What Kind Of Man Buys-

[Sean Smith]

I think it's hypothetical, or just misinformed. A Richard Heinie full custom is under $4,000 last I checked. Most full-custom, handbuilt from scratch guns by the big names are $3,000-4,000 depending on features and whatnot.

 

[cardboardkiller]

You need to check the prices of the IPSC open class guns, then check the prices on the mags. I dropped over $500 for 5 mags and I didn't get any +2 or +4 or +whatever basepads. I can put you on a $4500 IPSC Limited pistola right now without mags http://speedshooter.com/product_detail.cfm?ID=Fear1 . Also give Doug Gilmore a call and get some prices on his handguns.

 

[dacinokc]

45auto-
Good point- and no- I have not heard or seen of new firearms going to this rate normally. I know Korths can run this much, and this string may be related to a post on Korths that was going last week.
45's though- no.
Most I have seen is recent Mark Morris full house guns on their frame running 4450.00 or so.

 

[45auto]

That's good, I thought I was missing something. Regardless, I have no problem with very high priced 1911's. They are fun to read about and see the pictures. Ultimately, these type of gunsmiths and guns raise the "bar" of quality for all of us and 1911's- I think!
Without the "Swensons" of the past, and others of course, the gun manufacturers and consumers would have nothing to "shoot" for, i.e. better fit , beavertails, safeties, etc. The trick for them is to accomplish it with mass production and all that.
The output for these type of gunsmiths is so small, I have read Dick Heine produces no more than 25 full custom guns a year, I doubt all the custom guns would come close to 1% of the total sales of 1911's in one year!
So, I hope there is enough "men(women)", to keep buying these as long as I get to see pictures and the write up!

Take care

 

[Tamara]

You know, once upon a time, I sneered at folks who were stupid enough to pay more than $300 for a pistol.

Of course, then I started making more money, and began owning Glocks and SIGs and what-have-you, and decided that it was the people who bought $800+ pistols who were talentless poseurs.

Later still, after I had a Beretta Border Marshal and a Springfield V10, both with extensive custom work, plus a P7M8 or two passing through my hands, I realized that it was the guys with the $1000+ pistols that were trying to buy skill.

Now that I have a Les Baer and a Springfield Pro, I would like to thank Porter Rockwell for explaining to me that it's the guys who buy $6,000 pistols that are crazy.

Have I told y'all about pocketknives yet?

 

[Freightman]

I think to sneer at thoes who can buy the high end guns or to look down there noses at thoes who have a $100 gun defetes our purpose! I think a man or women should be allowed to buy whatever they feel comfortable with, as this is FREE enterprise. I like my no friles F 250 pickup my brother in-law likes his fully loaded F250 am I jelous "NO" or does he think I am follish "NO".
My point is I am comfortable with my SA 1911-1A he is comfortable with his Hi-Point 9MM. This is America we are all equal and free to make our choices.

 

[Azgunnut]

What kind of nut.......

To Daniel Flory.
Don't forget to buy a BLT and give the cook a BWK (big wet kiss).

 

[Working Man]

But at some point there is a mark where cost does not equal better performance.
It then comes down to name, limited release, history, or any number of other
factors that have nothing to do with the actual functionality of the item but
everything to do with the perception of the seller and the buyer.

Equivalent exchange means different things to different people.

 

[gc70]

3 years, 9 months, 9 days

What happened to revive this dead thread?

 

[Ala Dan]

Well, I didn't spend $6 grand on a 1911; but I did spend $1500 on a brand
new Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special 1911, + I slept at the Holiday Inn last
night~!

 

[BullfrogKen]

gc70 said: 3 years, 9 months, 9 days

What happened to revive this dead thread?

I wondered the same thing myself.

 

[Cliff47]

Like the old quote went, "This is just a tool. I am the weapon".

 

[Davo]

whoever has the cash...still I dont think id WANT a gun that killled a man.

 

[03Shadowbob]

Amen DSK!
If I didn't have a couple other expensive hobbies (motorcycles and bass fishing) I'd probably have a very expensive gun too.

 

[Todesengel]

I will spend whatever it takes someday to get MY Dream 1911. It will be something very special and there won't be one like it, I'm already saving up for it.
There are many good guns out there but none of the production guns is build just for YOU. It's like building your dream house or dream car. It might not shoot any better then the $600 Kimber but it will be special.

 

[logical]

What kind of man will pay five or six thousand dollars ($6000.00 American!) for a "custom" 1911??

One with $6000 and who doesn't give a rip about what somebody else thinks about it?...maybe?

 

[wooderson]

If I hit the $260+mn MegaMillions tomorrow night, I think I'll have to get a matched pair of $6k 1911s. Complete with Crimson Trace grips so I can shoot double-fisted and possibly actually hit something (on my 1500 acres in Colorado/NM/AZ/wherever).

 

[Shaughn Leayme]

260 million? buy your own island declare yourself king and own what ever you want.