I sold a rifle at a gun show, over a year ago and after several months, while pondering what to replace the rifle with, used the money to buy my wife a new sewing machine, so she could make garments and other things, along with other ladies, to help underprivileged people in both the U.S. and other countries, including Africa.
That being done and having our "fun money" restored over time, I decided to use the money (plus more) to buy a 1911 to save wear and tear on a fantastic Series 70 that was given to me when my B.I.L. passed a few years ago.
Looking over the candidates, I decided that my needs would best be served by a stainless version of a 1911 with a nice trigger, trying to keep the cost under $1,000, so yesterday, I went to Cabelas to look around, interested primarily in a Kimber Stainless Target II that they were advertising at $799.95.
Well, they had one, but also had three or four other stainless 1911 clones that I also tried, and the salesman took me to a back office where I was allowed to try the triggers of each, pointing the empty guns into a rubber-lined hole in a shelf. I wasn't unduly impressed by three of the brands/samples, but there was another model, a Stainless Remington that I really liked that was a display model. The trigger was fantastic!!! They said that normally, they don't sell display models if they have others in boxes, but the last boxed one's trigger wasn't as good, so I said that it was the display model or nothing! Gladly, they relented and I'm so very pleased with the Remington 1911 R1S that I bought (and the price was the same as the Kimber I was initially interested in...$799.95).
When I got home, I decided to compare the trigger pull with my Colt National Match Series 70, thinking it was probably a pound or so heavier than the great trigger that I love on that one. To my surprise...and delight it was two ounces lighter than the Colt!!! Winnah, winnah, Chicken Dinnah!!!!
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That being done and having our "fun money" restored over time, I decided to use the money (plus more) to buy a 1911 to save wear and tear on a fantastic Series 70 that was given to me when my B.I.L. passed a few years ago.
Looking over the candidates, I decided that my needs would best be served by a stainless version of a 1911 with a nice trigger, trying to keep the cost under $1,000, so yesterday, I went to Cabelas to look around, interested primarily in a Kimber Stainless Target II that they were advertising at $799.95.
Well, they had one, but also had three or four other stainless 1911 clones that I also tried, and the salesman took me to a back office where I was allowed to try the triggers of each, pointing the empty guns into a rubber-lined hole in a shelf. I wasn't unduly impressed by three of the brands/samples, but there was another model, a Stainless Remington that I really liked that was a display model. The trigger was fantastic!!! They said that normally, they don't sell display models if they have others in boxes, but the last boxed one's trigger wasn't as good, so I said that it was the display model or nothing! Gladly, they relented and I'm so very pleased with the Remington 1911 R1S that I bought (and the price was the same as the Kimber I was initially interested in...$799.95).
When I got home, I decided to compare the trigger pull with my Colt National Match Series 70, thinking it was probably a pound or so heavier than the great trigger that I love on that one. To my surprise...and delight it was two ounces lighter than the Colt!!! Winnah, winnah, Chicken Dinnah!!!!
(Image altered to remove serial number)
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