PC 1911 Opinion… a Good Asking Price?

[bill-in-texas]

I've got a line on one of the later production Performance Center 1911s.
I can get it for $1,100, OTD.

What say ye?
Is that a good price?

I'd say condition is near excellent.
I can't find any wear marks except on the barrel, and it's not a lot.

TIA,
-Bill

 

[tenexv]

That seems to be a fair price for the pistol. Hopefully it has its original magazines with it as well. It appears to be in very good overall condition.

 

[bill-in-texas]

Yes, it has the original (2) magazines.
The trigger is excellent, the slide-to-receiver fit is as tight as any high-end 1911 I've ever handled, and the stiff ambidextrous safety needs to be "broken-in."

I'd like to hear from anyone who has owned one near the UFB serial number range.

-Bill

Shipped December 2017, True PC Product, According to S&W CS

 

[Tntcwg3]

Mine is a UFB, I paid $1000 for mine LNIB.

 

[wproct]

I haven't had one, but I sure like the looks of that pistol. I like stainless steel and I like some color in the grips with stainless.

 

[03hemi]

Yes, that's a fair price. Offer $900 and I bet he takes it.

 

[bill-in-texas]

Yes, that's a fair price. Offer $900 and I bet he takes it.

From what I gather, that should be the deciding factor -price.
Reading older posts regarding this era of the "Performance Center" guns, I see a mix of love and, well… hate for anything after JMB, JM*, etc.
I get it. The Performance Center moniker is so much marketing, anymore. Still, except for the FLGR, I like it, and that can be swapped out.
I think this will shoot very well for a > or < $1,000 gun.
I have it on hold in the back of the store while I think about it.
Thanks for your responses.
-Bill

 

[Tom S.]

Slightly earlier but same idea. It's the most accurate 45 I've ever owned, and I have owned a few.

 

[AveragEd]

Mine has a UCW prefix. I bought it new but I couldn't tell you what it cost - $1,300 maybe? But it's an accurate shooter with my cast semi-wadcutter handloads. It developed that same scuffing of the barrel hood's black finish so I just polished it off in the area of the ejection port.

Ed

 

[03hemi]

From what I gather, that should be the deciding factor -price.
Reading older posts regarding this era of the "Performance Center" guns, I see a mix of love and, well… hate for anything after JMB, JM*, etc.
I get it. The Performance Center moniker is so much marketing, anymore. Still, except for the FLGR, I like it, and that can be swapped out.
I think this will shoot very well for a > or < $1,000 gun.
I have it on hold in the back of the store while I think about it.
Thanks for your responses.
-Bill

MEH?
These are still great guns, hand fitted in the PC by skilled craftsmen, they are fitted to higher level than the production line guns. I have both and there is a discernable difference when comparing them. I believe the 1911PC MSRP is around $1,800 with tax now, so ~$1k is certainly a fair price if in new condition.
In comparison, if you ordered the equivalent to the PC's features and upgrades on a 1911 from one of the boutique mfgrs you'd pay $4k or more and wait a year to get it.