Super Expensive 1911s

Grayfox said:
Just because you own a Ferrari, doesn't mean you can drive it like a pro. How many owners of these super 1911s can actually shoot them to their full potential?
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And that would be why I don't own a 1911 made by Ed Brown. I can't shoot my Colt 1991A1 to its full potential, so I don't yet feel the need to find a Gold Cup or anything with more hand fitting forged parts.
 
mkk41 said:
As for springs , I always mark the rear 1'' end of my springs with spray paint. Lt.blue for target wadcutter springs 15-16lb , red 18.5 , orange 20+.
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Please answer a question that nobody has addressed in the Semi Auto section.

What does a 20+ lb spring offer that a lighter spring does not?

I have a top of the line S&W 1911 with a 20# spring. A friend (a Surgeon that shoots matches all over the courty) loves the gun and actually has borrowed it from me for the last month. He asked me why the heavier spring since none of his has them. I could not answer that other than say that is what it came with. I know the gun does not have the recoil my others do.
 
BUFF said:
I have a couple of Timex watches. They keep perfect time, well, perfect enough I never have to reset them before the battery runs out, a couple of years.

My partner wears a Rolex. It keeps perfect time, too.

Both watches keep perfect time, one costs very little, one costs a lot. Is my Timex as good as his Rolex?

I think not.
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I don't mean this to sound like a Slam, but Exactly What MORE would you ask the Timex to do in order to perform its' function "as good as"??? Sounds to me like the plain one is doing everything asked of it.....
 
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C&R Bill said:
I don't mean this to sound like a Slam, but Exactly What MORE would you ask the Timex to do in order to perform its' function "as good as"??? Sounds to me like the plain one is doing everything asked of it.....
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A Timex keeps down crime.

I never heard of a man being mugged over a Timex watch.
 
oldman45 said:
What does a 20+ lb spring offer that a lighter spring does not?
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Oldman45, what it does is slam your gun into battery pretty hard. In any reciprocating machine (like a 1911) there is a balance. When one throws the equation off in one direction, there is an offsetting charge in the other. I have never heard a .45 pistolsmith that I thought knew what he was doing advocate a recoil spring stronger than 16-17 pounds for shooting ordinary loads, and usually 18.5 pounds is considered maximum.

Probably no great harm is going to come to your gun, but it's likely a bit better for it to keep fresh springs of the proper rating in the gun than go overboard with a higher powered spring than necessary. Talk to some experts (the guys who make the best pistols) and then draw your own conclusions. :)
 
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Wilson 5" CQB

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Ed Brown Commander sized gun.

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YES they ARE worth it.
 
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ElToro said:
get yourself a used Colt for 500$ and send it in for their model O package... nite sights, flared port, springs, rounding of corners and general tune up. 600$

or a 3k custom
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Looks like the Colt Custom Shop has gone up a couple of hundred in the past two years. $875 for the Tactical Package, now. ;) Gonna be sending then my Delta Elite pretty soon.
 


This is my one and only 1911. I wanted a 1911 for the experience of having one of my own. Most people think it's a bit odd being a 38 Super. I got a huge discount because it was broken in and an off-the-wall caliber. It doesn't matter because I can't shoot it anyway. I'm lucky I guess because I won't have to buy 3 or 4 more. :)

Jim
 
This is a NIB Colt 45 (1967) I bought in 1968,I might shoot it some day.
Top is a Colt Ace.
Dick
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