TheFederalistWeasel
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Les Baer vs. Wilson Combat vs…
Okay, I’m somewhat in the market for a nice .45 but for good reasons I’m still on the fence.
The guns I am looking at are the Les Baer line and the Wilson Combat line, both in .45.
Baer 1911 Custom Carry, 5", .45 ACP with night sights
Baer 1911 Concept VIII, .45 ACP stainless with night sights
From Wilson I am looking at
The Protector in Stainless
The Classic Stainless
Main reason I am hesitant is the experience from a friends attempt to find a good flawless 1911 style .45, it was expensive and disastrous.
He tried a nice high dollar Kimber and it was a jam-o-matic regardless of mags used and before the crowd begins to blame it all on limp wristing my friend has enough experience with many types of guns to overcome that.
The next was a nice Springfield .45 which he had many hundreds of dollars of gun smithing done to just to over come the short falls of the Kimber but that too was a jam-o-matic.
My friend now carries a HK USP Compact .45 and has had nary a peep out of it.
Does anyone here have any experience with the Wilson or Les Baer line of guns, has anyone had ANY jams with them at all, regardless of what you were doing or what you were feeding it?
I am a bit hesitant to plop down 1500 to 2500 dollar on a .45 only to have it jam often for whatever reason, before I’ll do that I’ll go and buy myself a Sig 220 stainless .45 which I know will function, and I would bet my life on.
I’ve owned three Sig .45’s and have had not one single problem thru them and I’ve carried one as a duty weapon for 4.5 years as well.
Okay, I’m somewhat in the market for a nice .45 but for good reasons I’m still on the fence.
The guns I am looking at are the Les Baer line and the Wilson Combat line, both in .45.
Baer 1911 Custom Carry, 5", .45 ACP with night sights
Baer 1911 Concept VIII, .45 ACP stainless with night sights
From Wilson I am looking at
The Protector in Stainless
The Classic Stainless
Main reason I am hesitant is the experience from a friends attempt to find a good flawless 1911 style .45, it was expensive and disastrous.
He tried a nice high dollar Kimber and it was a jam-o-matic regardless of mags used and before the crowd begins to blame it all on limp wristing my friend has enough experience with many types of guns to overcome that.
The next was a nice Springfield .45 which he had many hundreds of dollars of gun smithing done to just to over come the short falls of the Kimber but that too was a jam-o-matic.
My friend now carries a HK USP Compact .45 and has had nary a peep out of it.
Does anyone here have any experience with the Wilson or Les Baer line of guns, has anyone had ANY jams with them at all, regardless of what you were doing or what you were feeding it?
I am a bit hesitant to plop down 1500 to 2500 dollar on a .45 only to have it jam often for whatever reason, before I’ll do that I’ll go and buy myself a Sig 220 stainless .45 which I know will function, and I would bet my life on.
I’ve owned three Sig .45’s and have had not one single problem thru them and I’ve carried one as a duty weapon for 4.5 years as well.