novalty
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Suprised no mention of the other Wesson--Dan.
Suprised no mention of the other Wesson--Dan.
I agree this would be a good place to start.How about a Springfield Range Officer. They can be found stickered new in the $700 range. (At least they could this past week end at a gun show in Atlanta).
While I have not yet shot mine, it apears to be an excellent made gun and has most of the bells and whistles you could want. If it shoots half as good as it looks I'll be happy. Fit and finish were excellent. Trigger break was right at 4.5 lbs with no pre or overtravel - it breaks clean.
Rob
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I am returning to the 1911 market after some years away. Last time I was buying was when Colts rulled and you then sent it to Bill Wilson for some tweeks to get them to run reliably, improve the sights and get a good trigger. Now that I am blessed to be able to buy any gun I want I find the market populated with many high dollar guns. Whats up with that? Do you need to pay that much for a solid 5 inch enhanced 1911? What say you? Thanks...
I own two bone stock S&W 1911's and a HEAVILY customized/accurized Colt Gold Cup National Match. ( Read: Near $3K invested) Can't say I can find a world of difference in the custom gun. Sure it's a little tighter, has a slightly better trigger but reliability and accuracy are a wash.
One of the reasons I bought the S&W 1911 is that they pretty much did all that "gotta have" improvements out of the box. lowered ports bevertail safeties, checkerign, upgraded trigger, hammer, mags, etc. They build the gun from scratch utilizing parts from McCormick, Wilson Combat, NovaK and other industry standards,....
i.e Most of what you'd send it out for , without sending it out or spending a fortune.
IMHO, times have changed.