I've got a Wilson Super Grade (circa 1997) and a Kobra Carry. The Wilson is the flagship model for that year's offerings, and shows it. It's a beautiful example of bluing and hard chrome, polishing, fit tolerances, trigger work, and accuracy. Just about every modification "practically" available for a 'competition-CCW' compromise is performed on that model (including the extraneous oversized mag release, adjustable sights, ribbed topstrap, and mag well).
I describe all that to give a point of reference. The Kobra Carry is its' equal, except that the Brown gun doesn't have all the options, and mine was all brown--I think Ed Brown's version of ''blue", but much more a shade of brown, akin to "polished Parkerizing". It lacks the rib, mag well, oversized mag button, etc., but the fit, beauty, and trigger work are all there. I daresay the Brown flagship piece, the Classic Custom, must overshadow the Wilson Super Grade if the Kobra Carry I have is any indication. I found mine NIB for $1200 at a distress sale in TX (right place, right time), but having said that, I've never seen another NIB for less than $1600.
If I had a chance at it again right now for $1700 NIB, I'd take it. In my experience, that's only ~ $100 above the average used price; we're 'coming out' of the bad economy now (for the most part) and I doubt those kinds of deals will be out there in the numbers they were. Two years from now, you won't remember the extra couple hundred dollars ya think this might be costing ya, and that NIB Kobra will still look good; either that, or you'll kick yourself for missing out on it.
