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Which .45??
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nyresq
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Colt XSE... everything else is just a clone
ulflyer
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With some diligent shopping you can have a COLT! Just picked up a 1991A1, LNIB, for $475. Runs flawlessly. There were several on GA for around $500.
Not knocking Springers, but a GI model has pretty awful sights. Figure how much to change the sights and you're in the price range of Colt.
Not knocking Springers, but a GI model has pretty awful sights. Figure how much to change the sights and you're in the price range of Colt.
Quentin
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Colt Series 70 ! Handsome gun with a beautiful blue finish
Got mine back in 1976 and it keeps on shooting... all I've ever done to it is polish the feed ramp and buy more magazines.
After about 30 years I've forgotten how much more I paid that day to have a genuine Colt.
Got mine back in 1976 and it keeps on shooting... all I've ever done to it is polish the feed ramp and buy more magazines.
After about 30 years I've forgotten how much more I paid that day to have a genuine Colt.
BluesBear
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Quentin, I bought my first MkIV Series 70 Colt Government on September 1, 1976 and paid $200 out the door.
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JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone
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Colt, Springfield, Kimber
I have Colt's and a Kimber in my safe. But, for the money I also have a Ruger 'P' series, that if you'd possibly think about something in double action, you can't beat for the price. They're sorta like the venerable Mossberg or Remington 870 out sloshing in the mud. Yeah, throw a Bennelli or Browning down in the mud and still expect to be able to shoot ducks that morning. :banghead: The Berg will run with sand as lubricant. So will the Rem. (I'm not really knocking the spendier shotguns out there. It's just a comparison...) In an SA the Colt or Springer, will most likely be more dependable right out of the box. But my truck gun, the one that I'd depend on any time. Is the Ruger.
Personally, I haven't had one failure from my Kimber. Nor any real failures from my Colts... OK, about ten years ago I had issues with a Colt. But it was used/abused and needed a slight rebuild anyway.
So, there ya go, most have responded with credible copies of the one that started the whole thing.
Colt 1911.
-Steve
I have Colt's and a Kimber in my safe. But, for the money I also have a Ruger 'P' series, that if you'd possibly think about something in double action, you can't beat for the price. They're sorta like the venerable Mossberg or Remington 870 out sloshing in the mud. Yeah, throw a Bennelli or Browning down in the mud and still expect to be able to shoot ducks that morning. :banghead: The Berg will run with sand as lubricant. So will the Rem. (I'm not really knocking the spendier shotguns out there. It's just a comparison...) In an SA the Colt or Springer, will most likely be more dependable right out of the box. But my truck gun, the one that I'd depend on any time. Is the Ruger.
Personally, I haven't had one failure from my Kimber. Nor any real failures from my Colts... OK, about ten years ago I had issues with a Colt. But it was used/abused and needed a slight rebuild anyway.
So, there ya go, most have responded with credible copies of the one that started the whole thing.
Colt 1911.
-Steve
Rob96
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JackOfAllTradesMasterAtNone said:
I just picked up a LNIB Ruger P97. It is a really nice shoting gun, despite it being a DA/SA.
Kramer Krazy
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I prefer my Colts and have three of them, but......a recent purchase of a Rock Island Armory 45 (my wife got one, too), has me thinking....for the money, it's a great alternative. I'm only into 200 rounds of flawless performance (can you really call it "performance" with so few rounds?), and it shoots pretty damn well, but I'm a bit impressed with this "el cheapo" blaster.....I still prefer my Colts, but, for a gun that I don't care about it's looks, or if anything happens to it, I'm starting to like my RIA........aaahhhh....ok.......if I had my choice between it and the Series 70 Gold Cup, Series 80 Goverment, or the Series 80 Officers.......it would run a fourth (maybe a distant fourth) for my "only one 45ACP" choice.......but, I just couldn't beat the price of $295, brand new......If the RIA wasn't so cheap, I was seriously looking into a Springfield.
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Stevie-Ray
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YesSquidward said:
Colt and Kimber, anyways.
MachIVshooter
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For a fairly basic 1911 with niceties like beavertail and extended safety, I would go with a Kimber Custom II or Springfield loaded. If you want to drop a little more, the S&W 1911's and nicer Kimbers (Eclipse, Target, etc.) become available. SA does not have much between $700 (TOTL loaded) and $1200 (operator/TRP). I have a Colt Mk IV stainless and don't plan to ever own another. IMO, Colts are comparable to the SA mil-spec at best, and cost considerable more. Also, RIA seems to make a pretty decent unit int he SA GI price range.
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