Curious what you think of this trade

[akriet]

Good trade!

 

[gmiller0737]

I like the Colt better than the Sig but I am not a trader & never trade anything ever.

 

[otis24]

Colt! Can never go wrong with old school cool!

 

[Narragansett]

To me there is only one 1911, and that is Colt. I have 2, a 1978 series 70 NIB, and a Classic series 70 NIB. I do not know if I would have made the trade, I am a freak on condition. What made the blemish? However without the blemish, I would have made the trade in a minute. I want always the plain Jane Government model. It is original, and what our service men used. Steeped in tradition.

 

[Grayfox]

I'm not much for hanging do-dads on my guns. Gimme the Colt.

 

[chief38]

Old School is Cool!

What is the stuff on the slide & frame that appears to be white in picture #3? It almost looks like paint which can be removed if that is what it is. If not can you say what it is?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Old School is Cool!

What is the stuff on the slide & frame that appears to be white in picture #3? It almost looks like paint which can be removed if that is what it is. If not can you say what it is?

Looks like sea gull poop. I'd a kept the Sig-makes for better trade material down the line especially with the blemish on the Colt

 

[balin]

For shooting and carrying I would want the Sig. As a collector I would have gone with the Colt.

 

[Frank46]

If the OP was me, trade would be done in a New York Minute. Already have 2x45's could always use another.Frank

 

[Safestuffer]

I think I would look at both as users. The blemish takes the Colt out of collector status. Refinishing the Colt leaves it out of collector status. I think a rail on a 1911 is sort of useless but I like the SIG quality, Nitron finish and longer beavertail for a user.
The Colt has more "sex appeal" but it has that wart

The Sig is a very attractive gun. The lines are precise, the fit and finish are right and tight, the machining and finish are about as close to perfect as I've seen. The moment I picked that gun up I fell in love. For the $650 I paid it was an exceptionally well made gun.

The moment I shot it I wanted a divorce. In the 8 years I owned it I never once got through a full magazine without a stoppage of some kind. That match chamber and my cast lead reloads did not play well together. Plated and jacketed bullets are fine, but I don't shoot plated or jacketed bullets and I'm not going to start over one finicky gun.

Old School is Cool!

What is the stuff on the slide & frame that appears to be white in picture #3? It almost looks like paint which can be removed if that is what it is. If not can you say what it is?

Unfortunately it is a patch of completely stripped bluing. You are seeing steel in the white. No metal damage though. Your guess is as good as mine as to what caused it.

I have less into it than a nice RIA, so it will make a lovely shooter and it looks good from one side at least!

I have other "tactical" 1911's with the good stuff, so this one fills that "government model" void. I've never had the real deal, the only government model I've had was a RIA clone.

 

[CH4]

Looks like sea gull poop. I'd a kept the Sig-makes for better trade material down the line especially with the blemish on the Colt

I am with Caj on this one.

 

[psquarejr]

In appearance and first look without a test drive, I would keep the Sig or at the very least make the owner of the Colt give me the Bennie in the trade. But......after reading your latest post of the issues YOU were having with YOUR ammo choices thru YOUR Sig, then you did good by dumping your problematic 1911. Let's just hope the Colt digests your leaded reloads.

 

[Safestuffer]

In appearance and first look without a test drive, I would keep the Sig or at the very least make the owner of the Colt give me the Bennie in the trade. But......after reading your latest post of the issues YOU were having with YOUR ammo choices thru YOUR Sig, then you did good by dumping your problematic 1911. Let's just hope the Colt digests your leaded reloads.

Took it out yesterday. It shot my 200gr. cast swc's MUCH better than the sig. It had one or two bobbles in the hundred rounds I put through it but that's fine for a range gun with generic reloads. Accuracy was 2" at 12 yards, a few inches high and a tad right.

 

[Safestuffer]

I am with Caj on this one.

The sig was always going to be a sub $1k gun. It was the base Nitron railed version.
I have a lot more room with the Colt. Pristine examples are going for $2k and if I want I can spend $300 for Fords premium reblue or just a factory colt reblue and still have barely $1k into the Colt, plenty of room to make a little money.