What's your favorite full size 1911 that you own?
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Gungle George
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Series 80 Colt with a modified Springfield Armory slide and comp in .38 Super, one sweet shooter!
Cheers,
Gungle Geirge
Cheers,
Gungle Geirge
LeverGunJunkie
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SA micro-compact.
Yikes. Sorry for jackin' up the thread guys.
Mis-read the thread name. Need...more...coffee.
Yikes. Sorry for jackin' up the thread guys.
Mis-read the thread name. Need...more...coffee.
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rbernie
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I have a number of them, from Colts to Kimbers to Paras to RIAs to Springers.
A month ago, my favorite was the Colt 1991 ORM. Today, it's been replaced in my heart by a Kimber Aegis 5" in 9mm.
A MicroCompact full size? Who'da thunk it...
10-Ring
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Colt XSE
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gb6491
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I would ave to say this ugly old pistol is my favorite full size 1911. It was built (Essex frame/slide and Kart barrel) and tuned by two local legends. It was shot in competition by a good buddy from my Marine Corps days (still a great friend). He and his wife showed up at my home one day, said "Happy Birthday" and gave it to me. It is just a joy to shoot, one of those performance over beauty type things. I let him shoot it once in awhile; he swears he kicks himself in the rear for ever letting it go and blames his wife (sweet lady) for that moment of weakness. Great gun, great friends - they'll probably bury me with it.
Regards,
Greg
). He and his wife showed up at my home one day, said "Happy Birthday" and gave it to me. It is just a joy to shoot, one of those performance over beauty type things. I let him shoot it once in awhile; he swears he kicks himself in the rear for ever letting it go and blames his wife (sweet lady) for that moment of weakness. Great gun, great friends - they'll probably bury me with it.
Regards,
Greg
schmeky
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gb6491
That Rollo sight is cool
This one:
That Rollo sight is cool
This one:
Eightball
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My Kimber Tactical Custom II.
It's also the only one I own right now
Pictured here with my OTHER CCW piece:
It's out getting some custom work done, so it will shortly no longer look like it does in the pictures; I'll post more pictures once I get it back
It's also the only one I own right now
Pictured here with my OTHER CCW piece:
It's out getting some custom work done, so it will shortly no longer look like it does in the pictures; I'll post more pictures once I get it back
AirForceShooter
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My Springer "Special Build".
now it's called a loaded.
It just shoots
AFS
now it's called a loaded.
It just shoots
AFS
wickedsprint
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I only own one, a Colt Government Model series 80 in Blue. Looks like this...stolen from 1911 forum.
rellascout
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TRS Les Baer
I only own one but I looked at number of them when shopping. The Kimber Custom II I never hit it off with; it was a nice gun in every respect but I felt it lacked a certain tool-like quality when I picked it up. It seemed designed more for fun than for serious business.
I thought the Springfield Loaded was going to be the hot ticket, but the two-piece recoil assembly requires a hex-wrench for takedown and I hate the ILS mainspring housing that Springfield uses. Plus, the ambi safety felt flimsy to me.
The Taurus PT1911 is overall a very nice gun, but the ugly billboards and the hammer-lock were a no-go.
The S&W SW1911 was nice but gaudy, and I prefer internal extractors and Series 80 FPSs.
The Dan Wessons I looked at were perfect in every respect; alas, the only ones available anywhere near me were 10mm, and I wanted a .45.
I ended up buying a Colt XSE Elite Combat, with a stainless frame and blue slide. It has one MIM part (the sear) and three cast steel parts (the thumb safety, Smith & Alexander beavertail, and the magazine release.) Everything else is either forged or wire-EDM'd out of bar stock. It has a really nice, "gun-like" exterior finish (not a fan of those thick, baked-on coatings, particularly on a 1911), genuine Novak sights, and it has been 100% reliable so far... no break-in needed. The only complaints are that the bottom edges of the slide are sharp, and there were a few burrs on the interior of slide. None of this affected the operation of the pistol in any way, but I did take a diamond-file to them. Also, the back of the plunger tube was a little loose, but red Loctite solved that.
The best part? It is built to 1911 spec to the point that it can be detail stripped with its own parts (I've done it.) It even has the proper slot-head grip screws that you can use a .45 ACP case rim in.
It was about middle of the pack pricewise (~$900), but I think it is an excellent value overall.
I thought the Springfield Loaded was going to be the hot ticket, but the two-piece recoil assembly requires a hex-wrench for takedown and I hate the ILS mainspring housing that Springfield uses. Plus, the ambi safety felt flimsy to me.
The Taurus PT1911 is overall a very nice gun, but the ugly billboards and the hammer-lock were a no-go.
The S&W SW1911 was nice but gaudy, and I prefer internal extractors and Series 80 FPSs.
The Dan Wessons I looked at were perfect in every respect; alas, the only ones available anywhere near me were 10mm, and I wanted a .45.
I ended up buying a Colt XSE Elite Combat, with a stainless frame and blue slide. It has one MIM part (the sear) and three cast steel parts (the thumb safety, Smith & Alexander beavertail, and the magazine release.) Everything else is either forged or wire-EDM'd out of bar stock. It has a really nice, "gun-like" exterior finish (not a fan of those thick, baked-on coatings, particularly on a 1911), genuine Novak sights, and it has been 100% reliable so far... no break-in needed. The only complaints are that the bottom edges of the slide are sharp, and there were a few burrs on the interior of slide. None of this affected the operation of the pistol in any way, but I did take a diamond-file to them. Also, the back of the plunger tube was a little loose, but red Loctite solved that.
The best part? It is built to 1911 spec to the point that it can be detail stripped with its own parts (I've done it.) It even has the proper slot-head grip screws that you can use a .45 ACP case rim in.
It was about middle of the pack pricewise (~$900), but I think it is an excellent value overall.
rklessdriver
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Right now my favorite is the Colt Combat Elite.
Will
Will
JTQ
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Combat Elite, 1st generation.
Jim
Jim
BlindJustice
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Well, it's the only 1911 I own so far, but I'm very happy with it.
S&W 1911 5" Bbl. Stainless Steel, fixed sights model with a few mods.
R- .
S&W 1911 5" Bbl. Stainless Steel, fixed sights model with a few mods.
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GRAYRID3R
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Hey Wicked you have very good taste! I own the same gun.
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