TexasRifleman
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Fishlayer said:Just move to Kalifornistan. Then ya won't need to worry about it.
Why not, did Ruger not submit it or did it fail the CA DOJ tests? Just curious.
Fishlayer said:Just move to Kalifornistan. Then ya won't need to worry about it.
Fair question. From everything I've heard (reviews, etc), the gun is beautiful, seems to be exceptionally well made, fit and finish is impeccable, reliability is stellar, trigger is phenomenal, and accuracy is ...mediocre.
Seems the market for 1911 variants is bottomless. Ruger selling all they can make and adding machinery, and the expen$ive Cabot with everything made to date and everything scheduled for next year spoken for at $4000+ a pop. Not to mention custom shops with delivery times in YEARS.
Why not, did Ruger not submit it or did it fail the CA DOJ tests? Just curious.
Availability wasn't what you quoted. That's merely a patience problem (and I have quite a bit of patience). You quoted price. The ones that are selling when you can find them have been going for about $750 or so - hence why I quoted that price instead of the $600-650 that they're expected to settle to once demand is satisfied.
Oh, Ok. you are right, if we include guns that will come out in the future but arent available yet. In fact one day, I predict Ruger SR1911s will be absolutely worthless, if you are willing to project this discussion far enough out into the future.
You're still trying to reframe the discussion. You didn't say that a Colt was easier to find. You said Colts with the same features was selling for less. They're not. If you are willing to pay a slight premium (which I was even nice enough to add to the stated price - about $750) you CAN get Rugers now. Even factoring in the inflated prices you need to pay if you just HAVE to have one right now, your statement still doesn't hold true.
That said, once demand is satisfied the prices WILL come down. We're not exactly talking about time frames that it would take for plastic bottles to decompose or mountains to crumble here - the gun's only been available for 6 months for goodness sakes. Colt's had 100 years to deal with their initial spike in demand. In 12-18 months buying an SR1911 will be as easy as deciding you want one.
All in all, your initial point was about price, and when challenged on that rather than backing up your point with data, you've tried to claim that it doesn't matter that you're wrong because Rugers are harder to find - a point of contention that wasn't in the original statement, and one that many will find irrelevant. IE, my granddad used to have a favorite saying "I've got more time than I do money.". If waiting a bit longer (or doing something yourself) saves money, then to many the wait is nothing to worry about.
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Are you seeing many SR1911s for under $750 that are actually available?
Its like a wild goose chase...