little connection between those three, unless you don't actually get a $1500 spread in parts or craftmanship.

My other purpose was to point out that your data, from this poll, is suspect because no one is going to seperate price, since price should dictate quality from custom gun makers.

"Top of the line from three manufacturers" they might be, but Chevy, Acura and Rolls Royce all offer "top of the line" vehicles.

My own initial post was colored by such sentiment. I felt that the Brown was a little more "custom", but assumed it was priced in line with the other two. But it isn't nearly so.

So, feel like revealing the mystery?

 

[Correia]

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